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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Confirm survey requirements with senior staff
- Clarify the purpose and objectives of the field survey activities with all stakeholders within the context of the workplace's overall environmental program
- Identify and accurately interpret all external statutory requirements and workplace protocols that relate to the defined field survey activities
- Analyse drivers and constraints that may influence field survey activities
- Document the type, quantity and quality of data needed to meet the defined objectives
- Refine and document the detailed objectives of the field activities with senior management and stakeholders
- Design field survey activities
- Discuss and confirm survey methodology with senior staff and external experts or stakeholders
- Develop work program, including timetable and staff roles and responsibilities for the total field survey, and all related activities
- Ensure that work program conforms to workplace requirements covering risk management, data quality procedures, safety, environmental and emergency requirements
- Address all administration requirements and obtain appropriate approvals
- Identify resources and supervise pre-survey checks
- Arrange collection and checking of all equipment, field instruments and supplies required for implementation of the work program
- Supervise calibration of all appropriate field instruments
- Arrange correct packaging and transportation of equipment and instruments
- Arrange suitable access, transport, communication and emergency systems for all field locations and activities
- Supervise field survey activities
- Monitor equitable duty rosters covering field survey activities in consultation with all staff
- Follow data quality procedures
- Perform survey work safely and with minimal impact on the environment
- Supervise close-down of field activities
- Ensure that site is left in accordance with workplace and environmental requirements
- Monitor dispatch of collected samples for subsequent laboratory analyses
- Test and document all equipment and instruments before final storage, as required
- Store all field data appropriately for subsequent analysis
- Report results, any anomalies and recommendations to data analysers, users and/or supervisor