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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Define the benefit received by the customer
  2. Develop alternative ways of delivering benefit
  3. Develop product and process design
  4. Confirm design for selected alternative
  5. Communicate required responses as appropriate

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Sustainability incorporates all of

survival of the ecology/physical environment (to manage the impact of the business to ensure the survival of the physical environment)

economic viability (efficiency, cost and waste reduction and competitiveness to support survival of the business)

social sustainability (to manage the impact of the business to ensure its continued survival within the community and the survival of the community).

Product includes one or more of

physical product

service

some other type of product.

Benefit includes consideration of one or more of

deliverable the customer expects

location in which it should occur

timing, duration, frequency and longevity of the deliverable

value to the customer

required maintenance and other ‘running’ inputs

disposal/replacement required by the customer

the degree to which the designed product is portable, modular, reusable, recyclable, returnable, easily able to be repaired after malfunction, durable, aesthetics and price.

Alternative methods of delivering benefits include one or more of

selling a redesigned product

selling the benefit obtained from the product rather than the product

selling a combination of physical product and service rather than either

leasing (or similar) of the above

providing buy back/take back or similar

other alternative strategies (e.g. design for reuse, remanufacture, recycling).

Sustainability issues of particular relevance include one or more of

particular sensitivities of the local ecology (e.g. endangered species, sensitive local flora/fauna, material scarcity, water availability)

general ecology issues and regulations (e.g. climate change and carbon footprint, pollution control measures)

particular local social issues (e.g. distortions to the housing market, disruption to local lifestyles)

general social issues (e.g. corporate citizenship, use or/deterioration to infrastructure)

particular local economic issues (e.g. cost of capital, profit margins, competition)

general economic issues (e.g. state of the economy, stage of the business cycle).

Appropriate response when impact cannot be prevented includes one or more of

capture and storage (e.g. scrubbing) and similar ‘end of pipe’ solutions

dilution/dispersion and similar techniques which reduce concentration but not amount

other approaches which meet the sustainability requirements.

Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates sufficient knowledge to interact with relevant personnel and be able to design/redesign a product to improve its sustainability including knowledge of:

process and changes which occur at each step in selected value chain

principles of sustainability

sustainability impacts at different points in the value chain

principles of sustainable design

the sustainability hierarchy

sources and transport of materials and components and alternatives

processes for producing products, and alternatives

life cycle analysis techniques

hierarchy of hazard control and its application to sustainability hazards

relevant legislation, regulation and protocols, government incentives and other initiatives

risk analysis and its application to sustainability risks.