| 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. |
Legislation, regulations, standards, codes, workplace procedures and/or requirements include the latest version of one or more of: | federal legislation, such as Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, Australian Heritage Council Act, Native Title Act and National Environmental Protection Measuresstate/territory government legislation and regulations and local government by-laws, policies, and plans dealing with land use, acquisition, planning and protection; environmental protection; cultural/heritage sites; vegetation management; nature conservation, wildlife/plant protection; water and water management; soil conservation; pollution and contaminated sites; fisheries, forestry and mining operationslegislation, standards and codes of practice for work health and safety (WHS)Australian and international standards covering environmental management such as: AS/NZS ISO 14000 Basic Set:2007 Environmental Management Basic Set, and AS ISO 14050 Environmental management – Vocabulary environmental management plans for sites and projects, site-specific requirements and specific environmental standardssampling and in-field testing methods, procedures, guidelines provided by workplace or regulatorworkplace documents, such as standard operating procedures (SOPs); work schedules; quality manual; recording and reporting procedures; equipment manuals; supplier catalogues; handbooks; safety data sheets (SDS) and safety procedures; waste minimisation, containment, processing and safe disposal procedures. |
Maps include one or more of: | topographicland use and land title mapsvegetation, soils and regional ecosystem mapsair photossatellite imagerythematic maps produced using GIS software, such as Mapinfo and Arcview. |
Environmental features of sites include one or more of: | hills, mountains, plains and cliffswaterways, dams, lakes, oceans, estuaries and deltasvegetation and faunasoil and rock typesbuildings, such as houses, schools, police stations, hospitals, churches, factories and industrial plantsroads, railways, tracks, jetties, piers and other infrastructureutility servicesproperty boundaries, shire boundaries and electoral boundariesmining leases, local catchment areas and nature reservespopulation and demographics. |
Workplace site information includes one or more of: | site or project historyclient historyrecords of consultations with stakeholderssite access protocols and permitssite utilities/services (e.g. water, sewer, electricity and gas)maps (e.g. road, topographical and survey marks)existing data sets (e.g. vegetation, topography, soils and regional ecosystem maps)hazards and safety risks. |
External sources of data include one or more of: | government departments and agencies (e.g. environment, climate change, agriculture and mining)utility authorities/companies (e.g. water, gas and electricity)land title office and Valuer Generallocal government recordsGeoscience AustraliaAustralian Social Science Data Archivecompanies providing environmental services. |
Data sets include one or more of: | textual, graphical, spatial and temporal in hard/soft copysatellite imagery and remote sensing datageophysical, geochemical, geological, hydrological and meteorological dataecological data, such as distribution of vegetation, fauna and pestssocial science data, such as demographic and census informationland use data, zoning and property classificationshistorical records and photographs. |
Field techniques include one or more of: | on site surveyinghand mappingcomparing site features with existing site informationcollection of samples and field measurements. |
Field equipment and supplies include one or more of: | global positioning system (GPS)tapes and pegscompassclinometerportable computer, palm pilot or data loggercommunication equipment. |
Standard map elements include one or more of: | latitude and longitudegrid reference systems (old and new and their relation to one another)north point, elevation, scale and legend. |
Integrity of data includes one or more of: | accuracy, currency and completenessscale and resolutionconfidence limits for dataquality (e.g. age/condition of hard copy documents). |
Disparities between data sets include one or more of: | datum and projectioncurrency. |
Supporting information includes one or more of: | graphs, tables, equations and parametersexplanatory notes. |
WHS and environmental management requirements include: | · compliance with relevant federal/state/territory WHS legislation at all times· assuming that samples are potentially hazardous and applying standard precautionsaccessing and applying current industry understanding of infection control issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and state/territory Departments of Health, where relevant. |