Elements and Performance Criteria
- Confirm scope of site remediation and/or rehabilitation activities with manager
- Locate and review legislative, regulatory, licensing/approval and planning requirements that apply to the site.
- Review background information, site remediation/rehabilitation management plan and any relevant reports.
- Review site remediation/rehabilitation goals and strategies, key stakeholders and their issues and likely constraints.
- Review the technical specifications and plans for each activity.
- Confirm the roles and responsibilities of the workplace staff, consultants and contractors involved; the work requirements and timeframe for each activity.
- Confirm own role, limits of responsibility and reporting requirements for the coordination of assigned activities.
- Plan and organise activities
- Consolidate schedules of activities, timeframes and milestones on a single planning management framework to enable efficient coordination of each activity.
- Use appropriate project management tools to achieve efficient integration and sequencing of activities.
- Ensure that forward planning takes into account variables such as seasonal factors, availability of equipment, seeds and plants and site access.
- Identify possible/actual clashes and negotiate solutions with other staff, consultants, contractors and/or own manager, as appropriate.
- Liaise with site personnel and community members
- Confirm that staff, consultants and/or contractors understand the timing and technical specifications for their assigned remediation/rehabilitation activities.
- Confirm that staff, consultants and/or contractors are aware of hazards and understand site safety procedures and their environmental management obligations.
- Provide timely, authorised information to community members about remediation/rehabilitation activities in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Solve problems and address issues/complaints arising from remediation/rehabilitation activities within scope of responsibility.
- Refer complex problems, issues and complaints to relevant personnel in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Monitor progress of activities
- Anticipate risks to progress and notify relevant personnel.
- Monitor completion of activities and progress against work requirements and milestones.
- Develop solutions in response to problems and unforeseen or changed circumstances in consultation with site personnel and/or own manager, as appropriate.
- If necessary, negotiate and/or implement adjustments to work programs with site personnel in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Record and store required information for each activity.
- Monitor the effectiveness of activities
- Conduct, or arrange for, site inspections to check if work requirements for each activity have been met.
- Conduct, or arrange for, the monitoring of specified environmental parameters to assist with the evaluation of remediation/ rehabilitation activities.
- Examine results of regular surveys, inspections and environmental monitoring to identify significant trends in data, performance indicators or non-conformances.
- If necessary, clarify any significant remediation/ rehabilitation performance issues with the consultant or contractor involved to ensure details are fully understood.
- Seek manager’s advice when challenges are beyond own technical competence or when further input from environmental specialists may be required.
- Report the progress and effectiveness of activities
- Provide regular reports to relevant personnel about the progress and environmental performance of assigned remediation/rehabilitation activities.
- Report any instances of potential/actual environmental management non-conformance and incidents and the actions taken in each case.
- Report opportunities and recommendations for improved coordination of remediation/rehabilitation activities accordance with workplace procedures.
- Maintain records of activities