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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
OHS requirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include: personal protective equipment and clothing safety equipment first aid equipment fire fighting equipment hazard and risk control fatigue management elimination of hazardous materials and substances safe forest practices including required actions relating to forest fire manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying machine guarding |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislation organisational policies and procedures workplace practices |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include: award and enterprise agreements industrial relations Australian Standards confidentiality and privacy OHS the environment equal opportunity anti-discrimination relevant industry codes of practice duty of care heritage and traditional land owner issues |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelines policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility quality assurance procedural manuals quality and continuous improvement processes and standards OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures ethical standards recording and reporting requirements equipment use and maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Environmental care procedures may include: | integrating environmental considerations into everyday duties such as preventing and minimising the production of pollution (discharges to air, land and water, hazardous waste, reducing burning off activities, recycling materials, conservation practices) improving workplace maintenance practices (such as using a broom instead of a hose, using environmental friendly cleaning agents) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures environmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Environmental care requirements may include: | environmental sustainability protection of water courses and water quality soil and salinity management reduction and disposal of waste energy efficiency biodiversity and habitat protection conservation of natural resources fire management and actions to limit the impact of: water pollution soil erosion land contamination noise and actions to limit the impact to: air quality |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisors safety officers suppliers clients colleagues managers environmental officers |
Environmental risks and hazards may include: | spills leaks pollution planned and unplanned emissions soil compaction disturbance and erosion accidents disposal of waste damage or disruption to eco-systems displacement of plants or animals changes in land use fire risks and hazards damage to habitats illegal vegetation clearing seed collection firewood gathering |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language constructive feedback active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of positive, confident and cooperative language use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences control of tone of voice and body language |
Improving environmental care practices and resource efficiency may include: | assessing existing work practices and resource usage implementing new policies and procedures using resources in new ways |
Environmental regulations are specified in: | work orders work plans relevant policies and procedures |
Recording and reporting breaches of environmental care procedures may include: | referring to OHS policies and procedures referring to quality outcomes identifying risks and hazards identifying incidents or equipment malfunctions and may be compiled: using a computer-based or other appropriate organisational communication system |
Work practices in relation to methods/techniques/tools/equipment may include: | preventing and minimising risks improving resource/energy efficiency conserving energy reducing carbon emissions reducing use of non-renewable resources re-using and recycling minimising and reducing waste reducing material consumption eliminating or reducing the use of hazardous and toxic materials reducing chemical use |