Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
MSS024003A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Apply an understanding of environmental principles to a site
Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | MSS024003A - Apply an understanding of environmental principles to a site |
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Description | This unit of competency covers the ability to ‘read the landscape’ in terms of the physical and biological components of the environment and the ecological linkages in operation at a site. Personnel are required to apply basic principles of geomorphology, hydrology and ecology in a systematic, scientific appraisal of site condition. This requires sufficient knowledge of chemistry, physics, geology and biology to support a scientific approach to field ecology. | ||
Employability Skills | Not applicable. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit of competency is applicable to environmental technicians in a range of industry sectors, such as:environmental services (e.g. sampling and monitoring of air quality, water, soil and noise)environmental compliance, auditing and inspectiongroundwater, clean water (e.g. catchments, supply and environmental flows)water treatment, storm and wastewater managementsolid and hazardous waste management, and site remediationmanagement of contaminated sitesgeotechnical services and civil engineeringnatural resource management. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Not applicable. | ||
Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Prepare for site inspection |
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Element: Conduct initial site survey |
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Element: Make an initial assessment of site condition |
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Element: Prepare for field study |
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Element: Perform a basic ecological field study of the site |
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Element: Finalise field study |
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Element: Process and present field data |
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Element: Maintain a safe work environment |
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