Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

MSS025017 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Assist with assessing site environmental indicators

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Issue Date: May 2024


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Unit of Competency MSS025017 - Assist with assessing site environmental indicators
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the skills and knowledge to assist environmental scientists and engineers with determining the environmental condition of a site or locality. Personnel are required to locate and assess relevant data sets and reports; interpret the magnitudes and trends in measured environmental parameters; and determine and report on the potential significance for site or locality activities. This includes knowledge of environmental science to interpret measurements involving the atmosphere, biodiversity, land and water.This unit applies to environmental technicians working in a range of industry sectors, including environmental monitoring, and sampling; environmental compliance, auditing and inspection; groundwater and clean water; water treatment, storm and wastewater management; solid and hazardous waste management; site remediation; management of contaminated sites; geotechnical services and civil engineering; natural resource management.No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Environmental monitoring
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
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Report findings
  • Report the assessment of environmental condition in the required format and expected timeframe
  • Brief supervisor and stakeholders about the environmental assessment process and outcomes
       
Element: Read and interpret existing site or locality information
  • Confirm the scope of the proposed project and details of the site or locality
       
Element: Identify legislative, regulatory and planning requirements
       
Element: Access, read and interpret available information about the site or locality
       
Element: Summarise existing data and relate it to legislative, planning and organisational requirements
       
Element: Identify relevant environmental indicators for site or locality
  • Determine which environmental indicators and statutory environmental quality concentration limits are relevant to the proposed project and requirements of the site or locality
       
Element: Identify core environmental indicators and collect and collate data
       
Element: Identify statutory environmental quality concentration limits and collect and collate data
       
Element: Identify additional site, locality or project specific environmental indicators and collect and collate data
       
Element: Identify gaps in available data and refer to supervisor for further action
       
Element: Read and analyse data to establish site condition
  • Ensure compatibility of data sets and seek advice
       
Element: Compare compatible data with core environmental indicators, established standards, regulatory limits, and statutory environmental quality concentration limits
       
Element: Apply environmental chemistry and biodiversity concepts and principles to estimate the environmental health of the site or locality
       
Element: Identify significant trends in environmental data and correlations and differences with indicators
       
Element: Make a final assessment of site condition
  • Report the assessment of environmental condition in the required format and expected timeframe
       
Element: Brief supervisor and stakeholders about the environmental assessment process and outcomes
       

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Report the assessment of environmental condition in the required format and expected timeframe 
Brief supervisor and stakeholders about the environmental assessment process and outcomes 
Confirm the scope of the proposed project and details of the site or locality 
 
 
 
Determine which environmental indicators and statutory environmental quality concentration limits are relevant to the proposed project and requirements of the site or locality 
 
 
 
 
Ensure compatibility of data sets and seek advice 
 
 
 
Report the assessment of environmental condition in the required format and expected timeframe 
 

Forms

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