Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge to implement pre-existing sustainability plans. It also includes gaining support, monitoring and measuring the implemented changes and recommending further improvement or modifications. The improvements may be in response to planned or current regulatory requirements or may be related to organisation generated improvement proposals.
This unit applies inside organisations and their value chains.
This unit applies to a manager or technical specialist who has a major responsibility for sustainability as part of a broader work role, or sustainability may be their primary work responsibility. The manager or technical specialist may undertake this alone or as part of a team.
No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Establish required support for proposed sustainability related improvements | 1.1 | Read sustainability plan |
1.2 | Identify key stakeholders | ||
1.3 | Identify benefits of proposal for each stakeholder | ||
1.4 | Identify causes of resistance to proposal | ||
1.5 | Negotiate with key stakeholders and gain support | ||
2 | Establish systems for monitoring implementation | 2.1 | Agree on implementation timelines |
2.2 | Develop agreed indicators of progress | ||
2.3 | Establish data collection systems and responsibilities for each indicator | ||
2.4 | Validate data collection against indicators | ||
3 | Implement sustainability plan | 3.1 | Update sustainability plan |
3.2 | Implement plan activities | ||
3.3 | Monitor progress using agreed indicators | ||
3.4 | Analyse progress to plan | ||
3.5 | Take control actions | ||
3.6 | Modify sustainability plan | ||
3.7 | Report on progress | ||
4 | Recommend further improvements | 4.1 | Measure improvements obtained |
4.2 | Identify non-compliances with planned improvements | ||
4.3 | Determine desirable additional improvements | ||
4.4 | Obtain approvals for improvements | ||
4.5 | Implement improvements to sustainability plan | ||
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Sectors
Not applicable
Competency Field
Sustainable operations