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Evidence Guide: MSS015018 - Inform and educate organisation and community representatives on sustainability issues

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MSS015018 - Inform and educate organisation and community representatives on sustainability issues

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Determine sustainability information or advice requirements

  1. Determine need for sustainability information dissemination.
  2. Assess type and level of information required to be communicated.
  3. Determine if information release is covered by special provisions.
  4. Determine timing and distribution requirements for communication of information.
Determine need for sustainability information dissemination.

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Assess type and level of information required to be communicated.

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Determine if information release is covered by special provisions.

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Determine timing and distribution requirements for communication of information.

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Provide sustainability related information

  1. Acquire or produce required information in an appropriate format.
  2. Ensure documentation is accurate and information sources are suitable for ongoing reference.
  3. Ensure information covers options for improving sustainability.
  4. Provide relevant information through meetings or use of appropriate media.
  5. Provide an opportunity for representatives to confirm understanding and seek clarification.
Acquire or produce required information in an appropriate format.

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Ensure documentation is accurate and information sources are suitable for ongoing reference.

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Ensure information covers options for improving sustainability.

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Provide relevant information through meetings or use of appropriate media.

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Provide an opportunity for representatives to confirm understanding and seek clarification.

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Provide clarification on sustainability issues

  1. Determine if assistance/advice is required from a specialist.
  2. Undertake an inspection of site or equipment to clarify concern or issue if required.
  3. Assist organisation or community representatives to interpret sustainability information.
  4. Assist representatives to develop and implement sustainability improvement strategies.
Determine if assistance/advice is required from a specialist.

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Undertake an inspection of site or equipment to clarify concern or issue if required.

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Assist organisation or community representatives to interpret sustainability information.

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Assist representatives to develop and implement sustainability improvement strategies.

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Determine sustainability information or advice requirements

1.1

Determine need for sustainability information dissemination.

1.2

Assess type and level of information required to be communicated.

1.3

Determine if information release is covered by special provisions.

1.4

Determine timing and distribution requirements for communication of information.

2

Provide sustainability related information

2.1

Acquire or produce required information in an appropriate format.

2.2

Ensure documentation is accurate and information sources are suitable for ongoing reference.

2.3

Ensure information covers options for improving sustainability.

2.4

Provide relevant information through meetings or use of appropriate media.

2.5

Provide an opportunity for representatives to confirm understanding and seek clarification.

3

Provide clarification on sustainability issues

3.1

Determine if assistance/advice is required from a specialist.

3.2

Undertake an inspection of site or equipment to clarify concern or issue if required.

3.3

Assist organisation or community representatives to interpret sustainability information.

3.4

Assist representatives to develop and implement sustainability improvement strategies.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1

Determine sustainability information or advice requirements

1.1

Determine need for sustainability information dissemination.

1.2

Assess type and level of information required to be communicated.

1.3

Determine if information release is covered by special provisions.

1.4

Determine timing and distribution requirements for communication of information.

2

Provide sustainability related information

2.1

Acquire or produce required information in an appropriate format.

2.2

Ensure documentation is accurate and information sources are suitable for ongoing reference.

2.3

Ensure information covers options for improving sustainability.

2.4

Provide relevant information through meetings or use of appropriate media.

2.5

Provide an opportunity for representatives to confirm understanding and seek clarification.

3

Provide clarification on sustainability issues

3.1

Determine if assistance/advice is required from a specialist.

3.2

Undertake an inspection of site or equipment to clarify concern or issue if required.

3.3

Assist organisation or community representatives to interpret sustainability information.

3.4

Assist representatives to develop and implement sustainability improvement strategies.

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include the ability, for two or more groups and/or occasions, to:

conduct consultations with stakeholders who need sustainability information

match sustainability information need with commercial and regulatory requirements

present information at different levels of complexity and in different formats

analyse documentation for sustainability implications and information.

Must provide evidence that demonstrates sufficient knowledge to interact with relevant personnel and be able to explain and provide advice on sustainability issues and processes including knowledge of:

basic sustainability principles

value chain concepts

significant sustainability issues, including climate change, carbon pollution, waste generation and control

principles of energy and water conservation

precautionary principle

sustainability and environmental legal context

principles of biological and ecological diversity

methods of interpreting and presenting data

sources of relevant data and information in own organisation and from public sources

AS/NZS ISO 14001 Environmental Management Standards (or its authorised replacement or other relevant standard).

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Organisation and community representatives include one or more of

employees and managers in own organisation

suppliers

customers

other members of a value chain (e.g. logistics suppliers, professional support services, contractors, training providers)

local, regional and national community representatives.

Need for sustainability information dissemination determined by means of one or more of

discussions with organisation representatives

discussions with community representatives

examination of current and past requests for information.

Information covered by special provisions includes one or more of

information required to be released under Acts or regulations

information required under supplier or customer contracts

industry codes, covenants and standards

commercial in confidence information

information requiring special clearances before release.

Sustainability related information and concepts include one or more of

definitions of sustainable development

sustainability related philosophical concepts (e.g. precautionary principle, intra- and inter-generational equity, inter-regional and inter-country equity)

air, water and soil contamination

energy use and conservation

climate change, including greenhouse gases

overpopulation relative to food supply

effects of uneven population distribution

distinction between renewable and non-renewable resources

resource footprint

consumption of resources (e.g. reasons for use in the value chain, rate of use, impact on environment and ecology at both local and global level, alternative resources, efficiency of extraction and use of resources)

concepts of carbon accounting and carbon equivalence in resource consumption

generation and disposal of solid and liquid waste

conservation of biological and ecological diversity

community and government expectations on use of technology

environmental and sustainability related legislation and regulations,

inclusion of sustainability and environmental values in cost structures

general sustainability issues.