Modification History
Not applicable.
Unit Descriptor
This unit covers the establishment and maintenance of the environmental management systems in resources and infrastructure industries. It includes establishing and maintaining: the framework and participative arrangements for the environmental management system; procedures for identifying environmental hazards, for assessing environmental risk, and for treating environmental risk; organisational procedures for dealing with hazardous environmental events; environmental training programs; a system for environmental records; and evaluation of the organisation's environmental system and related policies, procedures and programs.
Application of the Unit
This unit is appropriate for those working in management or technical specialist role, within:
- Civil construction
- Coal mining
- Drilling
- Extractive industries
- Metalliferous mining
Licensing/Regulatory Information
Refer to Unit Descriptor.
Pre-Requisites
Not applicable.
Employability Skills Information
This unit contains employability skills.
Elements and Performance Criteria Pre-Content
Elements describe the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the required skills and knowledge section and the range statement. Assessment of performance is to be consistent with the evidence guide. |
Elements and Performance Criteria
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Establish and maintain the framework for the environmental management system |
1.1. Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to establishing and maintaining environmental management systems 1.2. Develop, document and have approved policies and system procedures that clearly express the organisation's commitment to environmental management and how relevant environmental legislation will be implemented, consistent with overall organisational policies 1.3. Define, allocate and include in job descriptions and duty statements for all relevant positions , responsibilities and duties that will allow implementation and integration of the environmental management systems 1.4. Identify, source and/or provide the resources for the operation of the environmental system in a timely and consistent manner 1.5. Provide and explain information on environmental management system and procedures for the area of responsibility in a form readily accessible to employees |
2. Establish and maintain participative arrangements for the environmental management system |
2.1. Establish and ensure the maintenance of appropriate consultative processes, in consultation with employees and their representatives 2.2. Ensure issues raised through participation and consultation are dealt with and resolved promptly and effectively in accordance with procedures for issue resolution 2.3. Ensure information about the outcomes of participation and consultation is provided in a manner accessible to employees |
3. Establish and maintain procedures for identifying environmental hazards |
3.1. Ensure existing and potential environmental hazards are identified and confirmed through site inspection and trends identified from the environmental record system 3.2. Develop and maintain system procedures for the ongoing identifying of existing and potential environmental hazards and ensure the implementation of these procedures in site procedures and systems of work 3.3. Monitor activities to ensure that environmental hazard identification procedure is adopted effectively throughout the organisation 3.4. Ensure procedures are in place and applied for environmental hazard identification at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change in the workplace to ensure that new hazards are not created |
4. Establish and maintain procedures for assessing environmental risk |
4.1. Ensure appropriate assessment of risks presented by identified environmental hazards is carried out 4.2. Develop a system procedure for ongoing assessment of risks and ensure its integration within site procedures and systems of and work 4.3. Monitor activities to ensure that risk assessment procedure is adopted effectively throughout the organisation 4.4. Ensure procedures are in place for risk assessment to be addressed at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change within the organisation to ensure that risks are not created |
5. Establish and maintain procedures for treating environmental risks |
5.1. Develop and ensure implementation of measures to treat assessed risks 5.2. Ensure the implementation of interim solutions until a permanent control measure is developed when measures which treat a risk at its source are not immediately practicable 5.3. Develop system procedures for ongoing control of risks and ensure their integration within site procedures and general systems of work 5.4. Monitor activities to ensure that the risk treatment procedure is adopted effectively throughout the organisation 5.5. Ensure risk treatment is addressed at the planning, design and evaluation stages of any change within the organisation to ensure that adequate risk control measures are included 5.6. Identify inadequacies in existing risk treatment measures and seek and provide resources to enable implementation of new measures according to appropriate procedures |
6. Establish and maintain organisational procedures for dealing with hazardous environmental events |
6.1. Identify the range of most likely potential hazardous environmental events 6.2. Develop systems procedures in consultation with appropriate emergency services that would treat the risks associated with the potential hazardous events that meet legislative requirements, as a minimum 6.3. Provide appropriate information and training to all employees to enable implementation of the correct procedures in all relevant circumstances |
7. Establish and maintain an environmental training program |
7.1. Develop and ensure implementation of an environmental training program to identify and fulfil employees' environmental training needs |
8. Establish and maintain a system for environmental records |
8.1. Establish and monitor the system for keeping environmental records to allow identification of patterns of environmental non-compliance within the organisation |
9. Evaluate the organisation's environmental system and related policies, procedures and programs |
9.1. Assess the effectiveness of the organisation's environmental management system and related policies, procedures and programs in accordance with the organisation's goals and objectives and statutory requirements 9.2. Develop and ensure implementation of improvements to the environmental management system to ensure more effective achievement of the organisation's aims with respect to the environmental management 9.3. Assess compliance with compliance documentation and code of practice to ensure that legal environmental standards are maintained, as a minimum |
Required Skills and Knowledge
This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit. |
Required skills |
Specific skills are required to achieve the performance criteria in this unit, particularly for the application in the various circumstances in which this unit may be applied. This includes the ability to carry out the following as required to establish and maintain the environmental management system:
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Required knowledge |
Specific knowledge is required to achieve the Performance Criteria of this unit, particularly its application in a variety of circumstances in which the unit may be used. This includes knowledge of the following, as required to establish and maintain the environmental management system:
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Evidence Guide
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. |
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Overview of assessment |
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit |
The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to worksite operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge and the range statement of this unit and include evidence of the following:
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Context of and specific resources for assessment |
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Method of assessment |
This unit may be assessed in a holistic way with other units of competency. The assessment strategy for this unit must verify required knowledge and skill and practical application using more than one of the following assessment methods:
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Guidance information for assessment |
Consult the SkillsDMC User Guide for further information on assessment including access and equity issues. |
Range Statement
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. |
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Relevant compliance documentation may include: |
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Environmental policy is: |
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System's procedures are: |
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System's procedures may include: |
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Relevant positions may include: |
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Environmental Management Systems (EMS ) are the part of the overall management system which includes |
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Resources may include: |
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Consultation may include: |
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Existing and potential hazards can be identified from: |
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Hazard is: |
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Monitoring may include: |
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Hazard identification is: |
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Risk is: |
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Risk assessment is: |
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Risk treatment is: |
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Risk control is: |
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Unit Sector(s)
Environment
Competency field
Refer to Unit Sector(s).
Co-requisite units
Not applicable.