Unit of competency
Modification History
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AMPv1.0 |
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Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to facilitate the achievement of enterprise environmental goals. It includes developing a workforce understanding of and commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability and techniques for monitoring and minimising environmental impact and waste.
Management of environmental impact is a high priority for the meat processing industry. All industry members are responsible for environmental management and sustainability.
This unit is applicable to for first line managers, including supervisors and team leaders in all meat industry sectors.
All work should be carried out to comply with workplace and regulatory requirements.
This unit applies to individuals who take responsibility for their own work and for the quality of others’ work within known parameters. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.
This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat industry standards and regulations.
No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil.
Unit Sector
Elements and Performance Criteria
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Element |
Performance criteria |
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Elements describe the essential outcomes. |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
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1. Clarify enterprise policies and responsibilities for minimising environmental impact |
1.1 Locate relevant company documents, policies and legal obligations and clarify requirements for enterprise operations 1.2 Explain responsibilities for minimising environmental impact to individuals and teams 1.3 Develop individual and team commitment to enterprise environmental management strategy |
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2. Implement environment management procedures |
2.1 Plan work practices with colleagues to ensure compliance with workplace and legislative environmental management requirements 2.2 Implement work practices in accordance with legal requirements and standards for environment protection 2.3 Coach and mentor colleagues to support them in managing their responsibilities for environmental protection |
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3. Monitor, adjust and report performance |
3.1 Measure environmental impacts including pollutants, emissions and waste in accordance with enterprise procedures and regulatory requirements 3.2 Identify, rectify and report actual and potential problems promptly and decisively to ensure environmental safety 3.3 Manage environmental hazards to minimise risks 3.4 Carry out waste recycling, reduction and disposal within legislative and enterprise requirements 3.5 Submit recommendations to improve environmental and waste procedures and controls to designated persons and groups 3.6 Inform individuals and teams about results of workplace environmental improvements 3.7 Maintain systems, records and reporting procedures in accordance with legal requirements |
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4. Investigate and report environmental non-conformance |
4.1 Investigate and deal with non-conformance in accordance with legal requirements 4.2 Provide coaching and mentoring to support colleagues to acquire and apply competencies to meet legal requirements and associated standards 4.3 Implement, review and improve workplace environmental and waste minimisation practices to ensure lack of repetitious non-conformance |
Foundation Skills
Foundation Skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range of Conditions
Unit Mapping Information
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MTMPSR403C Facilitate achievement of enterprise environmental policies and goals |
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Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=5e2e56b7-698f-4822-84bb-25adbb8443a7
