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This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Evaluate environmental sustainability of current practice

1.1 Assess source of materials used in current practice, taking account of their origin and abundance

1.2 Investigate and evaluate resource use and sustainability issues in current practice

1.3 Identify and evaluate relevant legislation, codes of practice, and national standards that impact on workplace sustainability to ensure compliance

1.4 Analyse and address existing and potential environmental risks and hazards in the workplace

2. Use resources sustainably in own practice

2.1 Use sustainable work practices across all areas of activity

2.2 Explore use of alternative sources of materials, including recycled products where possible

2.3 Source and use more sustainable approaches in work, including sustainable materials in preference to materials in short supply

2.4 Maximise use of waste products arising from the creative process

2.5 Monitor and measure use of resources in own practice on an ongoing basis, and make changes that reduce usage where practicable

3. Make sustainable design decisions

3.1 Evaluate choice and use of materials in design briefs, whether generated by self or others

3.2 Assess impact of user needs and preferences on sustainable design options

3.3 Assess environmental impact of intended production processes

3.4 Determine opportunities to enhance sustainability by asking pertinent questions

3.5 Positively influence the sustainability of design process within scope of own responsibility

3.6 Include explicit reference to sustainability issues in design and production documentation

4. Maintain currency of sustainability issues and options

4.1 Maintain currency of specialised knowledge of sustainability issues relevant to own area of expertise

4.2 Proactively identify sources of information and professional development to build own sustainability skills

4.3 Integrate current and emerging ideas into own practice

Skill 

Performance 

Criteria 

Description 

Learning

4.1, 4.2, 4.3

• Identifies and analyses sustainability aspects of completed work through self-appraisal to positively enhance practice
• Enhances professional development through the ongoing accumulation of information about contemporary and developing methodologies

Writing

3.6

• Uses clear and specialised language to accurately record relevant sustainability issues and approaches in workplace documentation

Oral Communication

3.4

• Articulates clearly using specific and relevant language suitable to audience to convey sustainability requirements
• Uses listening and questioning techniques to confirm and clarify understanding

Numeracy

2.3, 2.5

• Prepares detailed resource specifications, making adjustments based on sustainability considerations relating to availability and usage

Navigate the world of work

1.3

• Keeps up-to-date with legislation, codes of practice, and national standards relevant to own rights and responsibilities and considers implications of these for own work practice

Get the work done

1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 3.1-3.3, 3.5

• Takes responsibility for own work practices negotiating some key sustainability aspects with others
• Uses systematic, analytical processes in a variety of situations to set sustainability goals, gather relevant information and identify and evaluate options against agreed criteria
• Recognises the potential to develop and apply new ideas to enhance sustainable work practices and outcomes

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Equivalence status 

CUAPPR504 Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice

CUVPRP504A Establish and maintain environmentally sustainable creative practice

Updated to meet Standards for Training Packages and clarify intent. Minor edits to elements and performance criteria.

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Release 

Comments 

Release 1

This version first released with CUA Creative Arts and Culture Training Package version 2.0.