Assessment Requirements for CHCECE025 Embed sustainable practices in service operations

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Assessment Requirements for CHCECE025 Embed sustainable practices in service operations

Modification History

Release	Comments
Release 1	This version was released in CHC Community Services Training Package release 1.0 and meets the requirements of the New Standards for Training Packages. Significant changes to elements and performance criteria. New evidence requirements for assessment, including volume and frequency requirements.

Performance Evidence

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role. There must be demonstrated evidence that the candidate has completed the following tasks at least once: supported sustainable practices within at least one education and care service, including: undertaking an analysis of the environmental sustainability of the workplace identifying and supporting potential for workplace change to enhance environmental sustainability supporting children to develop respect for the natural environment designing, implementing and reviewing a program to enhance environmental sustainability in the child care workplace using a variety of strategies to involve colleagues, children, families and the broader community in participating in and evaluating a program to enhance environmental sustainability.

Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. These include knowledge of: how to access: the National Quality Framework the National Quality Standards the relevant approved learning framework how to navigate through framework and standards documents to find areas relevant to this unit of competency importance of community as a source of knowledge, skills and values, including: barriers and drivers for behavioural change strategies to increase children’s experiences and understanding of animals and the natural environment impact of key global issues, such as climate change, ozone layer effects, greenhouse effect, earth resources and biodiversity qualitative and quantitative evaluation processes for sustainability program sustainable practices and sustainable strategies cleaning and maintenance, and building, equipment and associated resources organisation standards, policies and procedures.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must be demonstrated in a regulated education and care service. In addition, simulations and scenarios must be used where the full range of contexts and situations cannot be provided in the workplace or may occur only rarely. These are situations relating to emergency or unplanned procedures where assessment in these circumstances would be unsafe or is impractical. Simulated assessment environments must simulate the real-life working environment where these skills and knowledge would be performed, with all the relevant equipment and resources of that working environment. Assessment must ensure use of: National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care the relevant approved learning framework under the National Quality Framework for Early Childhood Education and Care. Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Links

Companion volumes are available from the CS&HISC website - http://www.cshisc.com.au/