Assessment Requirements for ACMSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

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Assessment Requirements for ACMSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Modification History

Release	Comments
Release 1	This version released with ACM Animal Care and Management Training Package Version 1.0.

Performance Evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has applied environmentally sustainable work practices in an animal care and management facility on at least two separate occasions, including:

monitoring resource usage in an animal care environment on at least one occasion and making recommendations to supervisor for improvement

planning and organising a work activity that generates ideas for improving sustainability performance on at least one occassion

implementing one strategy to improve sustainability.

Knowledge Evidence

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

basic environmental sustainability principles

relevant internal and external sources of information that can be used to identify environmentally sustainable improvements

common environmental and energy efficiency issues within the industry

environmental hazards and risks associated with work in the animal care industry

organisation’s sustainability work policies and procedures

principles of resources efficiency and life cycle management

practices for disposal or recycling of waste in the animal care industry

organisational recording and reporting systems and requirements.

Assessment Conditions

Assessment of skills must take place under the following conditions:

physical conditions:

a workplace or an environment that accurately represents workplace conditions

resources, equipment and materials:

records of resource usage

equipment and resources typically available in an animal care environment

specifications:

organisational policies and procedures, current legislation and relevant codes of practice

relationships (internal and/or external):

interactions with work team

interactions with supervisor.

Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Links

Companion Volumes, including Implementation Guides, are available at VETNet: - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=b75f4b23-54c9-4cc9-a5db-d3502d154103