Course Title: Conduct environmental audits

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5294

Course Title: Conduct environmental audits

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 80.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

OHTH5645C

City Campus

TAFE

650T TAFE Business

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet

OHTH5717C

Open Learning Australia

TAFE

650T TAFE Business

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet


Course Contact: John Fowler

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5666

Course Contact Email: john.c.fowler@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit involves the skills and knowledge required to conduct an environmental audit in accordance with relevant environmental protection regulatory requirements and workplace procedures. This includes preparing for an environmental audit, scheduling an internal audit, conducting an environmental audit, documenting the findings, and reporting on the environmental audit results. Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements are applicable to this unit.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

nil



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

TLIU5006A Conduct environmental audits

Elements:

1 Prepare for environmental audit

2 Schedule internal audit

3 Conduct environmental audit and document findings

4 Report environmental
Audit results
 


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including in-class exercises, problem-solving exercises, assignments, group or individual projects, presentations and written or practical tests, as well as homework activities.

Other activities may be workplace-based or simulate work practices. These may include the production of technical requirements documents, direct observation of workplace practices and the presentation of a portfolio of evidence. This portfolio may include documents, photographs, video and/or audio files.

Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met. Students will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check their progress.