Course Title: Conduct environmental audits

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5302

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 Vocational Business Education	Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet	Term2 2013, Term2 2014, Term2 2015, Term1 2016

Course Contact: Tim Wallis

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5423

Course Contact Email: timothy.wallis@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

The unit generally applies to those with responsibility for resource coordination and allocation who are required to conduct an environmental audit in accordance with relevant environmental protection regulatory requirements and workplace procedures.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

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

This course delivers 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.

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.