Course Title: Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2016

Course Code: EASC5049C

Course Title: Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

School: 350T Fashion & Textiles

Campus: Brunswick Campus

Program: C4218 - Certificate IV in Textile Design and Development

Course Contact: Peter Bonnell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9171

Course Contact Email: peter.bonnell@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Lucy Adam

lucy.adam@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 30

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.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Nil

Course Description

This course is designed to give you the skills and knowledge required to participate in environmentally sustainable work practices


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

MSAENV272B Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Element:

1 Identify current resource use and environmental issues

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Identify workplace environmental and resource efficiency issues
1.2 Identify resources used in own work role
1.3 Find out current usage of resources
 

Element:

2 Comply with environmental regulations.

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Read and follow environmental policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state/territory and local government laws, by-laws, regulations and mandated codes of practice, and codes and standards that the organisation applies voluntarily
2.2 Ask questions and seek clarification relating to environmental work requirements
2.3 Identify incidents, including breaches or potential breaches of environmental regulations and occurrences outside of standard procedures, and report to appropriate personnel
2.4 Report environmental incidents using workplace forms and procedures
 

Element:

3 Seek opportunities to improve environmental practices and resource efficiency.

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Follow workplace procedures to improve environmental practices and resource efficiency
3.2 Make suggestions for improvements to environmental workplace practices and work plans
 


Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge to demonstrate competency in the above elements.


Details of Learning Activities

Students will participate in a variety of learning activities including: lectures, tutorials, class discussion, group activities, work sheets, analysis of case studies, research and report writing.


Teaching Schedule

Week 1 Topic
1. Introduction to unit, course guide, assessment requirements.
Group activity – in small groups list all the things you do in your everyday life home/work that you think are sustainable. Define what you think sustainability is. Definitions are presented to class by groups. 
 
2. What is an ecological footprint – in small groups discuss findings and List 3 things you could change to reduce your footprint.

What’s driving sustainability? International and local agendas

Group activity – envision the future Probable and preferable, discuss with class
 

3.

Ethics & Fashion Production a Global Perspective 

Human Rights and Workers Rights Issues in the industry
Fairtrade principles, CSR models, People, Planet, Profit, Cradle to Cradle principles, Product stewardship.

 

4. Life cycle assessment.

In small groups conduct life cycle assessments on different objects.
 

5. Identify resource use in own area: List all resources you use in your work area, describe, how they are used, in what quantities, consider waste and disposal.

Visualisation activity: How does sustainability work in your industry? Imagine an organisation in your industry, What would it look like? What would people be doing? What is best practice in your industry? What are the drivers, barriers and opportunities to change?
 

6. Develop an action plan: Using environmental management strategies develop plans to improve environmental practices in your working environment. This includes identifying areas for improvement and details about how your action plan is implemented

This is an group activity

7. Material Diversity: Fibres, origins, ethics and sustainability.

Class activity: in small groups research different fibres and assess their sustainability credentials. Findings will be compiled into a resource booklet

Material Diversity brief discussed in class
 

8. Material Diversity continued. 

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Fletcher, K & Grose, L 2011, Fashion & Sustainability: Design for Change, Laurence King Publishing Ltd, UK.

Chapman, J & Gant, N 2007, Designers, Visionaries and other stories: A collection of sustainable design essays, Earthscan, UK.


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment is ongoing through the course and may include demonstration and submission of evidence showing competency of work performed and through questioning for underpinning knowledge.


Assessment Tasks

Assessment tasks: Due/ Week 10, 21 April 2016

You are required to complete the following three assessment tasks:

  1. Work book - includes all activities undertaken in class
  2. Action plan for own work area
  3. Material Diversity report

Details of assessment requirements will be provided in class

Submission items and  tasks  for this course will be assessed as:

CA        Competency Achieved
NYC      Not yet Competent
 


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Study and learning Support:

Study and Learning Centre (SLC) provides free learning and academic development advice to all RMIT students.
Services offered by SLC to support numeracy and literacy skills of the students are:
- Assignment writing, thesis writing and study skills advice
- Maths and science developmental support and advice
- English language development

Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/studyandlearningcentre to find more information about Study and Learning Support.

Disability Liaison Unit:

Students with disability or long-term medical condition should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to complete their studies.
Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit.

 

Late submission:

Students requiring extensions for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) must complete and lodge an Application for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager.
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. The student will be notified within no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgment as to whether the extension has been granted.

Students seeking an extension of more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 working days after the official due date.

Assignments submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.


Special consideration:

Please refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=riderwtscifm to find more information about special consideration.

Plagiarism:

Plagiarism is a form of cheating and it is very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the University.

Please refer: www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity to find more information about plagiarism.

Student Directed Hours

* In this course, minimum student directed hours are 14 in addition to 16 scheduled teaching hours.
* Student directed hours involve completing activities such as reading online resources and writing project reports.
 

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