Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2015

Course Code: OHTH5801C

Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4336 - Certificate IV in Surveying

Course Contact: Program manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vocenengineering@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Surveying Senior Educator: Thierry Demathieu
School of Voctational Engineering (Surveying)
Ph: 9925 8359
Email: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au

Teacher: Toby Manning
School of Voctational Engineering (Surveying)
Ph: 9925 4934
Email: toby.manning@rmit.edu.au

Teacher: Indira Wittamperuma
School of Voctational Engineering (Surveying)
Ph: 9925 4468
Email: indira.wittamperuma@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 40

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 unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to analyse the workplace effectively in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices, and to then implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

CPPCMN4002B Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Element:

1. Investigate current practices in relation to resource use.

Element:

2. Set targets for improvements.

Element:

3. Implement performance improvement strategies.

Element:

4. Monitor performance

Element:

1 Investigate current practices in relation to resource use.

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Environmental regulations applying to organisation, work conducted on clients’ sites, and to the community at large, are identified.
1.2 Procedures for assessing compliance with environmental regulations are evaluated.
1.3 Information on environmental and resource efficiency systems and procedures is collected and provided to work group according to organisational policies and procedures.
1.4 Current resource use is measured and documented according to organisational policies and procedures.
1.5 Current purchasing strategies are analysed and documented.
1.6 Current work processes are analysed to access information and data and assist in identifying areas for improvement.

Element:

2 Set targets for improvements.

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Input is sought from stakeholders, key personnel and specialists.
2.2 External sources of information and data are accessed as required.
2.3 Alternative solutions to workplace environmental issues are evaluated.
2.4 Efficiency targets are set.

 

3 Implement performance improvement strategies.

3.1 Techniques and tools are sourced to assist in achieving targets.
3.2 Continuous improvement strategies are applied to own area of responsibility, and ideas and possible solutions are communicated to work group and management.
3.3 Environmental and resource efficiency improvement plans for own work group are integrated into other operational activities and implemented.
3.4 Suggestions and ideas about environment and resource efficiency management are sought from stakeholders and acted upon according to organisational policies and procedures.
3.5 Costing strategies are implemented to fully value environmental assets.

4 Monitor performance

4.1 Outcomes are documented and reports on targets are communicated to key personnel and stakeholders.
4.2 Strategies and benchmark indicators are evaluated.
4.3 New targets are set and new tools and strategies investigated and applied.
4.4 Compliance with relevant legislative standards or codes is monitored and reported in accordance with formal requirements.
4.5 Successful strategies are promoted and, where possible, participants rewarded.

Learning Outcomes


Refer to elements


Details of Learning Activities

You will learn to:

  • Investigate current practices in relation to resource use
  • Set targets for improvements
  • Implement performance improvement strategies
  • Monitor performance

The total number of scheduled hours of teaching, learning and assessment involved in this course includes all planned activities (face to face classes, lectures, workshops and seminars; workplace visits, online learning and other forms of structured teaching and learning). It also covers the amount of effort necessary to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, observation of work performance, discussions with supervisors and others providing third party evidence and one on one and group assessment sessions with students.
 


Teaching Schedule

 

Session/DateTopicElementAssessment

1

 

  Golden Avenue  1  Assessment 1

1

 

  Golden Avenue  2,3 & 4  
2

 

  Property report and plan  1  Assessment 1 due

2

 

  Property report and plan  2,3 & 4  

3

 

  Karnak Court  1  Assessment 2 due

3

 

  Karnak Court  2,3 & 4  

4

 

  25 Gammon Avenue  1 Assessment 3 due

4

 

  25 Gammon Avenue  2,3 & 4  Assessment 4 due


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

Check the Library Subject Guides:

http://rmit.libguides.com/geospatial


Overview of Assessment

Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities. You will be asked to personally demonstrate to your teacher/assessor the practical skills gained during this course to the relevant industry standards. Assessment activities will occur throughout this course and feedback will be provided at regular intervals.

 Assessment Tasks

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.

Assessments

Weight %

Assessment 1

Drafting Test 1

30

Assessment 2

Drafting Test 2

30

Assessment 3

Portfolio – Semester class& field activities

40

These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Assessment Mapping Matrix

 

Element / Performance Criteria Covered Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3
1.1 X    
1.2 X    
1.3 X    
1.4 X    
1.5 X    
1.6   X X
2.1 X    
2.2   X X
2.3 X    
2.4 X X  
3.1   X  
3.2   X  
3.3   X  
3.4   X  
3.5   X X
4.1 X   X
4.2   X X
4.3 X   X
4.4   X X
4.5 X   X

 

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.

 

 


Assessment Tasks

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.

Assessment Task 1 – Class activity Session 2 Weight 25%
Assessment Task 2 – Class activity Session 3 Weight 25%
Assessment Task 3 – Class activity Session 4 Weight 25%
Assessment Task 4 – Class activity Session 4 Weight 25%

This competency is delivered as a cluster in Theme 1, but is individually assessed.

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.

Blackboard
Blackboard is an on-line resource with the lesson plans for each unit. Within Blackboard are the session lessons plans, assessments, resources and other materials required for completion of each unit of competency. Blackboard Collaborate is an on-line delivery system within Blackboard that may be utilised as a virtual classroom that may be a part of the overall lesson delivery plan.

Projects and Presentations
Students are required to complete an individual written assessment and include group discussions to provide evidence of the competency in the unit.

Reasonable Adjustment
Students with a disability or long-term medical or mental health condition can apply for adjustments to their study and assessment conditions (Reasonable Adjustments and Equitable Assessment Arrangements) by registering with the Disability Liaison Unit (DLU) at http://www1.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=01daxmpd1vo4z
 


Assessment Matrix

 Graded Assessment

You will need to obtain Satisfactory (S) in all assessment tasks before grading can occur.
Marks from assessments will count towards a final grade only if the individual assessment result is satisfactory (S)

Grade Table
NYC Not Yet Competent / NYS in any of the above assessments
GAG Competent – Pass
CC Competent – Credit
CDI Competent – Distinction
CHD Competent – High Distinction

Element CoveredAssessment TaskProportion of Final Assessment Submission Time
1,2,3 & 4 Assessment 1 - Golden Avenue plan 25% Session 2 - 18/7/2015
1,2,3 & 4 Assessment 2 - Property plan 25% Session 3 - 30/8/2015
1,2,3 & 4 Assessment 3 - Karnak Court plan 25% Session 4 - 28/9/2015
1,2,3 & 4 Assessment 4 - 25 Gammon Avenue plan 25% Session 4 - 30/10/2015

Other Information

Underpinning Skills and Knowledge

Spatial skills to:
       • exercise precision and accuracy in surveying computations
       • archive and retrieve spatial data
       • manage and manipulate spatial data 
       • manage files
       • solve problems relating to height, depth, breadth, dimension, direction and position in actual operational activity and virtual representation
• Apply the basic principles of algebra, geometry and trigonometry
• Computing traverse data from field information
• Spatial reference systems
• Understanding and application of significance in calculations
 

Credit Transfer and/or Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL):
You may be eligible for credit towards courses in your program if you have already met the learning/competency outcomes through previous learning and/or industry experience. To be eligible for credit towards a course, you must demonstrate that you have already completed learning and/or gained industry experience that is:
• Relevant
• Current
• Satisfies the learning/competency outcomes of the course
Please refer to http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/enrolment/credit to find more information about credit transfer and RPL.

Study and learning Support:
Study and Learning Centre (SLC) provides free learning and academic development advice to you.
Services offered by SLC to support your numeracy and literacy skills 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:
If you are suffering from long-term medical condition or disability, you should contact Disability Liaison Unit to seek advice and support to complete your studies.
Please Refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/disability to find more information about services offered by Disability Liaison Unit

e-Submission
The University is obliged to obtain clear student authorisation on all assessable works. RMIT’s e-Submission process provides a valid authorisation equivalent to a signature on a paper coversheet allowing students to submit assessment works electronically.
The e-Submission process requires that specific wording and a link to the assessment declaration is included in your assessment documentation in order to comply with legal and statutory obligations, and can be used with all RMIT teaching technologies, including;
• Blackboard
• WebLearn
• RMIT’s Google Apps for Education (Gmail, Drive, Sites etc.)
The use of fully electronic submissions saves significant time for both staff and students.

Good practice
• Providing clear advice to students on the e-Submission process as part of their assessment expectations assists in ensuring that it is straightforward for RMIT students to submit work electronically.
• Students can submit non-electronic works via conversion by a digital scanner, i.e. paper-based assessments can be scanned and submitted for assessment via the e-Submission process.
• Establishing a Turnitin assignment in Blackboard is a quick way to provide an e-Submission process for a class group.
Students must submit all assessment task electronically via blackboard as directed by their teacher.
Students are not to email or hand assessment tasks to teachers in class, corridor or cafeteria etc


Late submission:
If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you 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. You will be notified within no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgment as to whether the extension has been granted.

If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for 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.

Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked.

Special consideration:
Please Refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/staff/studentadmin/specialconsideration 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.

Other Information:
All email communications will be sent to your RMIT email address and you must regularly check your RMIT emails.
 

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