Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2014
Course Code: EASC5042C
Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5282 - Diploma of Laboratory Technology (Biotechnology)
Course Contact: Dinah van Ruyven
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4287
Course Contact Email: dinah.vanruyven@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Kirsten Balding
kirsten.balding@rmit.edu.au
Office: 51.4.01
Contact by email, or talk to Kirsten during class
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
there are no pre-requisites or co-requisites for this course
Course Description
This competency covers the outcomes required to effectively analyse the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices and to implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness. This unit is based on the sustainability guideline standard GCSSUS02A Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
MSAENV472A Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices |
Element: |
1. Investigate current practices in relation to resource usage. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Identify environmental regulations applying to the enterprise. |
Element: |
2. Set targets for improvements. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Seek input from stakeholders, key personnel and specialists. |
Element: |
3. Implement performance improvement strategies. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Source techniques/tools to assist in achieving targets. |
Element: |
4. Monitor performance |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Document outcomes and communicate reports on targets to key personnel and stakeholders. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities for this course will include:
• Teacher directed face-to face delivery of lessons
• Whole class Discussion
• Pair/group discussion
• Small group workshops
• Online quizzes & theory activities
• Worksheets
• Group Project including monitoring of resources used in Lab
• Data collection and analysis
• Presentations
• Research activities
Teaching Schedule
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Links to resources are given in Blackboard |
References
Other Resources
Resources are given in the Blackboard for this course. Access it through MyRMIT.
It is important that you check blackboard **at least** weekly.
Overview of Assessment
Assessments for this course typically consist of:
• Class activities
• Assignments
• Presentations
• Exams
Assessment Tasks
To pass the course you need to achieve:
Competent completion of ALL the assessment tasks.
Note that many of the assessments are done in class time, so it will be important to attend these classes.
**It is the student’s responsibility to catch up any missed assessments**
A. Case Studies
1. Ecological footprint
2. Green Purchasing & Lab Waste
3. EREP
Value: Satisfactory completion of ALL 3 case studies is required
When: week 1, week 5, week 9
B. Quizzes:
1. EMS
2. EPA Victoria
Value: Satisfactory completion of BOTH quizzes is required
When: Week 3
C. Project
- including a group talk
Value: Satisfactory completion is required
When: Weeks 3-11 (in class and external activiites)
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS – PLEASE READ! ☺
This course is assessed using competency based assessment principles. As such, no numeric grades are given for assessments. ALL assessments must however, be done to a satisfactory (“competent”) standard to pass the course.
Students that submit work that is assessed to be “not yet competent” will have the opportunity to resubmit their work by a negotiated due date. If the work is still not competent on the 2nd submission, the student will not be able to pass the course. Please discuss your assessment task with the teacher before submission to avoid this situation.
If you miss a class that has an assessment task you need to catch up the assessment task as soon as possible. In this case, you will need to email the completed task to the teacher within 1 week of the date of the class, unless a medical certificate is submitted. It is the student’s responsibility to catch up on the task and negotiate a due date with the teacher if a medical certificate was presented. Information can be found in the weekly folder about what to do for the task. Note that the teacher may not be available to help you outside of class time.
All assessment tasks must be completed competently to pass the course.
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Nominal Hours:
Class activities
(including worksheets, quizzes, spreadsheet activities, research activities) = 10 x 2 = 20 hours
Groupwork (project) = 6 hours
Self directed study (off campus) - reading, research, etc = 14 hours
Total: 40 hours
• Extension of time for submission of assessable work- A student may apply for an extension of up to 7 days from the original due date. They must lodge the application form (available on the web http://mams.rmit.edu.au/seca86tti4g4z.pdf ) at least the day before the due date. The application is lodged with the School Admin Office on Level 6, Bdg 51. Students requiring longer extensions must apply for Special Consideration (form available on the Web). For missed assessments such as exams- you (& your doctor if you are sick) must fill out a special consideration form. This form must be lodged at the HUB or online with supporting evidence (eg medical certificate), prior to, or within, 48 hours of the scheduled time of examination.
• Late work that is submitted without an application for an extension will not be corrected
• If you miss an assessment task due to unavoidable circumstances, you need to follow the procedure of special consideration and apply within the allowed time frame.
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