Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2016
Course Code: EASC5042C
Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5283 - Diploma of Laboratory Technology (Pathology Testing)
Course Contact: Amberlee Mitton
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8053
Course Contact Email: amberlee.mitton@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. 1.2 Assess procedures for assessing compliance with environmental regulations. 1.3 Collect information on environmental and resource efficiency systems and procedures, and provide to the work group where appropriate. 1.4 Measure and record current resource usage by members of the work group. 1.5 Analyse and record current purchasing strategies. 1.6 Analyse current work processes to access information and data and assist in identifying areas for improvement |
Element: |
2. Set targets for improvements. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Seek input from stakeholders, key personnel and specialists. 2.2 Access external sources of information and data as required. 2.3 Evaluate alternative solutions to workplace environmental issues. 2.4 Set efficiency targets. |
Element: |
3. Implement performance improvement strategies. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Source techniques/tools to assist in achieving targets. 3.2 Apply continuous improvement strategies to own work area of responsibility and communicate ideas and possible solutions to the work group and management. 3.3 Integrate environmental and resource efficiency improvement plans for own work group with other operational activities and implement them. 3.4 Seek suggestions and ideas about environmental and resource efficiency management from stakeholders and act upon them where appropriate. 3.5 Implement costing strategies to fully value environmental assets. |
Element: |
4. Monitor performance. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Document outcomes and communicate reports on targets to key personnel and stakeholders. 4.2 Evaluate strategies. 4.3 Set new targets and investigate and apply new tools and strategies. 4.4 Promote successful strategies and reward participants where possible. |
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
Week No. |
Week of |
Topic No. |
Topic |
Assessment |
1 |
4-Jul |
1 |
Introduction to Sustainability |
|
2 |
11-Jul |
2 |
What is sustainability and why should I care? |
Case Study 1 |
3 |
18-Jul |
3 |
Managing waste better EPA victoria, Lab waste, Environmental Management Systems |
Quiz: EMS & Project |
4 |
25-Jul |
4 |
Product Lifecycle |
Project |
5 |
1-Aug |
5 |
Green Purchasing & Lab Waste |
Case Study 2 In lab/other classes: |
6 |
8-Aug |
6 |
Evaluating web resources Don’t believe everything you hear… Greenwash |
Worksheet In lab/other classes: |
7 |
15-Aug |
|
No class (Revision week for other courses) |
|
8 |
22-Aug |
Mid Semester exam week - |
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Week of 29 Aug: Mid semester Break | ||||
9 |
5-Sep |
7 |
Becoming more sustainable: |
Case Study 3 In lab/other classes: |
10 |
12-Sep |
8 |
Project Analysis |
Project: In class groupwork In lab/other classes: |
11 |
19-Sep |
9 |
Project Talks
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Project: |
12 |
26-Sep |
|
(No class this week except for |
Assessment catch ups |
|
3-Oct |
|
No class |
|
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10-Oct |
|
No class |
|
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17-Oct |
|
No class |
|
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24-Oct |
Exams (there is no exam for this course) |
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31-Oct |
Alternative assessment (not applicable to this course as there are no exams) |
Program is Subject to change
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
Note that many of the assessments are done in class time, so it will be important to attend these classes.
To pass the course you need to achieve:
Satisfactorycompletionof 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**
Topic |
Value |
When |
A. Case Studies
|
Satisfactory completion of |
Week 2 Week 5 Week 9 |
B. Quiz:
|
Satisfactory completion of the quiz is required |
Week 3 |
C. Project* - including a group talk *A co-assessment for |
Satisfactory completion is required |
Weeks 3-11 |
Total |
100 % |
|
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
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 satisfactory” will have the opportunity to resubmit their work by a negotiated due date. If the work is still not satisfactory 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 to a satisfactory standard
to pass the course.
This course is graded in accordance with competency-based assessment.
- CAG Competency Achieved
- NYC Not Yet Competent
- DNS Did Not Submit for assessment
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