Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2018

Course Code: EASC5068C

Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5362 - Diploma of Laboratory Technology (Pathology Testing)

Course Contact: Namrita Kaul

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837

Course Contact Email: namrita.kaul@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Penny Tresise
penelope.tresise @rmit.edu.au

Kirsten balding
kirsten.balding@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

None

Course Description

This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to effectively analyse the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices, and to implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

MSMENV472 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, as required
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 and use 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 and environmental performance, including breaches or potential breaches of regulations and occurrences outside of standard procedure which may lead to lower environmental performance
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 include
online research & analysis
group discussions
case studies


Teaching Schedule

 Session Week   Date  Topic  Assessment
 1 5  30/7 Introduction to Sustainability
What is sustainability and why should I care? 
Opposing Points of view
Gapminder stats: 
Population growth, Energy consumption, CO2 emissions
 
 2 6  6/8 War on Waste
Case Study 1: Ecological footprint
 Case study 1 (in class)
  7 13/8 Revision Week (no class)  
  8 20/8 Exam week (no Class)  
    27/8  Student break  
 3 9  3/9 Managing waste better
EPA Victoria, Lab waste, ISO4001
Environmental Management Systems
 Quiz (in class)
 4 10  10/9  Product Lifecycle/ SMART goals and Stakeholders/ Project plan
 Project brief (in class)/SMART goals and Stakeholders Quiz
 5 11  17/9 Green Purchasing & Lab Waste
Case Study 2
 Project plan (in class)/ Case study 2 (in class)
12  24/9 Green Purchasing & Lab Waste
Case Study 2
Project plan (in class)/ Case study 2 (in class)
 7 13  1/10 Becoming more sustainable:
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) accounting and reporting
(The consumption simplified) 
Case study 3:
Environmental Resource Efficiency Plans (EREP)

 

Case study 3 (in class)

 8 14  8/10 Project Analysis  
  15  15/10 Project Talks  group presentation of project
9 & 10 16 & 17  22/10 & 29/10 Catch up assessment (Special consideration only)  


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

case studies

quiz

group project & presentation


Assessment Tasks

Topic

Value

Date

Task 1. Case Studies

1.    Ecological footprint

2.    Green Purchasing & Lab Waste

3.    EREP

Satisfactory completion of
ALL 3 case studies 

Week 6

Week 11

Week 13

Task 2. Quiz:

1.    EMS and EPA Victoria

Satisfactory completion 

Week 9

Task 3. Group Project and Presentation*

 

*A co-assessment for
Communicate with other people

Satisfactory completion 

Weeks 11-15 

Total

100 %

 


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Assessment Information

This course is graded in accordance with competency-based assessment

CA Competency Achieved 
NYC Not Yet Competent
DNS Did Not Submit for assessment

 

  • To pass the course you need to satisfactorily complete all assessment tasks
  • Late work that is submitted without an application for an extension (see below) will not be corrected.
  • APPLICATION FOR 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 online http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension) at least 24 hours before the due date. The application should be emailed to the Program Coordinator (namrita.kaul@rmit.edu.au). Students requiring longer extensions must apply for SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.
  • 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 online with supporting evidence prior to, or within, 5 days of the scheduled time of examination http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration

 

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