Course Title: Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2013
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. |
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
2013 Class schedule: Sustainability (EASC5042C/ MSAENV472A/B)
Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
Week 1 (mon) 8 jul
Introduction to Sustainability
What is sustainability and why should I care?
Ecological footprint
Assessment: Ecological footprint spreadsheet
Week 2 (mon) 15 jul
Still need convincing the world is moving into an era of resource limitation? Population growth, Energy consumption, CO2 emissions
Week 3 (mon) 22 jul
Managing waste better
EPA victoria, Lab waste,
Environmental Management Systems
Assessment:
EMS & EPA Victoria Quizzes
Project (briefing session)
Week 4 (mon) 29 jul
Product Lifecycle
Assessment:
Finalise/Discuss Project Plan (check feasibility)
Week 5 (mon) 5 aug
Green Purchasing & Lab Waste
Assessment:
Green Purchasing & Lab Waste Activity
THIS WEEK: DO BENCHMARKING OF RESOURCE USAGE IN OTHER CLASSES FOR PROJECT
week 6 (mon) 12 aug
Evaluating web resources
with Anita Woollard @ Library
Don’t believe everything you hear… Greenwash
Assessment :
DO BENCHMARKING OF RESOURCE USAGE IN OTHER CLASSES FOR PROJECT
week 7 (revision week) - - no class
week 8 (Exam week) - - no class (no exam for this course)
week 9 (mon) 2 sep
Becoming more sustainable:
Triple Bottom Line (TBL) accounting and reporting (The consumption simplified)
Case studies: Environmental Resource Efficiency Plans (EREP)
Assessment:
EREP case studies activity; reduce consumption for project (in other class)
week 10
Week of (mon) 9 sep
Project Analysis, brochure & presentation preparation
Assessment:
Project Analysis, brochure & presentation preparation; reduce consumption for project (in other class)
week 11
Week of (mon) 16 sep
Assessment: Project Talks & Present brochure
Week of (mon) 24-Sep - Mid semester Break
week 12
Week of (mon) 30 sep
Project Assessment catch ups (reassessment and special consideration only)
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:
Competentcompletionof ALL the assessment tasks BY the relevant due date.
**Reports will not be accepted more than one week after the due date.**
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**
Details about each assessment will be given when the assignment/assessment is handed out & posted on Blackboard.
Refer to the teaching schedule above for when each assessment task is done (some are done entirely in class, for others a briefing is given and a due date communicated via blackboard and at the briefing class).
Task 1. Ecological footprint
Satisfactory completion by the due date is required
Task 2. EMS & EPA Victoria Quizzes
Satisfactory completion by the due date is required
Task 3. EREP Case Studies activity
Satisfactory completion by the due date is required
Task 4. Green purchasing & Lab waste Activity
Satisfactory completion by the due date is required
Task 5. Group Project (plan, implement, monitor & evaluate – includes data collection and group talk)
Satisfactory completion by the due date is required
Total: 100 % (competent/not yet competent) This course does not have graded assessment.
IMPORTANT NOTES ABOUT THE ASSESSMENTS
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.
80% attendance is required 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
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