Course Title: Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5358 Diploma of Business
Course Title: Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability
Portfolio: Vocational Education
Nominal Hours: 50
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.Important Information:
None
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BUSM7938C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
525T Business & Enterprise |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term1 2022 |
BUSM7938C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
650T Vocational Business Education |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term2 2017, Term1 2018, Term2 2018, Term1 2019, Term2 2019, Term1 2020, Term2 2020, Term1 2021, Term2 2021 |
Course Contact: Anahita Barry
Course Contact Phone: (03) 9925 5493
Course Contact Email: anahita.barry@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to develop and implement a workplace sustainability policy and to modify the policy to suit changed circumstances.
It applies to individuals with managerial responsibilities who undertake work developing approaches to create, monitor and improve strategies and policies within workplaces and engage with a range of relevant stakeholders and specialists.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
BSBSUS501 Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability |
Elements: |
1. Develop workplace sustainability policy 2. Communicate workplace sustainability policy 3. Implement workplace sustainability policy 4. Review workplace sustainability policy implementation |
Learning Outcomes
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Overview of Assessment
In order to achieve competency in this unit, you must provide:
Performance Evidence
Evidence of the ability to:
scope and develop organisational policies and procedures that comply with legislative requirements and support the organisation’s sustainability goals covering at a minimum:
minimising resource use
resource efficiency
reducing toxic material and hazardous chemical use
employing life cycle management approaches
continuous improvement
plan and implement sustainability policy and procedures including:
agreed outcomes
performance indicators
activities to be undertaken
assigned responsibilities
record keeping, review and improvement processes
consult and communicate with relevant stakeholders to generate engagement with sustainability policy development, implementation and continuous improvement
review and improve sustainability policies.
Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.
Knowledge Evidence
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
outline the environmental or sustainability legislation, regulations and codes of practice applicable to the organisation identify internal and external sources of information and explain how they can be used to plan and develop the organisation’s sustainability policy
explain policy development processes and practices
outline organisational systems and procedures that relate to sustainability
outline typical barriers to implementing policies and procedures in an organisation and possible strategies to address them.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment must be conducted in a safe environment where evidence gathered demonstrates consistent performance of typical activities experienced in the sustainability field of work and include access to:
relevant legislation, regulations, standards and codes
relevant workplace documentation and resources
case studies and, where possible, real situations
interaction with others.
Assessors must satisfy NVR/AQTF assessor requirements.
Feedback
Feedback will be provided throughout the semester in class and/or online discussions. You are encouraged to ask and answer questions during class time and online sessions so that you can obtain feedback on your understanding of the concepts and issues being discussed. Finally, you can email or arrange an appointment with your teacher to gain more feedback on your progress.
You should take note of all feedback received and use this information to improve your learning outcomes and final performance in the course.