NZQA registered unit standard
18663 version 2
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of and apply sustainable environmental
management practices in the workplace
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
effect of a human activity on the environment; demonstrate
knowledge of the effect on the environment, of activities and
practices in a specified workplace; and take actions within a
workplace that help to sustain and improve the environment.
Classification
Environment > Environmental Education
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Biosecurity Act 1993,
Conservation Act 1987, Environment Act 1986, Hazardous Substances and New
Organisms Act 1996, Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996, Resource Management Act
1991, and their subsequent amendments.
2
Definitions
management means the actions of planning, organising, leadership of people,
deployment of resources, and control of systems to achieve predetermined results;
sustainable environmental management means management that recognises and
harmonises linkages between ecology, society and the economy, allows for the finite
nature of natural resources, and takes responsibility for the efficient and effective
management of resources in a way that ensures they are available for future
generations;
specified workplace means the workplace in which the candidate is employed.
3
Assessment of outcomes 2 and 3 of this unit standard must take place in the context
of an actual and specified workplace environment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the effect of a human activity on the environment.
Range
environment includes - water, coast, air, land, minerals, plants, animals.
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NZQA registered unit standard
18663 version 2
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Knowledge of practices that minimise the effect of human activity on the
environment is demonstrated.
Range
human activity includes - energy use, transportation, production
systems, waste management, population density, bio-security,
noise.
Evidence is required of two practices for any one human activity.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the effect on the environment, of activities and practices in a
specified workplace.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Workplace activities that affect the environment are identified, and the effect of
each is described.
Range
five activities.
2.2
Workplace practices that minimise any negative environmental effect of each
activity described above are identified, and the way the effect is minimised is
described.
2.3
Legislation, regulations and codes of practice that apply to the workplace are
identified, in terms of their effect on the environment.
Outcome 3
Take actions within a workplace that help to sustain and improve the environment.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Practices that minimise negative environmental effects and contribute to
sustainable environmental management are applied in the workplace.
Range
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includes but is not limited to - energy use, air, noise,
transportation, production systems, waste management,
contamination.
Evidence is required for a minimum of five workplace practices.
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NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
18663 version 2
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31 December 2014
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 September 2001
N/A
Rollover
2
17 June 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0121
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact The Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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