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Carry out an environmental audit for a land-based workplace, report,
and develop an action plan for changes
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, for a land-based
workplace: describe the scope, intent, and steps involved in the
implementation of an environmental audit; carry out an environmental audit;
report the findings of a land-based workplace environmental audit; and
develop an action plan in response to the findings of the environmental audit.
Subfield
Environment
Domain
Land-Based Environmental Management
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0037
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Legislation, standards and codes of practice may include but are not limited to –
Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA), Hazardous Substances and New
Organisms Act (HSNO) 1996, Local Government Act 2002, Health Act 1956; AS/NZS
ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance
for use; NZS 8409:2004, Management of Agrichemicals; Code of Practice for
Nutrient Management (with emphasis on fertiliser use), New Zealand Fertiliser
Manufacturer’s Research Association incorporated (NZFMRA), 2007, available from
http://www.fertresearch.org.nz.
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Further information relevant to this unit standard can be found on the following
websites –
New Zealand legislation – www.legislation.govt.nz
Local Government on line – http://www.localgovt.co.nz/.
Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) –
http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/hs/compliance/guides/index.html,
http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/resources/hs-pubs_cop.html.
Ministry for the Environment – http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/.
Dairy New Zealand –
http://www.dairynz.co.nz/page/pageid/2145836872/Sustainable_dairying.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – http://www.maf.govt.nz/climatechange/slm/.
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Assessment must be carried out in a land-based workplace.
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Definition
Land-based workplace may include but is not limited to those workplaces associated
with sports turf, horticultural, equine, or agricultural industries.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the scope, intent, and steps involved in the implementation of environmental
audits for a land-based workplace.
Performance criteria
1.1
Land-based workplace environmental audits are described in terms of their
scope and intent.
Range
1.2
scope include(s) but is not limited to – activities undertaken, the
persons involved, time taken.
Land-based workplace environmental audits are described in terms of the steps
involved in their implementation.
Element 2
Carry out an environmental audit for a land-based workplace.
Range
includes but is not limited to audit of – water takes; fertiliser – transport, storage,
use and disposal; agrichemical – transport, storage, use and disposal; noise;
vegetation clearance; petrol and diesel – transport, storage, use and disposal;
waste management; discharges from machinery and agrichemical sprayer and
agrichemical sprayer wash down facilities; notable trees; significant natural
areas; conservation areas, waterways and wetlands; groundwater quality;
emergency management plans and equipment; site specific resource consent
requirements.
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Performance criteria
2.1
Assessment of a land-based workplace determines the areas which are
affected by legislative requirements.
2.2
Environmental audit of a land-based workplace determines level of compliance
or non compliance with legislative requirements.
Range
compliance with – RMA, HSNO, district and regional plans, by
laws; resource consents;
council rules include but are not limited to council conditions of
permitted activity rules.
Element 3
Report the findings of a land-based workplace environmental audit.
Performance criteria
3.1
The report is structured in terms of the conventions of report writing.
Range
3.2
title page, table of contents, executive summary, introduction,
discussion, conclusion, references.
The report presents the scope of the audit, legislation considered, and areas of
compliance and non compliance identified.
Element 4
Develop an action plan in response to the findings of the environmental audit.
Range
regulatory requirements – RMA, HSNO; district and regional plans, by laws,
resource consents;
council rules include but are not limited to council conditions of permitted activity
rules.
Performance criteria
4.1
The action plan identifies changes required to meet regulatory requirements
and mitigate environmental risks and hazards.
4.2
The action plan prioritises changes required to protect public health, protect
health and welfare of staff, and prevent major environmental degradation or
emergency.
4.3
The action plan specifies timelines to meet regulatory requirements and mitigate
environmental risks and hazards, and identifies the responsibilities of
individuals.
4.4
The action plan specifies a programme for, and the timing of, monitoring and
review of changes.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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