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Title
Participate in environmentally sustainable work in the hospitality
industry
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
document current usage of resources within the hospitality
industry, and environmental and resource efficiency issues and
environmental hazards; comply with environmental regulations
that affect the hospitality industry; and identify and document
opportunities to improve environmental resource efficiency in
the hospitality industry.
Classification
Hospitality > Hospitality - Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
Establishment requirements – refer to any policy, procedure, or agreed requirement,
either written or oral, that is made known to the candidate prior to assessment in this
unit standard.
2
Candidates undertaking assessment against this unit standard are expected to
comply with the – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Health and Safety
in Employment Regulations 1995, Resource Management Act 1991, and Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
3
The Hospitality Standards Institute acknowledges the assistance provided by Service
Skills Australia in permitting unit of competency SITXENV001A Participate in
environmentally sustainable work practices to be used as the basis for this unit
standard.
4
This unit standard applies to the cookery, food and beverage, food services, quick
service restaurant and accommodation sectors.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and document current usage of resources within the hospitality industry, and
environmental and resource efficiency issues and environmental hazards.
Evidence requirements
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Environmental and resource efficiency issues are identified in accordance with
establishment requirements.
Range
environmental and resource efficiency issues may include but are
not limited to – minimisation of environmental risks and
maximisation of opportunities to improve establishment
environmental performance, minimisation of waste, efficient
energy use, efficient water use;
evidence of two is required.
1.2
Resources used in own work role are identified in accordance with
establishment requirements.
1.3
Current usage of resources is identified and documented in accordance with
establishment requirements.
Range
1.4
may include but is not limited to – examination of invoices from
suppliers, analysis of resource orders placed and resource audits,
observation of usage, measurements made under different
conditions, examination of relevant information and data,
monitoring equipment usage, monitoring wastage;
evidence of two is required.
Workplace environmental hazards are identified and documented in accordance
with establishment requirements.
Outcome 2
Comply with environmental regulations that affect the hospitality industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Environmental procedures are followed in accordance with establishment
requirements.
Range
2.2
may include but is not limited to – meeting central and local
government laws, by-laws and regulations; meeting the
requirements of industry codes of conduct;
evidence of two is required.
Environmental breaches and/or potential breaches are reported to appropriate
personnel in accordance with establishment requirements.
Outcome 3
Identify and document opportunities to improve resource efficiency in the hospitality
industry.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Plans to improve environmental practices and resource efficiency are identified
and followed in accordance with establishment requirements.
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plans may include but are not limited to – documented policies and
procedures, work plans to minimise waste and increase efficiency
of water and resource use;
evidence of two is required.
Range
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Suggestions for improvements to environmental practices in own work area are
identified and documented in accordance with establishment requirements.
may include but is not limited to – reduce use of non-renewable
resources; improve energy efficiency; increase use of renewable,
recyclable, reusable and recoverable resources; reduce water and
resource wastage;
evidence of two is required.
Range
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 14465 have been
replaced by unit standard 27927.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 January 2009
31 December 2016
Review
2
20 November 2009
31 December 2016
Review
3
12 December 2013
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0112
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 (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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