BSBSUS201

Participate in environmentally sustainable work

practices

Assessment: - Project

Context and Conditions of Assessment

This assessment will ensure that the elements, performance criteria, performance
evidence and knowledge evidence required and conditions are adhered to
demonstrate competency in this unit assessment task.
• Read the assessment carefully before commencing.
• This is an open book assessment and will be conducted at Macallan College.
• Your Assessor will use the assessment criteria in this document and will
provide feedback / comment.
• You must answer all the questions in the assessment tasks in your own words.
• Your Trainer / Assessor will inform you of the due date for this assessment
task.
• Your Assessor will grade as either S – Satisfactory or NS – Not Satisfactory
for the assessment. In all cases your Assessor will provide you with feedback.
• Only when all assessment tasks have been graded as S – Satisfactory you will
be deemed C – Competent in the final result of the unit of competency; if you
do not satisfactorily complete all the assessment tasks you will be deemed
NYC – Not Yet Competent.

Re-Assessment Conditions
• If the evidence is graded as NS – Not Satisfactory you will be required to
resubmit the evidence. In this case, you will be provided with clear and
constructive feedback based on the assessment decision so that they can
improve your skills / knowledge prior to reassessment.

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 • Where a ‘NS – Not Satisfactory’ judgement is made, you will be given
guidance on steps to take to improve your performance and provided the
opportunity to resubmit evidence to demonstrate competence. The assessor
will determine and discuss the reasons for NS – Not satisfactory on any of the
criteria and will assess you through a different method of assessment e.g.
verbal/oral questioning, problem solving exercises.
• You will be notified within 10 working days of undertaking an assessment of
their result in achieving competency o If a student does not complete the
assessment, they should notify their trainer as to why they did not complete
the assessment and if due to illness, a medical certificate must be produced.
“This process is detailed more in the “Training and Assessment Policy and
Procedure”
o In the above scenario, student will be given an opportunity for
reassessment within 5 working days with no reassessment fee charged.
o Students who are deemed to be Not Yet Competent (NYC) will be
provided with information identifying the areas in which they failed to
achieve competency. Students will then have the opportunity to repeat
the assessment task within 5 working days of notification with no
reassessment fee charged.
o If a student is deemed NYC in the reassessment or if the student did
not approach the MACALLAN COLLEGE within five working days with
a valid reason for not availing themselves of the reassessment
opportunity, then those students will be given a final chance to re-sit the
assessment and will be charged at $200.00.
o After this no further reassessment attempt will be provided to the
student and the student will be required to repeat the whole unit with full
fee for the unit as per the fees policy of the MACALLAN COLLEGE.
The student will be made aware of the impact of repeating the unit may
have on their student visa.
o If a student is found to be cheating or plagiarising their assessment, a
$200.00 reassessment fee will be charged for reassessing the
assessment within 5 working days.

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 o If the student is found to be plagiarising or cheating again after
conclusion of the Intervention meeting with the Course Co-ordinator,
the matter will be referred to the CEO / Operation Manager which may
result in the suspension or cancellation of their enrolment
o The MACALLAN COLLEGE has intervention strategies, including
student support services available to enable students to complete
qualification in the expected time frame. Students at risk of not
completing within this time frame are identified as early as possible and
an intervention strategy is put in place.

Macallan College will ensure access to:

• documentation, information and resources related to workplace environmental
and resource efficiency issues
• office equipment and resources
• case studies and, where possible, real situations
• interaction with others.

Assessment Decision Making Rules

Your assessor will assess the evidence submitted for the following elements,
performance criteria, performance evidence and knowledge evidence to confirm that
the student evidence submitted demonstrates validity, sufficiency, authenticity and
confirms current skills and knowledge relevant to the unit of competency. Your
assessor will be looking for the following in this assessment task: -
• locate and interpret a range of environment/sustainability legislation and
procedural requirements
• participate in and support discussions for an improved resource efficiency
process
• identify, document and measure usage of resources
• collaborate with team members on suggestions for improving workplace
practices.

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Assessment Instructions:
1. Answer to the questions in a new word document.
2. Keep simple formatting with 12pt Arial and single line spacing.
3. Upload file to the drop box provided with a name containing your student ID
and unit code such as MACXXXX_BSBSUS201.

Questions

Part A: Workplace resources

1. Determine the measurement techniques for each of the following resources at
your workplace or RTO. Record your findings using an electronic version of the
template in Appendix 2.1, or create your own template using spreadsheet
software.
a. Energy:
i. Locate the meters for gas and electricity and take current readings
on both.
ii. Identify the equipment and appliances used in one specific
department (e.g. kitchen, food and beverage).
iii. Inspect the energy ratings for all appliances where these have a star
rating.
iv. Find out about the energy consumption of air conditioners and
heaters where applicable and document the kWh for these units.
v. Inspect the type of lighting used in your workplace and estimate the
approximate kWh (1,000 watts = 1 kWh) used in your department. b.
Water:
i. Locate the meter for water usage and take a current reading.
ii. Measure the flow rate of a range of taps on your premises. Select a
container or bucket with a known capacity (e.g. measuring jug, 9-litre
bucket) and time how long it takes to fill with the tap turned on full.
Calculate the flow rate using the formula: Flow rate = Volume/Time
(L/min).

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 iii. Inspect and note the water ratings of relevant appliances (e.g.
washing machine, ice maker).
iv. Determine what provisions exist for watering plants and landscaping.
Identify where the water comes from and whether there are ways to
improve water efficiency in this area.
c. Waste:
i. Identify the provisions for recycling in the workplace.
ii. Find out the intervals of waste collection.
iii. Determine the number and size of garbage containers in your
department.
iv. Wearing gloves and using tongs, physically inspect the contents of
garbage bins in your department. Estimate how much there is of
each waste category (glass, paper, cardboard, green waste, etc.)
and express as approximate percentages.
2. Save your collected data file as Workplace resources_Student Name.

Appendix 2.1: Workplace resources

Energy
Meters Location Current reading
Electricity meter
Gas meter
Appliances Energy rating Energy consumption

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 Lighting type Consumption

Water
Meter Location Current reading
Water meter
Tap location Flow rate

Appliances using water Water rating

Dishwasher

Provisions for plant watering

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 Waste
Recycling provisions

Waste collection intervals

Garbage containers Size/capacity

Waste type Estimated proportion of waste (%)

Glass
Paper
Cardboard
Green waste

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Part B: Workplace monitoring
1. Select 2 of the key resources used in your workplace or RTO. You are not
limited to those above; resources could include:
a. electricity
b. gas
c. water
d. fuel
e. equipment
f. consumables
g. packaging and food
h. other resources.
2. Determine an accurate method of measuring or calculating the usage of each of
the identified resources. Before proceeding, discuss your measurement and
calculation approaches with your assessor to ensure your methods are
appropriate.
3. Monitor the daily usage of the 2 key resources over a period of 5 days. Create
your own environmental monitoring table using spreadsheet software (similar to
the example below) to record the daily usage amounts.
Environmental monitoring table (example)
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Total
Resource
1 e.g.
water

Resource
2 e.g.
electricity
4. Calculate the 5-day total for each of the resources monitored.
5. Save the spreadsheet using the file name Environmental monitoring
table_Student Name.
6. Email your workplace resources template from Part A of this task and your
saved environmental monitoring table to your assessor within the required
timeframe.

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 7. Keep copies of your documents from this task for use in Assessment Task 3.
Submission checklist
For this assessment task, you must submit:

● workplace resources template (electronic version of Appendix 2.1 or own

template)
● environmental monitoring table (own template).

Assessment Task 3

Suggest improvements to environmental practices

Learner instructions
This task is in 2 parts:

● Part A: You will work in a team with 2 other classmates to identify areas for
improvement in each of your workplaces from Assessment Task 2.
● Part B: You will participate in a short role-play to report a breach or potential
breach of workplace environmental practices in a scenario.
Complete all parts of the assessment with supporting documentation as required.
Submit the assessment task in the required format and within the timeframe agreed
with your assessor.
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:

● documentation, information and resources related to workplace environmental

and resource efficiency issues
● office equipment and resources
● case studies and, where possible, real situations ● interaction with others.

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Required resources
For this assessment, learners will need access to:

● a suitable workplace, or if not available, access to information and resources at

the RTO
● role-play participant (assessor)
● team members (fellow learners)
● documentation and data from Assessment Task 2 ● appendices for this task:
○ Appendix 3.1: Team meeting record
○ Appendix 3.2: Environmental duty of care and reporting procedure ○
Appendix 3.3: Role-play instructions (assessor only).

Part A: Team meeting

1. Your assessor will assign you to work in a team of 3. You will meet during class
time for approximately 1 hour to discuss possible improvements to resource
usage practices in your workplaces. To prepare for the meeting, use Appendix
3.1 to gather the following information on your workplace or RTO:
a. a brief profile of your workplace or the RTO, including the industry,
approximate number of employees, type of premises (factory, office, etc.)
and any other information you think will help give your team members an
overview of the workplace
b. the environmental or resource efficiency issues in your workplace or RTO
c. a list of the resources used in your own work area or as a learner
completing this course.
2. Attend the team meeting with your team members. In your team meeting:
a. Discuss the information collected in step 1
b. Choose 2 areas in each team member’s workplace or rto where resource
usage or sustainability practices could be improved
c. Make recommendations on how to make improvements
d. Identify how you can make improvements to practices in your own work
area.
3. Your assessor will observe your meeting using the observation checklist
attached to this task. Read the observation checklist before your meeting so you
understand what is expected of you.

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 Come to the role-play ready for work. For example:

a. Dress appropriately
b. Come prepared with any materials you need to refer to (e.g. Documents or
data from assessment task 2).
4. Complete the team meeting record in Appendix 3.1 with the outcomes of your
meeting and submit it to your assessor in the agreed timeframe.

Appendix 3.1: Team meeting record

Your name

Date and time of

meeting
Names of team
members

Own workplace Team members’ workplaces

Workplace profile (industry, size, type of premises)

Resource efficiency issues

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 Resources used in own role

Own workplace Team members’ workplaces

Two areas for improvement

Suggestions for improving workplace practices

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 Possible improvements to workplace practices in own work area

Part B: Role-play
5. Prepare to participate in a short role-play based on the following scenario: You
work at a family-friendly holiday resort. Due to lack of space, large drums
containing cleaning chemicals for the onsite laundry are stored on pallets in a
car park until they are required.
After a few days of heavy rain, you notice that a stream of water is flowing
through the car park and draining into the lagoon, a feature of the resort’s
landscape and lush environment. During the bad weather, one of the drums had
fallen off the pallet and leaked onto the car park and into the lagoon.
6. Read the duty of care and reporting procedure in Appendix 3.2. Prepare
answers to the following questions for your role-play so that you can report the
scenario incident appropriately.
a. What 3 things do you need to do to complete your duty of care according
to the environmental duty of care and reporting procedure (Appendix 3.2)?

b. What must the manager do if they discover that the situation breaches the
state’s Environment Protection Act?

c. What could happen if the correct procedures are not followed?

7. Arrange a time to meet with your assessor. Your assessor will assume the role
of the manager in the scenario provided and record your performance using the

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 observation checklist for this task. Read the checklist prior to the meeting so you
understand what is expected of you.
Note: Assume that the manager (your assessor) has access to all workplace
forms and can provide them if requested.

8. Come to the role-play ready for work. For example:

a. dress appropriately
b. come prepared with any materials you need to refer to (such as your
answers to the above questions and Appendix 3.2).
9. Participate in the role-play. During your discussions, you must demonstrate your
ability to:
a. express yourself clearly, using simple language to report environmental
issues to the appropriate person
b. use effective speaking, listening and questioning techniques as required
c. use appropriate tone and professionalism when communicating with senior
co-workers
d. comply with procedures.

Submission checklist
For this assessment task, you must submit:

● Appendix 3.1: Team meeting record.

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Appendix 3.2: Environmental duty of care and reporting procedure

Duty of care
The state Environmental Protection Act was enacted by the state parliament as a
piece of legislation to provide protection for the environment within that state. This
Act includes a general ‘Duty of Care’ for the environment. This duty means that ‘a
person must not carry out (or fail to carry out) any activity that causes, or is likely to
cause, environmental harm, unless the person takes all reasonable and practicable
measures to prevent or minimise the harm’.
Breaches of this section have hefty penalties assigned for both individuals and
management groups. For further information, refer to the relevant environmental
management guidelines for the state. These are usually kept on the website of the
Environment Protection Authority in that state.

Reporting environmental incidents

Duty of notification
You have a duty to notify the administration department as soon as you become
aware of any occurrence/accident that may cause material or serious environmental
harm. You should:

● immediately notify the office manager ● fill out

the environmental incident report form ●
send/give it to the office manager.

Breaches of environmental legislation

Upon your notification, the administration department will:

● verify the extent and degree of the environmental occurrence ●

advise you of the findings.
If the occurrence breaches the Environment Protection Act in this state, the office
manager will report the occurrence to the state Environmental Protection Agency.

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Failure to notify the administering authorities may attract penalties of up to $7,500
under the relevant Environmental Protection Act.

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Notification to the Environmental Protection Agency

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The administration department shall advise the Environmental Protection Agency (EP
Agency) in writing of any activity that is in breach of any environmental legislation to
which the business is liable.

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Corrective actions

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 ● If the breach relates to environmental harm, the activity, if it continues to harm
or has potential to continue the harm, should be stopped immediately.

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 ● If the breach is caused by an accident, the activity (upon agreement by the EP
Agency) may continue to operate but may be subject to conditions enforced by
the EP Agency to minimise impacts on the environment.

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 Report form
Compliance

Environmental nuisance report and/or pollution incident allegation

This form is to be completed by the person who is making the report about an environmental nuisance or who is reporting a
pollution incident. Any ensuing investigation will require your furtherNote:
assistance.
For environmental emergencies please
call the 24/7 Pollution Hotline 1300 130 372 )(option 2

Contact information
1 Name and address

Mr.Jai
Macallan College

Telephone Home Fax

Work Email

Alleged source information

2 Name and address of the alleged source of nuisance/pollution

Department of Environment and Science (DES) may not be able to proceed further with your environmental
nuisance/incident report if you do not provide details of the alleged source

Individual’s name and/or company/business name

Street address of the individual and/or company/business

Telephone Fax

3 Type of premises where the nuisance or pollution originates from

Residential Commercial/industrial Public land (e.g. roads, waterways and parkland)

4 Have you contacted the person/company/business about the problem?

Yes No

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eport form Environmental report and/or pollution incident allegation

5 Do you give permission for your details to be released to the alleged source if
required?
Yes No Only after consultation with a departmental officer.

6 Allegation type
Nuisance: Pollution:
Noise Chemical/paint over spray Waste dumping

Light Odour/fume/smoke Water pollution

Dust/particulate Other Other

7 Details of allegations and/or description of the problem

(Including location if different to alleged source address in Question 3)

8 Details of the days and times that the nuisance/pollution incident has occurred?

9 How long does the nuisance/pollution incident usually last for?

10 To the best of your knowledge how long has the nuisance/pollution incident been
occurring?

*Only complete Questions 11 and 12 if the problem was identified as a nuisance allegation at
Question 6.

*If the problem relates to a pollution allegation go to Question 13.

11 When is the nuisance most annoying, and where does the nuisance affect you the
most?
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 Details (For example, the nuisance is affecting you inside your home when you are trying to sleep)

12 Will you be willing to keep a diary regarding the nuisance, if required?

Yes No

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Report Environmental report and/or

form
pollution incident allegation

13 Have you brought the nuisance/pollution incident to the attention of any of the
following authorities?
DES Local Council Police Another government agency

Please provide details of who you spoke to.

14 Additional notes

If there is any further information you would like to provide, please enter the information below or
attach a separately signed statement.

Declaration

Please read through the certification carefully before signing.

 I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the information provided is true and correct to the best of
my knowledge.
 I understand that all information supplied on or with this application form may be disclosed publicly
in accordance with the Right to Information Act 2009, the Information Privacy Act 2009 or the
Evidence Act 1977.
The Department of Environment and Science is committed to protecting the privacy, accuracy and
security of your personal information in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009. Your
information will be accessed only by Department of Environment and Science personnel to assess
environmental nuisance/incident reports. To be able to address these reports, information may be
provided to other state and local government departments. Your personal information will not be
disclosed to any other third parties without your consent or unless authorised or required by law.

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 Reporter’s signature Date
Mr.Jai 21/08/22

Please return your completed report form to:

Department of Environment and Science

Pollution Hotline Enquiries: 1300 130 372 (Option 2)

GPO Box 2454 Facsimile: (07) 3896 3342

BRISBANE QLD 4001 Email: pollutionhotline@des.qld.gov.au. Note:
This email is only monitored during business hours.

Official use only:

Ecotrack reference: CR

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