Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5441 Diploma of Logistics

Course Title: Improve sustainability through readily implementable change

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.

Course Contact: Jeremy Glover

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99251485

Course Contact Email: jeremy.glover@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to identify, implement and review changes to processes that will improve sustainability. The changes are ‘readily implementable’ when they can be identified, evaluated and implemented without substantial prior analysis and/or planning and/or complex approval processes. Colloquially these may be referred to as ‘low hanging fruit’.

This unit applies to team leaders, maintenance staff, technicians and others who have some responsibility for the sustainability outcomes of a team and/or work area.

This unit applies to an organisation that is improving any aspect of sustainability.

No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

MSS014015 Improve sustainability through readily implementable change

Elements:

1. Identify organisational sustainability context

2. Examine operations for readily implementable changes to improve sustainability

3. Implement change

4. Review change

Learning Outcomes

Performance evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and demonstrated the ability to:

  • identify, and evaluate cost/benefit of at least 3 sustainability issues within the work area
  • plan, oversee and review implementation of at least one change to improve sustainability.

Knowledge evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:

  • economic, environmental and social sustainability issues within the industry
  • current and emerging approaches to improving sustainability within the industry
  • sustainability issues relevant to the work area and/or its value chain, including at least 4 of the following:
    • extended product lifecycle and retaining and/or managing residual resources  
    • digitalisation and dematerialisation  
    • safety and/or environmental impact of materials    
    • efficient use of materials, resources and/or energy  
    • reduction of pollution and/or greenhouse gas emissions 
    • packaging and waste management 
    • human rights in the value chain 
    • employee safety, health and wellbeing 
    • environmental monitoring and remediation
  • current and emerging industry practices relevant to at least 4 sustainability issues, as listed above
  • methods of estimating positive and negative sustainability impacts
  • methods of estimating positive and negative business impacts
  • interactions between sustainability issues and operational processes
  • organisational drivers of change for sustainability
  • measures and indicators relevant to sustainability issues in the work area and/or its value chain
  • brainstorming techniques
  • project planning, resourcing and scheduling.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment conditions

Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions and contingencies. The following conditions must be met for this unit:

  • use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources
  • modelling of industry operating conditions.

Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

 

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.