Reference no: EM132856982

BSBSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices

Working in teams

Scenario:

You own a small café. Your electricity gas and water bills are very igh compared to the rest of the businesses around you according to the average consumption. You need to assess your business and come up with ideas as how to reduce the costs.

The area your business is in has a community that are very aware of the environment. How can you improve and let the community know what you are doing to gain their support?

What are the WHS issues if any that you have found when doing your review. Make a risk assessment template with all of the concerns.

Come up with a plan, with all of the information you have collected, with things that need to be done first to last in importance- for instance if there is a leak in the kitchen from one of the pipes and it is causing a slipping hazard then this will need to be addressed immediately, which in turn will reduce our water consumption.

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:
• analyse information from a range of sources to identify current procedures, practices and compliance requirements in relation to environmental and resource sustainability
• consult and communicate with relevant stakeholders to seek input and encourage engagement with developing and implementing sustainability improvements, encourage feedback and suggestions and report on outcomes
• plan and organise work group activities to:
o measure current resource usage
o solve problems and generate ideas for improvements
o evaluate and implement strategies to improve resource usage
o plan, implement and integrate improvements into operations
o meet environmental requirements
• apply continuous improvement approach to sustainability performance
• apply change management techniques to support sustainability performance.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

Knowledge Evidence
To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:
• identify relevant internal and external sources of information and explain how they can be used to identify sustainability improvements
• explain the compliance requirements for the work area with reference to legislation, regulations, codes of practice and workplace procedures that relate to environmental and resource issues
• outline common environmental and energy efficiency issues within the industry
• give examples of benchmarks for environmental and resource sustainability that are relevant to the organisation
• outline organisational systems and procedures that relate to environmental and resource sustainability improvements including:
o supply chain, procurement and purchasing
o quality assurance
o making recommendations and seeking approvals

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:
• relevant legislation, regulations, standards and codes
• relevant workplace documentation and resources
• case studies and, where possible, real situations
• interaction with others.

Make a plan as to KPIs and time frames. So you have to put together from the most important to the leeast important things that we need to do to reach our goal, which is reduce costs in electricity, water and gas bill, so during the meeting we discussed a couple of things and ideas so you need to put all that together and write a sort of report on what we are going to do to reach our goal which also involves letting the community know that we are taking measures to become as environmentally aware as they are. So the way you do it is up to you, you can check if in the folder that Natasha left in the mooddle there is an example on that part, if there is then use it and do it the way she suggests and if there is not then research in Google How to create a KPI plan and you go from there

Attachment:- Sustainable work practices.rar