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Student Assignment Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices BSBSUS401

BSBSUS40 I MPLEMENT AND MONITOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WORK PRACTICES COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER Copyright © 2018 Training Resource Solutions Pty Ltd (ACN 153 055 166) of 2/3 Austral Place, Hallam, Victoria, 3803. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information retrieval systems) without the written permission of the copyright owner, Training Resource Solutions Pty Ltd. The information contained herein is provided on the understanding that it neither represents nor is intended to be advice and that neither the publisher nor author is engaged in rendering legal or professional advice. While every care has been taken in its preparation no person should act specifically based on the material contained herein. If expert assistance is required, competent professional advice should be obtained. Training Resource Solutions Pty Ltd, its directors, and authors, or any other persons involved in the preparation and distribution of this publication, expressly disclaim all and any contractual, tortuous, or another form of the liability to any person (purchaser of the publication or not) in respect of the publication and any consequences arising from its use by any person in reliance upon the whole or any part of its contents. BSBSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices Student Assignment © T RAINING R ESOURCE S OLUTIONS V ERSION 1.1 M AY 2018 Page 2

BSBSUS40 I MPLEMENT AND MONITOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WORK PRACTICES Assignment Activity 2 Identify an environmental area of your current workplace where the business would need to seek professional advice from a suitably qualified and experienced environmental consultant. Find a suitable consultant or business that could perform this consultancy, and give their details. If you are not currently employed, then you will need to choose a local business as your case study. The structure and approach are an environmental aspect of my current workplace where the company might benefit from expert advice from a reasonably competent and experienced ecological specialist. Biruwa Advisors is a good consultant or company that could carry out this consulting. http://biruwa.net/about/ Biruwa Advisors is a business and executive consulting firm that focuses on providing various forms of support to starting basic leadership, emerging organizations, and associations that are seeking to assist corporate and private sector development. Assignment Activity 3 To complete this assignment, you will need to access information from a business or your home. Speak to the management at your workplace and seek access to details about your energy use. Show the use of electricity used in your business for one month and show the source of this information. Include any calculations you made to find this amount. If you are not able to access this information in your workplace, then use the information from your home and make the same calculations. Present rdg 33865 Previous rdg 11233 Units 87 Recorded DMD 0.11 Billable DMD 8.00 Energy charges 877.00 Minimum charges 94.00 Other charges 0.00 MTR rent amount 0.00 BSBSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices Student Assignment © T RAINING R ESOURCE S OLUTIONS V ERSION 1.1 M AY 2018 Page 4

BSBSUS40 I MPLEMENT AND MONITOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WORK PRACTICES Current amount 455.55 Arrears amount -2.22 Bill amount 450.23 Installment 0.00 Energy charges 298.00 Minimum Charged +95.00 Current amount 455.00 Arrears amount -3.40 Bill amount 451.6 Assignment Activity 4 Choose a tap or water source at your business or home and determine the flow rate in liters per minute. Describe the details of the experiment you conducted to determine this flow rate. Kitchen taps flow rates of between 25 to 30 liters per minute. Assignment Activity 5 Research and find a local depot to recycle e-waste such as old computers, TVs, and printers in your local area. Is there a cost involved? Give details of the recycling services they offer. The cost of reusing e-waste, such as obsolete PCs, TVs, and printers, in community storage was included because the price of the product was determined by its weight (kg). They accept e-waste, which includes televisions, computers, radios, and other electronic devices, as well as non- biodegradable waste, such as papers, glassware, and plastics. Additionally, biodegradable waste and patterns are not taken into account. https://greengroundswell.com/e-waste-reduce-reuse-repair-recycle/ 2013/06/07/ Assignment Activity 6 Look at the system that is used to purchase goods in your business and outline areas you see that could be improved. This could be by purchasing a different product, asking for better packaging, swapping to a product that produces less waste, swapping to a less harmful product, swapping to a more environmentally friendly product, or many other solutions. BSBSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices Student Assignment © T RAINING R ESOURCE S OLUTIONS V ERSION 1.1 M AY 2018 Page 5

BSBSUS40 I MPLEMENT AND MONITOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WORK PRACTICES Assignment Activity 8 Recommend one performance improvement from the results of the waste audit, and set a target for that performance improvement. Explain the reasons for setting that target. Waste product Performance improvement paper Instead of using a brochure, accept directions on the tablet. glasses Steel plates should be used. Bags made of plastic Use a clothing bag. cardboards Make use of a large clothing bag. Containers made of plastic Make use of steel containers. Assignment Activity 9 Detail how you would monitor the performance improvement and target that you have set in Assignment Activity 8. Action Tasks Targets Monitorin g methods Result? Compliant Comment Alternativel y of using plastic, utilize cloth bags. Use plastic cutlery and plates as little as possible. Environment al protection is essential. Visuals and cameras Food that is excellent for you and that gives you a 100 percent positive effect We'll do our best. Items that can be reused cardboard s Other items that can be conveniently stored in the cardboard can be used. Visual A single box can hold a large number of objects. Before using the cardboar d, inspect it. BSBSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices Student Assignment © T RAINING R ESOURCE S OLUTIONS V ERSION 1.1 M AY 2018 Page 7

BSBSUS40 I MPLEMENT AND MONITOR ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE WORK PRACTICES E-waste machine Do not place e-waste in recycling containers. Invoices It might be possible to recover it. Don't put it in the trash or the recycling bin. Instead of using a booklet to take orders, use tablets. Papers should not be used. Make use of tablets. Visual inspectio n and CCTV cameras Conserve the environmen t. - Assignment Activity 10 Go to the SAI Global website and research one ISO or AS standard on environmental practices relevant to your business. SAI Global provides strategic requirements control with over 1.5 million standards under one roof, delivering the highest return on expenditure for your company's standards management investment. As part of our membership service, we give you easy access to a library of over 350 global publications, including ISO, ASME, BSI, ANSI, NSAI, Standards Australia, and many more. We'll also keep you up to date on any changes. More significantly, we'll show you how to keep costs and resources under control by preventing duplicate items bought by others in your company — wherever in the world. https://infostore.saiglobal.com/enau/key_standards/management_standards/ BSBSUS401 Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices Student Assignment © T RAINING R ESOURCE S OLUTIONS V ERSION 1.1 M AY 2018 Page 8