Elements and Performance Criteria

RANGE STATEMENT

The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.


Rubbish may refer to:
Biodegradable waste
Non-biodegradable waste
Solid waste
Liquid waste
Recyclable waste


Community processes in relation to rubbish collection and disposal may refer to:
Position of bins in the community
Collection schedule
Personnel responsible for collection and disposal
Type of vehicle and equipment used to collect rubbish, transport rubbish, and operate the tip
Personnel responsible for vehicle and equipment maintenance
Place and method of eventual disposal
Alternative access routes if roads are cut off at any time, e.g. wet season, 'business'
Alternative strategies for smaller communities and outstations


Identifying strategies within the worker's own roles and responsibilities may include:
Monitoring street litter and the location of bins to ensure that there is an adequate number of bins near community facilities
Ensuring there is provision of bins for each house/ living area for the deposit of household rubbish
Ensuring that bins are located at strategic points along heavy pedestrian pathways
Ensuring bins are durable and appropriately designed, e.g. bins on stands with chained lids to prevent dogs tipping them over and to keep pests out
Assisting with the promotion and implementation of special clean up days in the community, e.g. larger items such as washing machines, car bodies, fridges and freezers etc.
Monitoring tip sites to ensure that they are constructed and operated appropriately, e.g. location of tip site in relation to the community, roads leading in and out, appropriate signage, access, depth of trenches/appropriate land fill methods for example, rubbish to be dumped at the working face only
In smaller outstations or communities the Indigenous Environmental Health Worker may have sole responsibility for maintaining the tip, e.g. digging trenches (2 metres deep) and covering over rubbish; this can be done by shovel if machinery is not available
Education/health promotion, e.g. health effects of littering (hazards), options for recycling, composting, methods of household disposal of rubbish items, e.g. wrap broken glass in paper before taking it out to the bin, wash out tins of food, only throw paper items in the campfire


Develop a work plan may include:
Diary planner/timetable
Prioritising tasks
Organising task checklists


Relevant community members may include:
Elders
Traditional owners
Others in the community


Issues of concern may be:
Rubbish tips being constructed without adequate consultation with the community, particularly in respect to areas of cultural significance, e.g. men's and women's areas, sacred sites
In instances where the Indigenous Environmental Health Worker has sole responsibility for constructing and maintaining the tip site (smaller communities and outstations) the worker may need to ask or seek permission, additional advice/support on the most appropriate location for the site


Report may be:
Verbal in either first language or English
Written in either first language or English
By showing supervisor the problem


Referrals may be:
Verbally in either first language or English depending on the target group and whether or not referrals take place internally within the community, or outside the community to other key people or agencies
Written correspondence, i.e.: fax, letters
Photos of the problem/issue
Video recording the problem/issue


Problems that may be outside of the workers area of responsibility include some of the following:
Grading roads to ensure that there is all season access to the tip site
Constructing alternative access roads if necessary
Picking up people's litter in the community


Key people and outside agencies may include:
Environmental Health Workers
Community council
Relevant government agencies (Planning, environment and transport departments)
Contractors
Community development workers
Others responsible for rubbish collection and disposal in the community

EVIDENCE GUIDE

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit:
The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
Consistency in performance should consider the worker's ability to be able to monitor rubbish collection and disposal processes in the community and identify any potential environmental hazards and risks
This needs to occur more than once and over a period of time
Assessment of performance must be in relation to the worker's job role and area of responsibility in relation to the community processes that may already be established


Access and equity considerations:
All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work
All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities


Context of and specific resources for assessment:
This unit is best assessed on the job
Access to resources, tools and equipment required to monitor and maintain rubbish collection and disposal in the community, such as:
shovel for digging own trenches in small outstations
light plant and machinery if possible and where appropriate
additional bins to place along heavy pedestrian pathways if necessary