30584QLD Diploma of Environmental Sustainability

Workforce demands

CSIRO and Dusseldorp Skills Forum predict 2.6 million new workers and 6 million existing workers will need 'green skills'.
(Report VET Connect 2008 - skills for sustainability)

New green jobs are emerging across all industries. The focus of this nationally accredited Diploma is on the construction industry:

  • builders, project management, supervision
  • trades plumbing, construction, energy retrofits
  • development, planning and management:
    • procurement
    • suppliers
    • fleet management
  • architecture
  • design
  • assessment:
    • energy auditing, water efficiency, life cycle assessment

Course details

This course comprises 6 core units plus 2 elective units. Delivery is flexible, with 4 contact hours per month, over nine months.

Completion provides graduates with a nationally accredited qualification with career-enhancing green skills that give graduates priority in an emerging industry.

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Core units

code title description
BSBWOR501A Manage personal work priorities and professional development This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to manage your own performance and professional development. Particular emphasis is on setting and meeting priorities, analysing information and using a range of strategies to develop further competence. *
BSBSUS301A Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices Effectively analyse the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices and to implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness. This unit requires the ability to access industry information, applicable legislative and occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines. While no licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply holistically to this unit at the time of publication, relevant national, state and territory legislation, regulations and codes of practice impact upon this unit.
BSBSUS201A Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices Effectively measure current resource use and to carry out improvements including reducing the negative environmental impact of work practices. This unit requires the ability to access industry information, and applicable legislative and occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines. While no licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply holistically to this unit at the time of publication, relevant national, state and territory legislation, regulations and codes of practice impact upon this unit.
MCI53H2B Gain support and commitment for improving environmental performance

This unit is about gaining support for improving the environmental performance.  This is an important part of environmental management and involves effective communication with interested parties such as colleagues, managers, customers and suppliers.
This unit has been re-formatted from Management Charter Initiative (MCI) Unit 3 (H2)
BSBSUS501A Develop workplace policy and procedures for sustainability Develop and implement a workplace sustainability policy, including the modification of the policy to suit changed circumstances. This unit requires the ability to access industry information, applicable legislative and occupational health and safety (OHS) guidelines. While no licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply holistically to this unit at the time of publication, relevant national, state and territory legislation, regulations and codes of practice impact upon this unit.
MCI523H8B Audit environmental performance

This unit is about auditing environmental performance.  It covers liaison with those commissioning the audit, evaluation of environmental aspects of the organisation’s activities, reporting the results of the audit, and making recommendations for future action.
An audit is defined as the monitoring and evaluation of performance against specific pre-determined targets or indicators.  Auditing will be carried out at defined time intervals or in response to specific external factors (system failures etc).  Audits may be compliance audits or procedural audits.
This unit has been re-formatted from MCI unit 23 (H8)

Elective units (choose any two)

code title description
BSBMGT515A Manage operational plan develop and monitor implementation of the operational plan to provide efficient and effective workplace practices within the organisation's productivity and profitability plans. Management at a strategic level requires systems and procedures to be developed and implemented to facilitate the organisation's operational plan. *
BSBFIM501A Manage budgets and financial plans undertake financial management within a work team in an organisation. This includes planning and implementing financial management approaches, supporting team members whose role involves aspects of financial operations, monitoring and controlling finances, and reviewing and evaluating effectiveness of financial management processes in line with the financial objectives of the work team and the organisation. *
BSBMGT502B Manage people performance manage the performance of staff who report to them directly. Development of key result areas and key performance indicators and standards, coupled with regular and timely coaching and feedback, provide the basis for performance management. *
BSBLED501A Develop a workplace learning environment encourage and support the development of a learning environment in which work and learning come together. Particular emphasis is on the development of strategies to facilitate and promote learning, and to monitor and improve learning performance. *
BSBINM501A Manage an information or knowledge management system organise learning to use an information or knowledge management system and to manage the use of the system. *
MCI515E4B Monitor and evaluate energy efficiency Compare the organisation's energy usage against its own declared policy and best practice. Covers setting up systems to monitor energy usage, collecting, recording and analysing information on energy usage.
This unit has been re-formatted from MCI unit 15 (E4).
MCI516E8B Provide advice and support for improving energy efficiency Help teams and individuals to become more efficient in the way they use energy. Covers getting them involved in energy efficiency activities, help them identify and develop the knowledge and skill they need.
This unit has been re-formatted from MCI unit 16 (E8).
BSBMGT516A Facilitate continuous improvement lead and manage continuous improvement systems and processes. Particular emphasis is on the development of systems and the analysis of information to monitor and adjust performance strategies, and to manage opportunities for further improvements. *
BSBPMG510A Manage projects manage a straightforward project or a section of a larger project. This unit addresses the management of projects including the development of a project plan, administering and monitoring the project, finalising the project and reviewing the project to identify lessons learnt for application to future projects. *
MCI56H7B Plan, monitor and support auditing of environmental performance Setting up and supporting an audit of the organisation. This unit does not cover carrying out the audit, which is described in Audit environmental performance.
Covers identifying the aspects of environmental performance to be audited, developing an audit specification with the auditors, and monitoring/supporting their work.

*No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.