Environmental and sustainability management in mineral processing operations
Overview
What is this standard about?
Achievement of this standard demonstrates your competence managing the environmental, sustainability as well as the biodiversity aspects on the site.
The standard ensures that you are operating to relevant legislation, company policies and ensuring you are meeting your legal obligations.
Who is this standard for?
This standard is applicable to anyone at a supervisory or managerial level approved to carry out this function working in the mineral extractive sector.
Your responsibilities will require you to comply with company policy and procedures for the activities undertaken, and to report any problems that you cannot solve, or that are outside your responsibility, to the relevant authority.
You will be expected to take full responsibility for your own actions within the activity, and for the quality and accuracy of the work that you carry out.
Applying and advising on safe working practices will be a key issue throughout.
Performance criteria
You must be able to:
P1. conduct your work in line with relevant regulation, legislation, company policies, procedures, and industry good practice
P2. ensure that all individuals potentially impacted by company activities are suitably protected
P3. contribute to a positive culture toward the environment
P4. demonstrate leadership through positive sustainability behaviours
P5. identify site biodiversity and environmental hazards, risks and impacts
P6. implement suitable controls for site biodiversity and environmental hazards, risks and impacts
P7. ensure the environmental risk assessments and safe systems of work process is implemented
P8. manage effective environment and sustainability systems
P9. ensure that inspections are carried out in compliance to the scheme of inspections
P10. carry out environmental sampling and monitoring
P11. ensure all planning permission obligations are adhered to
P12. ensure all permits are in place for the work activities
P13. conduct emergency response drills
P14. ensure the site drainage plan is valid and up to date
P15. conduct or review the climate change risk assessment
P16. ensure all waste is minimised and disposed of through approved channels
P17. ensure that the company recycling policy is adhered to
P18. create action plans to resolve defects, and implement improvements and changes
P19. evaluate findings from audits and inspections
P20. analyse environment and sustainability data and identify trends
P21. review & distribute information to relevant parties on environment and sustainability
P22. collaboratively create risk assessments for environmental impacts
P23. evaluate the effectiveness of the site environment and sustainability management system to ensure compliance and identify areas for improvements
P24. maintain accurate records in accordance with company policies and procedures
Knowledge and Understanding
You need to know and understand:
K1. relevant regulation, legislation, company policies and procedures, and industry good practice
K2. how to maintain your knowledge of environmental legal obligations and industry good practice
K3. the reporting processes and procedure to comply with regulators
K4. the hierarchy of controls
K5. what is meant by environmental impacts
K6. how relevant stakeholders are identified
K7. what is meant by human factors
K8. where to find relevant advice and reliable supporting information
K9. the benefits of environment and sustainability in the workplace
K10. how other organisations influence industry standards
K11. the external accreditation process for industry environmental and sustainability factors
K12. the requirements for inspections on site
K13. how to carry out environmental inspections, monitoring, and sampling
K14. the importance of monitoring and reviewing the effectiveness of environmental management systems
K15. how to promote the benefits of sustainable working using a range of methods
K16. the importance of taking an active role in improvements to environment and sustainability
K17. the benefits of visible felt leadership in environmental working and sustainability
K18. how individual behaviours could affect environment impacts and sustainability
K19. the importance of Continuing Professional development (CPD)
K20. how to assess potential improvements in environmental working and sustainability
K21. how improvements could present new hazards
K22. how to present proposals to improve environmental and sustainable working
K23. how purchasing decisions may be influenced by considering the environment and sustainability
K24. how to conduct an environmental risk assessment
K25. how to investigate environmental incidents
K26. how to review investigations into environmental incidents which monitor and evaluate improvements
K27. how to carry out root cause analysis
K28. how to gather relevant information on the environment and sustainability
K29. how to review audits and inspections for environment and sustainability
Scope/range
Scope Performance
Scope Knowledge
Values
Behaviours
Skills
Glossary
Written scheme
The written scheme of inspections for the site which may form part of the biodiversity, environmental and sustainability document.
Human factors:
Human factors refer to environmental, organisational and job factors, and human and individual characteristics, which influence behaviour at work in a way which can affect health and safety.