Diploma of Environmental Monitoring and Technology - MSS50222
North Metropolitan TAFE
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Vocational Education and Training (VET)
CRICOS:
This qualification specifies the competencies required to apply a range of methods and technologies to conduct environmental sampling, testing and monitoring in most industry sectors, and to assist environmental scientists, engineers and planners with site assessment, minimising environmental impacts of processes and remediation and/or rehabilitation of sites.This qualification applies to environmental officers, environmental protection officers, environmental compliance officers, environmental technicians and similar personnel typically employed by enterprises, service providers, non-government organisations or Commonwealth, state/territory and local governments. These personnel often work with environmental scientists, engineers, planners and community groups to manage and conserve natural systems and resources, minimise pollution, remediate and/or rehabilitate sites and trial practical strategies to protect and improve ecosystems. Some personnel may be more involved with external inspection and auditing of enterprises and negotiating appropriate responses to instances of non-compliance.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Subjects
- Apply environmental management procedures
- Perform sampling and testing of air
- Perform sampling and testing of soils
- Perform laboratory-based ecological techniques
- Apply circularity design thinking to all work streams
- Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plan
- Report environmental data
- Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
- Perform standard calibrations
- Provide environmental information to customers
- Perform chemical tests and procedures
- Assess the environmental risk and impact of a project activity or process
- Perform biological procedures
- Capture photographic images
- Navigate in urban, regional and remote areas
- Perform sampling and testing of water
- Undertake environmental field-based monitoring
- Process and present environmental data
- Collect routine site samples
- Participate in environmental field work
- Participate as a member of a facility emergency response team
- Perform sampling and testing for site contamination
- Perform basic tests
- Source and assess spatial data
- Monitor and evaluate noise
- Identify environmentally significant organisms
- Work and communicate effectively as an environmental technician
- Participate in laboratory or field workplace safety
- Design and supervise complex environmental field surveys
- Conduct a sustainable water use audit
- Conduct a sustainability energy audit
- Contribute to implementing WHS monitoring processes
- Document simple geological information for a site
- Assist with assessing site environmental indicators
- Produce site maps
- Plan and conduct environmental project work
- Provide First Aid
- Perform aseptic techniques
- Measure and report carbon footprint
- Conduct an emissions audit
- Collect and evaluate meteorological data
- Assist with assessing and monitoring wetlands
- Conduct waste audits
- Implement environmental legislation, codes and standards
- Perform microscopic examination
- Supervise geotechnical site investigations
- Collect and evaluate groundwater data
- Conduct geotechnical site investigations
- Collect spatial and discrete environmental data
- Use laboratory application software
