MSS027002 - Apply environmental legislation, codes and standards

This unit of competency covers the ability to interpret and apply relevant environmental legislation, codes and standards to activities associated with a work area, site, project or program. Personnel are required to access, review and interpret complex legal and technical documents, develop/revise site or project-specific environmental management procedures, explain the implications of these documents to site personnel, monitor work activities to ensure compliance, and to prepare reports. Personnel work under the supervision of an environmental scientist or engineer, site manager or organisation?s environmental manager.This unit of competency is applicable to environmental site coordinators, environmental managers and senior environmental officers working in all industry sectors. Note that the term ?manager? is used to refer to management of a function, project and/or program and does not necessarily imply line management.While no specific licensing or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication, environmental monitoring and management activities are governed by relevant legislation, regulations and/or external accreditation requirements. Local requirements should be checked.