This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to facilitate the achievement of enterprise environmental goals. It includes developing a workforce understanding of and commitment to environmental responsibility and sustainability and techniques for monitoring and minimising environmental impact and waste.

Management of environmental impact is a high priority for the meat processing industry. All industry members are responsible for environmental management and sustainability.

This unit is applicable to for first line managers, including supervisors and team leaders in all meat industry sectors.

All work should be carried out to comply with workplace and regulatory requirements.

This unit applies to individuals who take responsibility for their own work and for the quality of others’ work within known parameters. They provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems.

This unit must be delivered and assessed in the context of Australian meat industry standards and regulations.

No occupational licensing, legislative or certification requirements are known to apply to this unit at the time of publication.