BSBSUS511 Student Assessment Tasks 30-04-21
BSBSUS511 Student Assessment Tasks 30-04-21
BSBSUS511 Student Assessment Tasks 30-04-21
ASSESSMENT TASKS
First published 2021
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BSBSUS511
DEVELOP WORKPLACE
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
FOR SUSTAINABILITY
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Business Works is a series of training and assessment resources developed for qualifications within the Business
Services Training Package.
Contents
Introduction 4
Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions 5
Assessment Task 1: Checklist 8
Assessment Task 2: Policies and Procedures Development Project 10
Assessment Task 2: Checklist 18
Assessment Task 3: Sustainability Initiatives Implementation Project 20
Assessment Task 3: Checklist (Option 1) 25
Assessment Task 3: Checklist (Option 2) 27
Final results record 28
Introduction
The assessment tasks for BSBSUS511 Develop workplace policies and procedures for
sustainability are outlined in the assessment plan below. These tasks have been designed to help
you demonstrate the skills and knowledge that you have learnt during your course.
Please ensure that you read the instructions provided with these tasks carefully. You should also
follow the advice provided in the Business Works Student User Guide. The Student User Guide
provides important information for you relating to completing assessment successfully.
● Assessment Task 1: Knowledge questions – You must answer all questions correctly.
● Assessment Task 2: Policy and Procedures Development Project – You must work through a
range of activities and complete a project portfolio.
● Assessment Task 3: Sustainability Initiatives Implementation Project – You must work through
a range of activities and complete a project portfolio.
● review the advice to students regarding answering knowledge questions in the Business
Works Student User Guide
● comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide
Assessment information
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Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix
A of the Business Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information on:
Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix C of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO
has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.
1. Outline the Kyoto Protocol and Australia’s obligations under the Protocol, as well as its current
targets and the adequacy of these targets.
2. Outline the purpose and scope of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and
Climate.
3. Outline the purpose and scope of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
Act 1999 (EPBC Act).
4. Outline the purpose and scope of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation
(EPBC) Act Regulations.
5. Outline the purpose and scope of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme.
6. Outline the purpose and scope of the Australian Packaging Covenant voluntary code of
practice.
7. Outline the purpose and scope of the Australian Ecolabel Program voluntary code of practice.
8. Identify one internal information source and one external information source that can be used
to plan and develop a company’s sustainability policy. For each source, explain how this
source can be used to develop the sustainability policy.
11. Outline policy development practices that may be used in response to resistance to the
introduction of policies.
12. Outline why a company may choose to implement an environmental management system
(EMS). List at least three reasons why a company may implement am EMS.
14. Outline how a business can use environmental sustainability indicators and two examples of
indicators that can be used.
16. Outline at least two barriers to introducing policies and procedures, and strategies that can be
used to address each of the barriers you identify.
17. Describe the role that quality systems like ISO and Australian Standards can play in
supporting corporate sustainability.
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Assessor signature:
Assessor name:
Date:
● a business or simulated business which meets the requirements described in the activities
below
● review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the Business Works
Student User Guide
● comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide
Assessment information
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Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix
A of the Business Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information on:
Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix B of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO
has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.
Activities
Complete the following activities:
This project requires you to develop, implement and review at least two workplace
sustainability policies and procedures for one area of sustainability within a
business. You will do this by:
● gathering information
● supporting implementation
● tracking results
You will also integrate sustainability into your organisation’s wider policies and
procedures.
Selecting a business to work with
Vocational education and training is all about gaining and developing practical skills
2. Preparation
● sustainable meetings
● sustainable workplaces
Decide whether you would like to work with your own business or the case study
business and follow the relevant instructions below.
● describing the two policies and procedures that you will develop.
Submit Page 4 to your assessor. Your assessor must approve your business and
the policies and procedures before you proceed with assessment.
● meetings
● production processes
● purchasing
● travel
● sustainable workplaces.
You will use your real names, backgrounds and communication preferences and
styles during all role plays or simulated communication to ensure that the
Submit Page 4 to your assessor. Your assessor must approve your planned
presentations before you proceed with your assessment.
In this first activity, you will develop a briefing report. You should conduct research
relevant to your chosen area of sustainability which identifies the following:
● How sustainability can be built into business planning and can inform business
opportunities to reflect the organisation’s commitment to sustainability.
● An overview of life cycle mapping, including life style stages, life cycle map, life
cycle matrix.
● Example sustainability actions to inform the sustainability action plan for the
next 12 months. You should identify at least five ideas initially, including
identifying priority actions and longer-term actions.
Now that you have developed a briefing report, you should consult with at least two
stakeholders to gather their advice and feedback. At the meeting, the stakeholders
will provide input into the development of the policy and procedures through their
comments and ideas. Encourage their participation.
During the meeting, demonstrate effective communication skills including:
Following the meeting, summarise the stakeholder feedback and finalise the scope
of the sustainability policies and procedures including:
● required outcomes
● KPIs
● methods of implementation.
This meeting may take place with actual people who work for/who are associated
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with your chosen business. Alternatively, classmates or your assessor may play the
role of one or more stakeholders. If in the classroom setting, you will all take turns
within your group to share your individually developed briefing reports and to gather
feedback and input. Your discussions should take at least 20 minutes each.
This can either be viewed in person by your assessor or you may like to
video/audio record the session for your assessor to watch or listen to later. Your
assessor can provide you with more details at this step. If this session is not viewed
in person by your assessor, you will attach proof of the meeting to Section 2 of your
Project Portfolio.
Make sure you have answered all questions in each copy of Section 2 of your
Portfolio. Submit to your assessor for review.
You are also required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence –
review the documents you need to attach as outlined in each copy of Section
2 of the Project Portfolio and make sure you attach these upon submission.
Develop the policies and procedures based on your briefing report and stakeholder
feedback.
Ensure that your policies and procedures include a statement about the
organisation’s commitment to sustainability, as well as how sustainability initiatives
will be incorporated into business planning and will also serve as business
opportunities.
Work into Section 3 of your Portfolio (note that two copies of Section 3 have been
provided).
The next part of the assessment task requires you to develop an action plan to
implement one of the policies and procedures which you developed earlier.
Your action plan should include:
● Individual responsibilities
Make sure you have answered all questions in each copy of Section 4 of your
Portfolio. Submit to your assessor for review.
You are also required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence –
review the documents you need to attach as outlined in each copy of Section
4 of the Project Portfolio and make sure you attach these upon submission.
Student’s name:
Completed
successfully? Comments
◻ ◻
Task outcome:
Satisfactory Not satisfactory
Assessor signature:
Assessor name:
Date:
● the business or simulated business that you worked with in Assessment Task 2
● review the advice to students regarding responding to written tasks in the Business Works
Student User Guide
● comply with the due date for assessment which your assessor will provide
Assessment information
i
Information about how you should complete this assessment can be found in Appendix
A of the Business Works Student User Guide. Refer to the appendix for information on:
Note: You must complete and submit an assessment cover sheet with your work. A
template is provided in Appendix B of the Student User Guide. However, if your RTO
has provided you with an assessment cover sheet, please ensure that you use that.
Important: You should only complete ONE of the following options. If you are unsure which
option you should complete, speak to your assessor.
Assume that, following acceptance of your sustainability policy and procedures, you
have been asked to implement strategies identified in your action plan for the
continuous improvement of resource efficiency. This is to include an inspection of
the workplace to identify environmental sustainability and resource usage issues
and to identify and report on possible solutions.
You will therefore undertake an inspection of the RTO facility using the
environmental sustainability and resource Usage Record Template provided in
Section 5 of your Project Portfolio (Part B).
Record at least three actual or potential environmental sustainability and resource
usage issues that you find.
Your assessor will advise you of the date and time of the inspection and will
observe you conducting the inspection.
Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 5 of your Portfolio (Part B).
Submit to your assessor for review.
You are also required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence –
review the documents you need to attach as outlined in Section 5 of the
Project Portfolio (Part B) and make sure you attach these upon submission.
Assume that you wish to commence implementing a further initiative from the action
plan, which is to provide regular communications to staff about sustainability
practices.
Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 6 of your Portfolio (Part B).
Submit to your assessor for review.
You are also required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence –
review the documents you need to attach as outlined in each copy of Section 6 of
the Project Portfolio and make sure you attach these upon submission.
You are required to develop a register for recording and tracking all continuous
improvements in resource efficiency.
The register should be able to include, as a minimum, the ability to record the
reported opportunity, action to be taken, responsibility, timelines and outcome.
Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 7 of your Portfolio. Submit
to your assessor for review.
You are also required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence –
review the documents you need to attach as outlined in each copy of Section
7 of the Project Portfolio and make sure you attach these upon submission.
Assume that the sustainability policy and procedure you developed has been
implemented, as well as findings from regular sustainability inspections.
Sustainability initiatives implemented include:
● Green purchasing policy developed (on staff intranet, email sent to staff to
● Green transport policy developed and implemented (on staff intranet, email
sent to staff to advise).
Assume also the following sustainability targets:
A staff survey has been undertaken (see the Simulation Pack for results), as well
as an energy audit.
The results of the energy audit are as follows:
Actions implemented:
● replace electric storage hot water heater with instant solar hot water
Note: Four new staff members employed may account for increase. Energy targets
were not adjusted to account for the new staff.
Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 8 of your Portfolio. Submit
to your assessor for review.
Student’s name:
Completed
successfully? Comments
● responding to trends
● tracking results?
◻ ◻
Task outcome:
Satisfactory Not satisfactory
Assessor signature:
Assessor name:
Now that you have developed policies, procedures and an action plan, it is time to
implement. Put the action plan that you developed in Assessment Task 2 in place
and monitor the results for enough time to track results. Report on the following by
completing Section 5 of your Project Portfolio:
● Were the resources that you identified and sourced adequate to implement the
sustainability initiative/policy?
● What changes did you make to the policy as a result of the implementation?
Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 5 of your Portfolio (Part B).
Submit to your assessor for review.
You are also required to attach certain documents as part of your evidence –
review the documents you need to attach as outlined in Section 5 of the
Project Portfolio (Part B) and make sure you attach these upon submission.
Student’s name:
Completed
successfully? Comments
● responding to trends
● tracking results?
◻ ◻
Task outcome:
Satisfactory Not satisfactory
Assessor signature:
Assessor name:
Student name:
Assessor name:
Date:
Result
Project – Policy
Assessment Task 2 S U DNS
development
Project – Policy
Assessment Task 3 S U DNS
implementation and review
Feedback
◻ I hereby certify that this student has been assessed by me and that the assessment has been
carried out according to the required assessment procedures.