Assessor Details
Assessor’s Name Zafar Chowdhury
RESULTS (Please Circle) SATISFACTORY NOT SATISFACTORY
Feedback to student:
Student Declaration: I declare that I have been
assessed in this unit, and I have been advised of my
result. I am also aware of my appeal rights.
Assessor Declaration: I declare that I have conducted a fair,
valid, reliable and flexible assessment with this student, and I
have provided appropriate feedback.
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Instructions to the Candidates
? This assessment is to be completed according to the instructions given below in this document.
? Should you not answer the tasks correctly, you will be given feedback on the results and gaps in knowledge. You will be entitled to one (1) resubmit in showing your competence with this unit.
? If you are not sure about any aspect of this assessment, please ask for clarification from your assessor.
? Please refer to the College re-submission and re-sit policy for more information.
? If you have questions and other concerns that may affect your performance in the Assessment, please inform the assessor immediately.
? Please read the Tasks carefully then complete all Tasks.
? To be deemed competent for this unit you must achieve a satisfactory result with tasks of this Assessment along with a satisfactory result for another Assessment.
? This is an Open book assessment which you will do in your own time but complete in the time designated by your assessor. Remember, that it must be your own work and if you use other sources then you must reference these appropriately.
? Resources required completing the assessment tasks are Learner guide, PowerPoint presentation, Unit Assessment Pack (UAP), Access to other learning materials such as textbooks, Access to a computer, the Internet and word-processing system such as MS Word.
? Submitted document must follow the given criteria. Font must be Times New Roman, Font size need to be 12 and line spacing has to be Single line.
? Once you have completed the assessment, please upload the softcopy of the Assessment into AHIC Moodle.
? Plagiarism is copying someone else’s work and submitting it as your own. Any Plagiarism will result in a mark of Zero.
Reasonable Adjustments
• Students with carer responsibilities, cultural or religious obligations, English as an additional language, disability etc. can request for reasonable adjustments.
• Please note, academic standards of the unit/course will not be lowered to accommodate the needs of any student, but there is a requirement to be flexible about the way in which it is delivered or assessed.
• The Disability Standards for Education requires institutions to take reasonable steps to enable the student with a disability to participate in education on the same basis as a student without a disability.
• Trainer/Assessor must complete the section below “Reasonable Adjustment Strategies Matrix” to ensure the explanation and correct strategy have been recorded and implemented if applicable.
• Trainer/Assessor must notify the administration/compliance and quality assurance department for any reasonable adjustments made.
• All evidence and supplementary documentation must be submitted with the assessment pack to the administration/compliance and quality assurance department.
Reasonable Adjustment Strategies Matrix (Trainer/Assessor to complete)
Category Possible Issue Reasonable Adjustment Strategy
(select as applicable)
• LLN • Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Confidence • Verbal assessment
• Presentations
• Demonstration of a skill
• Use of diagrams
• Use of supporting documents such as wordlists
• Non-English-Speaking Background • Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
•Cultural background
• Confidence • Discuss with the student and supervisor (if applicable) whether language, literacy and numeracy are likely to impact on the assessment process
• Use methods that do not require a higher level of language or literacy than is required to perform the job role
• Use short sentences that do not contain large amounts of information
• Clarify information by rephrasing, confirm understanding
• Read any printed information to the student
• Use graphics, pictures and colour coding instead of, or to support, text
• Offer to write down, or have someone else write, oral responses given by the student
• Ensure that the time available to complete the assessment, while meeting enterprise requirements, takes account of the student’s needs
• Indigenous • Knowledge and understanding
• Flexibility
• Services
• Inappropriate training and assessment • Culturally appropriate training
• Explore understanding of concepts and practical application through oral assessment
• Flexible delivery
• Using group rather than individual assessments
• Assessment through completion of practical tasks in the field after demonstration of skills and knowledge.
• Age • Educational background
• Limited study skills • Make sure font size is not too small
• Trainer/Assessor should refer to the student’s experience
• Ensure that the time available to complete the assessment takes account of the student’s needs
• Provision of information or course materials in accessible format.
• Changes in teaching practices, e.g. wearing an FM microphone to enable a student to hear lectures
• Supply of specialised equipment or services, e.g. a note-taker for a student who cannot write
• Changes in lecture schedules and arrangements, e.g. relocating classes to an accessible venue
• Changes to course design, e.g. substituting an assessment task
• Modifications to physical environment, e.g. installing lever taps, building ramps, installing a lift
• Educational background • Reading
• Writing
• Numeracy
• Limited study skills and/or learning strategies • Discuss with the Student previous learning experience
• Ensure learning and assessment methods meet the student’s individual need
• Disability • Speaking
• Reading
• Writing
• Numeracy
• Limited study skills and/or learning strategies • Identify the issues
• Create a climate of support
• Ensure access to support that the student has agreed to
• Appropriately structure the assessment
• Provide information or course materials in accessible format, e.g. a textbook in braille
• Changes in teaching practices, e.g. wearing an FM microphone to enable a student to hear lectures
• Supply of specialised equipment or services, e.g. a note- taker for a student who cannot write
• Changes in lecture schedules and arrangements, e.g. relocating classes to an accessible venue
• Changes to course design, e.g. substituting an assessment task
• Modifications to physical environment, e.g. installing lever taps, building ramps, installing a lift
Explanation of reasonable adjustments strategy used (If required)
What if you disagree on the assessment outcome?
You can appeal against a decision made in regards to your assessment. An appeal should only be made if you have been assessed as ‘Not Yet Competent’ against a specific unit and you feel you have sufficient grounds to believe that you are entitled to be assessed as competent. You must be able to adequately demonstrate that you have the skills and experience to be able to meet the requirements of units you are appealing the assessment of.
Your trainer will outline the appeals process, which is available to the student. You can request a form to make an appeal and submit it to your trainer, the course coordinator, or the administration officer. The AHIC will examine the appeal and you will be advised of the outcome within 14 days. Any additional information you wish to provide may be attached to the appeal form.
Academic Integrity:
Academic Integrity is about the honest presentation of your academic work. It means acknowledging the work of others while developing your own insights, knowledge and ideas.
As a student, you are required to:
• Undertake studies and research responsibly and with honesty and integrity
• Ensure that academic work is in no way falsified
• Seek permission to use the work of others, where required
• Acknowledge the work of others appropriately
• Take reasonable steps to ensure other students cannot copy or misuse your work.
Plagiarism:
Plagiarism means to take and use another person’s ideas and or manner of expressing them and to pass them off as your own by failing to give appropriate acknowledgement. This includes material sourced from the Internet, RTO staff, other students, and from published and unpublished work.
Plagiarism occurs when you fail to acknowledge that the ideas or work of others are being used, which includes:
• Paraphrasing and presenting work or ideas without a reference
• Copying work either in whole or in part
• Presenting designs, codes or images as your own work
• Using phrases and passages verbatim without quotation marks or referencing the author or web page
• Reproducing lecture notes without proper acknowledgement.
Collusion:
Collusion means unauthorised collaboration on assessable work (written, oral or practical) with other people. This occurs when a student presents group work as their own or as the work of someone else.
Collusion may be with another RTO student or with individuals or student’s external to the RTO. This applies to work assessed by any educational and training body in Australia or overseas.
Collusion occurs when you work without the authorisation of the teaching staff to:
• Work with one or more people to prepare and produce work
• Allow others to copy your work or share your answer to an assessment task
• Allow someone else to write or edit your work (without rto approval)
• Write or edit work for another student
• Offer to complete work or seek payment for completing academic work for other students.
Both collusion and plagiarism can occur in group work. For examples of plagiarism, collusion and academic misconduct in group work please refer to the RTO’s policy on Academic integrity, plagiarism and collusion.
Plagiarism and collusion constitute cheating. Disciplinary action will be taken against students who engage in plagiarism and collusion as outlined in RTO’s policy.
Proven involvement in plagiarism or collusion may be recorded on students’ academic file and could lead to disciplinary action.
Assessment Formatting and Answer length Guidance:
Your submitted document must follow the given criteria:
• Font must be Times New Roman, Font size need to be 12 and line spacing has to be Single line.
• Your assessment needs to be submitted as an electronic copy unless requested differently by your assessor.
• The Assessment file name for electronic copy should follow :
Student Id_Assessment_No (Example AHI000014_Assessment 1)
Referencing
Include a reference list at the end of your work on a separate page or as footnotes. You should reference the sources you have used in your assessments in the Harvard Style.
To access a web-based tool, see Harvard Style online generator
http://www.harvardgenerator.com
Assessment Task 3: Sustainability Initiatives Implementation Project
Task summary
In this task, you are required to demonstrate your skills and knowledge by working through a number of activities and submitting a completed project portfolio (Part B).
Required
• the business or simulated business that you worked with in Assessment Task 2
• your learning resources and other information for reference
• Project Portfolio template (Part B)
• Simulation Pack (if you need the case study).
Timing
Your assessor will advise you of the due date of this assessment.
Assessment criteria
For your performance to be deemed satisfactory in this assessment task, you must satisfactorily address all of the assessment criteria. If part of this task is not satisfactorily completed, you will be asked to complete further assessment to demonstrate competence.
Re-submission opportunities
You will be provided feedback on their performance by the Assessor. The feedback will indicate if you have satisfactorily addressed the requirements of each part of this task.
If any parts of the task are not satisfactorily completed, the assessor will explain why, and provide you written feedback along with guidance on what you must undertake to demonstrate satisfactory performance. Re-assessment attempt(s) will be arranged at a later time and date.
You have the right to appeal the outcome of assessment decisions if you feel that you have been dealt with unfairly or have other appropriate grounds for an appeal.
You are encouraged to consult with the assessor prior to attempting this task if you do not understand any part of this task or if you have any learning issues or needs that may hinder you when attempting any part of the assessment.
Assessment Task 3 Instructions
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
You have two options for this section of your assessment – Option 1 is for students who are working from the case study business. Option 2 is for students who are working from their own business.
Important: You should only complete ONE of the following options. If you are unsure which option you should complete, speak to your assessor.
Activities – Option 1 (Grow Consultants)
Option 1 is for students who worked from the Grow Consultants case study in Assessment Task 2. If you completed Assessment Task 2 using your own business, skip straight to Option 2. If you are unsure, speak to your assessor. DO NOT COMPLETE BOTH OPTIONS.
Complete the following activities:
1. Undertake an inspection of your RTO facility
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.
2. Develop a memo for staff about best practice sustainability procedures
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.
Based on one of the issues identified in your environmental sustainability and resource usage record, develop a short memo to send to staff about best practice sustainability procedures. For example, if you have identified that water usage is high, you could write about tips to reduce water usage. The memo you develop must be written in plain English and in user-friendly language and be designed to promote engagement in sustainability initiatives.
The memo should be no more than one page and include images such as photos or graphs to assist with understanding and engagement.
Work into Section 6 of your Portfolio (Part B).
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.
3. Develop a sustainability register
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.
Work into Section 7 of your Portfolio (Part B).
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.
4. Develop a sustainability implementation report
Assume that the sustainability policy and procedure you developed has been implemented, as well as findings from regular sustainability inspections. Sustainability initiatives implemented include:
• Energy audit and all recommendations implemented including signage about energy use (e.g. switch off lights at night, turn down brightness, turn off taps)
• Recycling policy introduced, and three more recycling bins introduced.
• Green purchasing policy developed (on staff intranet, email sent to staff to advise).
• Green transport policy developed and implemented (on staff intranet, email sent to staff to advise).
Assume also the following sustainability targets:
• Reduce electricity consumption by 20% within six months.
• Promote awareness of sustainability initiatives amongst all staff members
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 halogen downlights with energy efficient downlights and transformers
• connect to natural gas, converting to an energy source with one-third of the greenhouse gas emissions of electricity from coal
• replace electric storage hot water heater with instant solar hot water
• replace air conditioner with a more efficient inverter unit.
Prior to energy audit:
• Annual energy bill: $2,415 a year
• Annual greenhouse emissions: 18 tonnes a year
Six months later:
• Annual energy bill: $1,800 a year
• Annual greenhouse emissions: 10.2 tonnes a year
One year later:
• Annual energy bill: $2,215 a year
• Annual greenhouse emissions: 14 tonnes a year
Note: Four new staff members employed may account for increase. Energy targets were not adjusted to account for the new staff.
You are required to review the results of the staff survey and the energy statistics provided.
Based on your review, develop a short report that outlines:
• Analysis of staff survey results and achievements against targets
• Analysis of energy audit data and achievements against targets
• Recommendations for additional actions that need to be taken based on the data above.
• Summary of the success of the sustainability policy and procedures based on analysis.
• Updates to sustainability policy and procedures to account for recommended improvements.
Work into Section 8 of your Portfolio (Part B).
Make sure you have answered all questions in Section 8 of your Portfolio. Submit to your assessor for review.
Assessment Task 3: Checklist (Option 1)
Did the student: Completed successfully? Comments
Yes No
Implement workplace policy for one area of sustainability within a business or organisation?
Consult and communicate with relevant stakeholders regarding the implementation and improvement of sustainability policy?
Provide support for the implementation of a sustainability policy or initiative?
Utilise a recording system to track continuous improvement, identify trends and outcomes?
Document implementation outcomes?
Provide implementation support?
Review implementation by:
• responding to trends
• applying continuous improvement principles
• modifying policy and procedures as required
• tracking results?
Task outcome: • Satisfactory • Not satisfactory
Assessor signature:
Assessor name: Zafar Chowdhury
Date:
Activities – Option 2 (Your own business)
Option 2 is for students who worked from their own business in Assessment Task 2. If you completed Assessment Task 2 using the case study business, DO NOT COMPLETE OPTION 2. You should only complete Option 1. If you are unsure, speak to your assessor. DO NOT COMPLETE BOTH OPTIONS.
Complete the following activities:
1. Implement your action plan
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 support did you provide to implement the policy?
• How did you track and record sustainability improvements?
• How did you provide feedback to stakeholders?
• How did you document outcomes?
• What trends did you identify?
• What changes did you make to the policy as a result of the implementation?
• What were the sustainability gains as a result of 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.
Assessment Task 3: Checklist (Option 2)
Did the student: Completed successfully? Comments
Yes No
Implement workplace policy for one area of sustainability within a business or organisation?
Consult and communicate with relevant stakeholders regarding the implementation and improvement of sustainability policy?
Provide support for the implementation of a sustainability policy or initiative?
Utilise a recording system to track continuous improvement, identify trends and outcomes?
Document implementation outcomes?
Provide implementation support?
Review implementation by:
• responding to trends
• applying continuous improvement principles
• modifying policy and procedures as required
• tracking results?
Task outcome: • Satisfactory • Not satisfactory
Assessor signature:
Assessor name: Zafar Chowdhury
Date:
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