1. 7517 Principles of
Sustainable
Resource
Management
Unit 207 Understand Operational
Systems in the Waste/Recycling
Industry

2. Outcomes for the unit
 Understanding work schedules and working procedures
 Know the principles of waste/recycling handling and transfer
 Know and understand the organisational policies about
protecting the environment
 Know and understand the organisational policies about proper
behaviour in the workplace

3. Outcome 1: work schedules and
working procedures
 What is contained in a work schedule
 Importance of following a work schedule
 How working procedures can effect the work schedule

4. Work schedule
 May contain:
 Timetables
 Maps
 Methods
 Routes
 Resources
 Equipment
 Duties
 Responsibilities
 Importance
 Avoid accidents
 Efficiency
 Legal compliance
 Quality
 Professional approach
 Know what work to be done

5. Procedures That May Affect The
Work Schedule
 Being flexible
 Conformance
 Approval
 Acceptance
 Rejection
 Customer satisfaction
 accountability

6. Outcome 2: Principles of
waste/recycling handling and transfer
 Terminology used
 TRF
 Thermal Recovery Facility
 MRF
 Materials Recovery Facility
 HWRC
 Household Waste Recycling Centre

7. Outcome 3: Understand Organisational
Policies About Protecting the
Environment and You
 Policies:
 Environmental
 ISO14001
 Clean and tidy workplace
 Security
 Vehicle use
 Discharge/releases
 Spillages
 Site restrictions
 Continued
 Health & Safety
 OHSAS 18001
 Risk assessments
 5 steps…
 Identify hazard
 Decide who/how
 Evaluate
risk/precautions
 Report findings
 Review

8. Standards: ISO14001
 specifies requirements
 environmental
management system
 environmental aspects
which the organisation has
control
 Will include Environment
protection policy
statements

10. Standards: OHSAS 18001
 Occupational health and
safety management
system specification
 Assists in implementing
sound Health & Safety
policies and procedures

11. Outcome 4: Organisational policies about
proper behaviour in the workplace
 Smoking at work
 Eating
 Drinking
 Drug use
 Importance of following?
 Consequences of not following?

12. Organisational procedures
 Appraisals
 Opportunity to discuss areas for development
 Grievance procedure
 Formal procedure to handle unresolved issues which
may include:
 Terms and conditions of employment
 Health and safety
 Work relations
 Bullying and harassment
 New working practices / organisational changes
 Discrimination

13. Organisational procedures
 Disciplinary procedures
 You might face disciplinary action if your employer has
decided they have a serious issue with you or your
work.
 your employer’s disciplinary procedure rules
 what performance and behaviour might lead to
disciplinary action