Assessment description

You are required to complete a review of the implementation of resource efficiency activities developed in Assessment Task 1. As part of the review process you are undertaking, you need to ensure that you:

monitor and review records of implementation (provided to you by your assessor), and identify trends or apparent areas requiring ongoing action document the outcomes of the implementation strategy and evaluate the success or otherwise of the policy and sustainability management

Assessments Instructions

Review the reports that document resource use at the Sydney Opera House (provided by your assessor). Note that there are four spreadsheets available in the document provided. You can navigate between the records by selecting the tabs at the bottom of this Excel document.

Review the Sydney Opera House Environmental Sustainability Policy, Environmental Sustainability Plan, and other Sydney Opera House corporate information and policy documents at: .

Review the resource efficiency targets provided in Assessment Task 2 and the related actions you created for each target in your implementation plan. For the purposes of this assessment, assume that the actions you developed were implemented in FY 15/16 at the Sydney Opera House.

Using the data provided (in the spreadsheets given to you by your assessor) and the corporate information available to you, develop a written report that includes:

graphs or charts that could describe or summarise progress towards established targets

an evaluation of the graphs or charts to identify trends in data and analyse data targets identified in Assessment Task 1

a description of the success and/or shortfalls of the implementation of sustainability and communication targets based on:
trends in resource use

a description of trends that may require remedial action; include a plan that describes how these areas can be continuously improved in the future

a review of Sydney Opera House policies' coverage of measuring and analysing resource consumption to determine how the recording of resource consumption is currently addressed in policy recommendations for improvements to policy, communication and management of sustainability based on data taken from analysis of records.

Submit your report to your assessor along with a list of the stakeholders who would need to receive your report.

You must provide:

a written report.

Your assessor will be looking for:

reading skills to analyse and evaluate complex texts to determine trends

writing skills to research plans and prepare documents appropriate to the context and audience numeracy skills to calculate numerical information work skills to:

use appropriate conventions when communicating with stakeholders

gather relevant information and evaluate outcomes

knowledge of environmental or sustainability legislation applicable to the organisation

knowledge of sources of information that can be used to plan and develop the organisation's sustainability policy.