Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine the values and/or principles required to achieve the organisation’s selected approach to circularity and to embed them into organisational structures, systems and mechanisms.
This unit applies to middle or senior managers, leaders or similar roles who contribute to setting the direction of the organisation and who have some influence, authority and responsibility in selecting and planning how to achieve long-term goals.
The individual will contribute, with input from other decision-makers, to determining the organisation’s underpinning values and principles for circularity and planning how to embed these across the organisation through systemic supports such as new or improved structures, systems, procedures and/or other mechanisms.
Typically, the systemic supports will relate to changes in areas such as organisational structure, procurement, partnerships and collaboration, new markets and business models, data systems, financial priorities, metrics and performance indicators, product, service or process design, engineering and equipment.
This unit applies once the organisation has decided on its strategic direction and/or approach in relation to circularity.
For the purposes of this unit circularity refers to the application of decisions and activities designed to move the organisation towards a non-waste scenario that is in equilibrium and which supports regeneration of natural systems. Circularity improvements will typically align to one or more aspects of the currently accepted frameworks of 3 Circular Economy principles and 5 Circular Economy business models.
This unit applies to any organisation.
No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and demonstrated the ability to:
• collaborate with other decision makers to identify at least 5 organisational values and/or principles that underpin the organisation’s circularity approach
• contribute to identifying and planning how to embed these 5 values and/or principles through a systemic approach in at least 3 of the following areas:
• management systems
• financial priorities, metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• external collaboration or partnerships
• marketing and market development
• operational policies and procedures
• product, service or process design
• design, selection or application of equipment
• demonstrate the values and/or principles in own work activities.

Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:
• underpinning values and/or principles within circularity including at least 5 of:
• new models for business operations, market development and growth
• design thinking to eliminate waste, pollution and toxicity
• retaining products and materials in use
• regeneration of natural systems
• biological and technical materials flow
• respect for people applied to build social capital, support safety and wellbeing, support ethical practices
• trust and traceability in the supply chain
• recognising and reducing embodied energy and other resources
• types of organisational structures, systems, procedures and/or mechanisms that can support or prevent application of at least 5 of the underpinning values and/or principles listed above
• application of systems thinking to evaluating costs and benefits including direct, indirect and intangible factors
• leadership and management methods that support the values and/or principles of circularity
• techniques to facilitate agreement across levels and areas of the organisation
• types of structural, personal and cultural barriers that may affect implementation of underpinning values and/or principles of circularity
• circularity approach chosen by organisation and desired outcomes.

Assessment Conditions

Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace or in a simulated environment that reflects workplace conditions and contingencies. The following conditions must be met for this unit:
• use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources, including:
• defined approach for implementation of circularity improvements.
Assessors must satisfy the NVR/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Foundation Skills', 'description': 'This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance but not explicit in the performance criteria.\n• Oral communication skills to facilitate and guide communications with stakeholders across the organisation and negotiate agreed solutions to issues\n• Numeracy skills to evaluate financial priorities, metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs)\n• Learning skills to seek and analyse new information to generate new ideas and solutions.\nOther foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit.'}

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