How your work should be presented (layout or structure):
Your documentation must:
a. Be of a professional standard (spelling, grammar, punctuation)
b. Size 12, Arial or Calibri Font
c. 1.5 line Spacing
d. Add a Title page with your name, student number, subject, class no and trainer's name and date. If you wish you can add a graphic or picture. (read How to write a report)
e. All pages must have a Footer with the following details:
- Date
- Page numbers
f. References - use in text references on the pages where they are used and also have a list of references at the end of your assessment to avoid plagiarism
g. Check the layout by using print preview to ensure that the report is centred and balanced
h. Upload the completed assessment after you have reviewed and proofread it naming the file as your Student Number (s) and Assessment No
Performance objective
For this assessment you are required to demonstrate the skills required to review the success or otherwise of the implementation of actions from your plan in Assessment Task 2. You will need to evaluate records to identify trends and determine the efficacy of policy and procedures. You will need to recommend changes to policy where performance improvement is required.
Assessment description
You are required to complete a review of the implementation of resource efficiency activities developed in Assessment Task 2. 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
- review audience feedback to your presentation/training from Assessment Task 2
- recommend modifications to the policy and management of sustainability.
Procedure
1. 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.
2. Review the Sydney Opera House Environmental Sustainability Policy, Environmental Sustainability Plan, and other Sydney Opera House corporate information and policy documents at:
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/ CorporateInformation_Summary.aspx
3. Review the audience feedback from Assessment Task 2.
4. 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 06/07 at the Sydney Opera House.
5. 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:
a. graphs or charts that could describe or summarise progress towards established targets
b. an evaluation of the graphs or charts to identify trends in data and analyse data targets identified in Assessment Task 2
c. a description of the success and/or shortfalls of the implementation of sustainability and communication targets based on:
i. trends in resource use
ii. audience feedback from Assessment Task 2
d. a description of trends that may require remedial action; include a plan that describes how these areas can be continuously improved in the future
e. 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
f. recommendations for improvements to policy, communication and management of sustainability based on data taken from analysis of records.
6. Submit your report to your assessor along with a list of the stakeholders who would need to receive your report.
Specifications
You must provide:
- A written report.
Your assessor will be looking for:
- communication skills to write a formal report targeted to Sydney Opera House management
- literacy skills to read and evaluate Sydney Opera House reports
- research, analytical and writing skills to research, analyse and present information; and to prepare written reports
- knowledge of policy development practices to review policy and recommend changes
- knowledge of sustainability management to recommend changes
- knowledge of Sydney Opera House policies and procedures to complete the task
- knowledge of systems and procedures to improve workplace sustainability.