Iron and steel casting and forging is used in the manufacture of iron, steel, copper and aluminium products. Casting involves melting metal and pouring it into a mould, while forging involves the use of machinery to hammer or press metal into pre-determined forms, typically after heating it. Businesses tend to perform casting or forging, not both. Most are small, with ‘jobbing’ (one off) or ‘batch’ production systems. A handful of very large businesses dominate the sector by value. The … [Read more...]
Clothing sector reports and links
Clothing manufacture in Australia includes ready to wear casual, formal, designer, sleepwear and underwear. Specialist items, such as uniforms, hospital gowns and masks, safety and disposable wear, are also manufactured in Australia. By volume, businesses in the sector are most often small and rely on home-based ‘outworkers’. However, a number of large clothing manufacturers hold significant market share by value. Because labour is a substantial cost in clothing, manufacture off-shore … [Read more...]
National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER)
The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act (NGER Act) requires corporations who meet the thresholds to report on their greenhouse gas emissions, energy production and energy consumption. They can also report on any projects to reduce of offset greenhouse gas emissions. For information see: http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/NGER/Pages/default.aspx For the legislation see: http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Series/C2007A00175 … [Read more...]
What are skills for sustainability?
Many Australian qualifications now include a unit of competency on sustainability. But Manufacturing Skills Australia (MSA) has extended its commitment to sustainability by developing the MSS11 Sustainability Training Package, which has three qualifications targeting Sustainable Operations within a business. These provide the skills and knowledge required to improve an organisation’s sustainability by identifying, measuring and improving the sustainability impact of products, operations, … [Read more...]
Sustainability Skills Resources Project Survey
Contribute to the survey for developing resources to help RTOs deliver the new MSS11 Sustainable Operations qualifications. The resources will be aligned to the core units of competency from the three Sustainable Operations qualifications: MSS40111 Certificate IV in Sustainable Operations MSS50112 Diploma of Sustainable Operations MSS70111 Vocational Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Operations To ensure the resources meet RTO, and ultimately industry, needs for improved … [Read more...]
Sustainability Skills Resources Project
MSA will develop resources to help RTOs deliver the MSS11 Sustainable Operations qualifications. The resources will be aligned to the core units of competency from the three MSS11 Sustainable Operations qualifications. They will include: Explanations of key concepts and practices in the units Examples of tools and checklists Guideline assessment tools Contextualisation advice for six manufacturing sectors. RTOs - tell us what would be useful! Industry - tell us about your sustainability … [Read more...]
Embedded carbon / embodied carbon
Embedded or embodied carbon refers to the total amount of carbon dioxide emitted from every stage of an item's production and distribution from source to store. It is usually expressed as CO2 equivalent tonnes. … [Read more...]
Carbon equivalent (equivalent CO2)
Greenhouse gasses have different average lifetimes and different capacity to trap infrared radiation (heat). To compare the different warming effects of the various gases they are converted into a unit called carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2-e). This unit represents the amount of CO2 that would generate the equivalent warming effect, usually rated over a 100 year span. For example, over 100 years, per mass, methane is listed as 25 times stronger as a greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide is 298 … [Read more...]
Carbon credits
A carbon credit is a generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e). The carbon credit system was ratified in conjunction with the Kyoto Protocol. Its goal is to stop the increase of carbon dioxide emissions. It relies on market mechanisms to drive industrial and commercial processes in the direction of low emissions or less carbon intensive approaches than those used when there is no cost … [Read more...]
MSA Sustainability Framework
The MSA Sustainability Framework is now available to download! The MSA Sustainability Framework was developed to ensure that sustainability skills are captured in the MSA qualifications. The framework outlines the areas of application of sustainability across the functions of a business with indicative mapping to relevent units of competency. It also shows practical examples and case studies and forms the basis of the Skills for Sustainability website. Download the MSA Sustainability … [Read more...]
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