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Scenario · Field Sampling and Environmental Monitoring

Collect licence monitoring samples at the Kiama treatment plant

You are a trainee field technician in Field Sampling and Environmental Monitoring.

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The situation

What has happened

Kiama Shire holds an environment protection licence for its sewage treatment plant and Veritas collects the fortnightly licence samples under job CJ-26-0429. The sampling plan lists the inlet, the final effluent point and the receiving water upstream and downstream, with composite and grab samples and on-site measurements of pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and temperature. A recent nonconformance recorded missing field pH readings because a meter battery went flat, and a hazard report found an unrestrained gas cylinder in a field vehicle. Tariq Haddad wants the kit, the meter calibration and the vehicle pre-start done properly and recorded before departure.

Your brief. Prepare the sampling kit, calibrate the field meter and record it, complete the vehicle pre-start, collect the samples and on-site measurements exactly as the sampling plan and method require, complete the chain of custody and deliver the samples to the laboratory under temperature control within holding time.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Equipment register calibration record
  • Vehicle pre-start record
  • Field sheet with on-site measurements
  • Completed chain of custody form
  • Receipt confirmation from sample reception

Documents to use

Systems to use

Equipment and Calibration Register

Lists every item of measuring and testing equipment with its calibration interval, last and next calibration, verification checks and service status.

Sample Register

The laboratory information register of every sample received, its matrix, tests, storage, holding time and progress from receipt to reported.

WHS Incident and Hazard Register

Records injuries, exposures, spills, near misses and hazards across the laboratories, materials hall, vehicles and field sites with the actions taken to close them.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Laboratory Operations as at 10 September 2026.

MSL952003Collect routine site samples
MSL972002Take routine site measurements
MSL952004Handle and transport samples or equipment
MSL954007Obtain representative samples in accordance with sampling plan

Qualifications

MSL20122Certificate II in Sampling and Measurement
MSL30122Certificate III in Laboratory Skills
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Observe the meter calibration performed and recorded before use, containers filled and preserved as the method requires, measurements recorded at the time with the meter identifier, and a chain of custody that matches the containers exactly. The pre-start and cylinder restraint must be evidenced. Samples must arrive chilled and within holding time.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.