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Explain strategies for engaging industry partners in zero waste
programmes
Level
5
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain strategies for
engaging industry partners in zero waste programmes.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Zero Waste
Status
Registered
Status date
26 January 2007
Date version published
26 January 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
References relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
The New Zealand Waste Strategy: Towards zero waste and a sustainable New
Zealand 2002 Ministry for the Environment, available at http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
information about the Successful Business and School Partnerships project available
at http://www.nzbcsd.org.nz.
2
Assessment against this unit standard requires evidence of partnering relationships
between industry and a business, a school, a government agency, or a community.
3
Definitions
Industry publications refer to materials available in electronic or hard copy from
organisations and programmes that promote resource recovery including but not
limited to:
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BusinessCare National Trust, available at http://www.businesscare.org.nz;
Lifeafterwaste programme developed by the Waste Management Institute of New
Zealand (WasteMINZ) available at http://wwww.wasteminz.org.nz;
NZ Business Council for Sustainable Development, available at
http://www.nzbcsd.org.nz;
Recycling Operators of New Zealand (RONZ), available at http://www.ronz.org.nz,
Zero Waste New Zealand Trust, available at http://www.zerowaste.co.nz.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain strategies for engaging industry partners in zero waste programmes.
Performance criteria
1.1
Reasons for partnering are explained in terms of social responsibility and
benefits for community.
Range
1.2
The explanation compares partnering structures in terms of appropriateness for
selected zero waste programmes.
Range
1.3
educational – governance, mentoring, educational modules,
vocational assistance; financial – scholarship, sponsorship.
The explanation identifies barriers to implementing selected programmes and
recommends ways of avoiding and/or removing them.
Range
1.6
evidence is required of at least three strategies.
The explanation outlines strategies for engaging industry in partnerships
through programmes of educational and financial assistance.
Range
1.5
structures include but are not limited to – charitable trust, paid coordinator, representation on board; evidence is required of at least
three programmes.
The explanation outlines strategies for partnering producers of waste with
resource recyclers that extend producer responsibility.
Range
1.4
evidence is required of at least three reasons.
barriers may include but are not limited to – financial, educational,
social, geographical, infrastructural; evidence is required of at
least two programmes.
Strategies for selecting partners are identified and explained in accordance with
industry publications.
Range
includes but is not limited to – needs of partners, time available to
fulfil commitments, stages in life cycle of resources.
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1.7
Strategies for promoting programmes are explained in terms of documentation
and reporting requirements.
Range
reporting – initial, ongoing, to partners, to industry, to community.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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