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Describe, operate, and maintain storm water drainage at a solid waste
facility
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working at solid waste
facilities such as a landfill or a cleanfill.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the storm water
drainage at a solid waste facility, and operate and maintain a storm water
system at a solid waste facility.
Subfield
Solid Waste
Domain
Solid Waste Disposal
Status
Registered
Status date
25 October 2007
Date version published
25 October 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
All work practices must comply with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
landfill management plan.
2
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
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Definitions
Company procedures means the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, environmental, and quality management requirements.
They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Site management plan refers to documented guidelines and procedures for
operations at the site. It includes consent conditions and legislative requirements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe storm water drainage at a solid waste facility.
Performance criteria
1.1
Drainage is described in terms of the surface flows on the site.
Range
1.2
Storm water system at the facility is described in terms of its components and
function.
Range
1.3
includes but is not limited to – degradation, ponding, continuity of
flow, impediments to flow.
components may include but are not limited to – culverts, sumps,
conduit pipes, settling ponds, cut off drain, perimeter drain.
Storm water discharge is described in terms of discharge requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – pH, electrical conductivity,
turbidity, suspended solids, ammonia, chlorides, sampling
requirements, contaminant levels.
Element 2
Operate and maintain a storm water system at a solid waste facility.
Performance criteria
2.1
The storm water system is operated to drain storm water in accordance with
company procedures and manufacturer’s instructions.
Range
may include – control valve, siphon, submersible pump, lift pump.
2.2
Operation ensures that waste receiving areas and wash down facilities are
isolated from natural water flows in accordance with the site management plan.
2.3
Operation ensures that water containing sediment is discharged to settling
ponds in accordance with the site management plan.
Range
includes but is not limited to – road drainage, soil store cut off
drainage.
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2.4
Maintenance ensures that storm water system components damaged or
affected by site operations are repaired in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
2.5
components may include but are not limited to – culverts, sumps,
conduit pipes, settling ponds, cut off drain, perimeter drain;
one component repaired by the candidate, one repair by specialist
or site personnel arranged and verified by the candidate.
Drainage system components are maintained in working order in accordance
with company procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – roof guttering, sumps, culverts,
pipes, open drains, ponds, pumps.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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 (MITO) info@mito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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