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Explain, report, and record controlled waste at a solid waste facility
Level
4
Credits
20
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working at solid waste
facilities such as a landfill or a cleanfill and who have responsibility for
documenting consent compliance.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the disposal of
controlled waste at a solid waste facility; demonstrate knowledge of avoiding
and removing prohibited waste at a solid waste facility; and report and record
controlled and prohibited waste 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 the site management plan.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Hazardous Substances (Disposal) Regulations 2001;
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Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls) Regulations 2001;
Hazardous Substances (Classes 6, 8, and 9 Controls) Regulations 2001;
Hazardous Substances (Tracking) Regulations 2001;
Health and Safety in Employment (Asbestos) Regulations 1998.
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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.
Controlled waste refers to waste types designated in the site management plan as
prohibited or requiring special attention.
Prohibited waste refers to waste designated in the site management plan as
prohibited from disposal.
Waste requiring special attention refers to controlled waste for which special disposal
conditions apply as specified in the site management plan.
Site management plan refers to documented guidelines and procedures for
operations at the site. It includes consent conditions and legislative requirements.
The TCLP, or Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, is designed to determine
the mobility of both organic and inorganic analytes present in liquid, solid, and
multiphasic wastes.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the disposal of controlled waste at a solid waste facility.
Performance criteria
1.1
The disposal of biomedical waste is explained in terms of types, purpose, and
methods in accordance with the site management plan and company
procedures.
Range
1.2
The disposal of asbestos is explained in accordance with the Health and Safety
in Employment (Asbestos) Regulations, site management plan, and company
procedures.
Range
1.3
types may include but are not limited to – sharps, dead animals,
laboratory waste, human tissue, pharmaceuticals;
purpose includes but is not limited to – health hazards, public
perception, injury;
evidence is required of three types.
includes but is not limited to – special handling requirements,
health, injury.
The disposal of sludge waste is explained in accordance with the Hazardous
Substances (Disposal) Regulations, site management plan, and company
procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – analysis, constituents, solids
content, odour.
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1.4
The disposal of waste ash is explained in accordance with the site management
plan and company procedures.
Range
1.5
The disposal of bulky waste is explained in accordance with the site
management plan and company procedures.
Range
1.6
examples of bulky waste are – large appliances, furniture, tree
stumps, tyres, polystyrene;
includes but is not limited to – predisposal processing, compaction
methods.
The disposal of construction and demolition waste is explained in accordance
with the site management plan and company procedures.
Range
1.7
includes but is not limited to – heat, TCLP analysis, constituents,
volume.
includes but is not limited to – alternatives to disposal, predisposal
processing, location.
Requirements for recording the disposal of hazardous substances are explained
in accordance with Hazardous Substances (Tracking) Regulations, Hazardous
Substances (Disposal) Regulations, the site management plan, and company
procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – generator, date, type, quantity,
location.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of avoiding and removing prohibited waste at a solid waste
facility.
Performance Criteria
2.1
Sources of, and control measures for, avoiding the disposal of prohibited waste
at a solid waste facility are explained in the site management plan and company
procedures.
Range
2.2
sources include but are not limited to – hidden waste, containers,
municipal waste;
controls include but are not limited to – waste acceptance criteria,
declarations, load inspection, disposer education.
The removal of prohibited waste from a solid waste facility is explained in
accordance with the site management plan and company procedures.
Range
removal includes but is not limited to – immediate removal,
storage and delayed removal, isolation and specialist removal;
evidence is required of two of each type.
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Element 3
Report and record controlled waste at a solid waste facility.
Performance criteria
3.1
Waste that requires special attention is reported and recorded in accordance
with the site management plan, local authority requirements, and company
procedures.
Range
3.2
may include but is not limited to – location, quantity.
Prohibited waste is reported and recorded in accordance with the site
management plan, local authority requirements, and company procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to reporting to – local authority,
laboratory, emergency response agency.
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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