NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
Clean toilet facilities
Level
2
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Credits
Purpose
4
This unit standard is for people entering the cleaning industry.
People credited with this standard are able to: prepare work
site; clean toilet facilities; and complete job-related tasks.
Classification
Cleaning and Caretaking > Cleaning Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this standard must comply
with the requirements of:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Equipment and cleaning agents must be used in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations.
3
Definitions
Flat mop is a type of microfibre mop and can be used in a wet or dry condition.
Mop refers to either a string/cotton, sponge or microfibre type, or a flat mop.
Industry best practice refers to any enterprise and/or establishment requirements,
practices, policy, procedures, methods and protocols which are in accordance with
applicable legislation, regulations and New Zealand Standards.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare work site.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Equipment is either selected individually or from single station equipment and is
clean and in working condition.
Range
Careerforce
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toilet brush, bucket, mop, plug hole brush, scouring pad, colour
coded cloths or alternative system.
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1.2
Warning signs are displayed in accordance with industry best practice.
Range
1.3
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at least one of – signs, cordons, barriers.
Personal protective equipment suitable for task being undertaken is selected.
Range
protective gloves, overalls/uniform, footwear.
Outcome 2
Clean toilet facilities.
Range
may include – showers, hand basins, mirrors, sinks, toilets, urinals, soap
dispensers.
Evidence of four is required.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Plug and drainage holes are free from debris.
2.2
Urinals and toilet units are waste-free after flushing.
2.3
All surfaces are cleaned until free from soil and excess moisture.
2.4
All surfaces are left in a clean and hygienic condition.
Outcome 3
Complete job-related tasks.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Consumables are replaced to meet demand.
Range
may include – paper hand tissues, toilet tissue, soap.
Evidence of two is required.
3.2
Floors are left soil and mark free and free of excess moisture.
3.3
Equipment is cleaned, checked and stored in accordance with industry best
practice.
Replacement information
Careerforce
SSB Code 101814
This unit standard, unit standard 1563, unit standard
1566, unit standard 1569, unit standard 7182, unit
standard 17263, and unit standard 17264 have been
replaced by unit standard 28350 and unit standard
28352.
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1565 version 7
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This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 May 1994
31 December 2014
Review
2
31 August 1996
31 December 2014
Review
3
27 April 2000
31 December 2014
Revision
4
8 February 2001
31 December 2014
Review
5
27 February 2006
31 December 2014
Review
6
18 October 2012
31 December 2017
Review
7
17 July 2014
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0004
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
Careerforce
SSB Code 101814
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