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Title
Carry out a waste treatment process in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare the
waste treatment equipment for operation; operate and monitor
the waste treatment equipment; record workplace information;
and demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of the waste
treatment process.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Environmental Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements, licensing
requirements, legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2
Workplace information can include Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs),
specifications and waste treatment schedule.
3
Confirming equipment status involves checking that hygiene and sanitation standards
are met, all safety guards are in place and equipment is operational. It may also
involve checking operation and calibration of measuring instrumentation.
4
Process set up, operation and monitoring functions may be manual or involve the use
of a process control system.
5
Work procedures can involve handling chemicals, implementing environmental
controls and collecting, handling and treating or disposing of waste, recycled
materials and by-products.
6
Responding to non-compliance includes recognising and responding to any event
which occurs as part of the work process and presents an unacceptable
environmental risk.
7
A control measure is a method used to prevent or mitigate non-conformance.
8
Legislative requirements include but are not limited to the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995,
Resource Management Act 1991, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act
1996, local body regulations, relevant codes of practice, and subsequent
amendments.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Organisational requirements refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements, and
company quality management requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare the waste treatment equipment for operation according to organisational
requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials are checked to confirm supply to meet organisational requirements for
waste treatment.
1.2
Services are confirmed as available and ready for operation.
1.3
Equipment is checked to confirm readiness for use.
1.4
Equipment is set to meet process requirements.
Outcome 2
Operate and monitor the waste treatment equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The equipment is started up according to organisational requirements.
2.2
Control points are monitored to confirm performance is maintained to meet
production specification.
2.3
Waste treatment equipment is monitored in terms of operating condition.
2.4
Out-of-specification performance is identified, rectified and/or reported
according to organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Record workplace information.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Workplace information is recorded according to workplace requirements.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of the waste treatment process.
Evidence requirements
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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4.1
The sources of waste are identified in terms of waste characteristics, operating
principles of waste treatment equipment and link with other processes.
4.2
Waste treatment operating and control requirements are identified in terms of
consequences of non-compliance.
Range
4.3
waste treatment operating and control requirements could include
but are not limited to – significance and method of monitoring
control points in the waste treatment process; sampling and test
procedures as required; legal agreements and responsibilities;
process specifications; procedures and operating parameters;
basic operating principles of process control systems where
relevant; shut down and cleaning requirements associated with
changeovers and types of shut downs; cleaning and sanitation
procedures; recording requirements.
Safety issues are identified in terms of operation of the waste treatment
process.
safety issues could include but are not limited to – health and
safety hazards and controls; lock out and tag out procedures;
procedures and responsibility for reporting problems; routine
maintenance.
Range
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
30 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover
2
26 January 2007
31 December 2017
Review
3
15 October 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
4
21 January 2016
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016