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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of treatment systems used for fellmongery
and pelt-house waste discharges
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
8
This unit standard is for people new to the fellmongery or
leather processing industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: the potential adverse impacts resulting from
fellmongery and pelt-house waste discharges; and fellmongery
and pelt-house discharge waste treatment systems.
Classification
Meat Processing > Fellmongery Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and Safety
in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Hazardous Substances and
New Organisms Act 1996.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
This unit standard is
expiring
Evidence requirements
Demonstrate knowledge of the potential adverse impacts resulting from fellmongery and
pelt-house waste discharges.
1.1
Fellmongery and pelt-house waste discharges are described in terms of their
pollutant nature and environmental impact.
1.2
Hazards are described in terms of the use of sulphide.
Range
hazards include but are not limited to – environmental, personal.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of fellmongery and pelt-house discharge waste treatment
systems.
New Zealand Industry Training Organisation
Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
18572 version 6
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Evidence requirements
2.1
The process of treating fellmongery and pelt-house discharge wastes is
described in terms of fellmongery processing and equipment used.
2.2
The discharged waste treatment system is described for a fellmongery and a
pelt-house.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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 September 2001
31 December 2015
Review
2
24 November 2005
31 December 2015
Review
3
19 June 2009
31 December 2015
Review
4
21 February 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
5
20 March 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
6
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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.
New Zealand Industry Training Organisation
Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016