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Demonstrate knowledge of industrial sites relevant to the collection of
liquid and hazardous waste
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is for operators of vehicles and equipment used in the
liquid and hazardous waste industry. The term ‘operator’ includes drivers,
supervisors, and owner-operators.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe, relevant to the
collection of liquid and hazardous waste, layout features and hazards of
industrial sites; features of safety and emergency plans; and management
practices at industrial sites.
Subfield
Commercial Road Transport
Domain
Transportation of Waste and Recoverable Resources
Status
Registered
Status date
18 July 2008
Date version published
18 July 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0092
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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The legal requirements to be complied with include:
Health Act 1956 sections 54 and 55;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.
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Any new, amended, or replacement Acts, regulations, Rules, standards, codes of
practice, Land Transport New Zealand or Transit New Zealand requirements or
conditions affecting the outcome of this unit standard will take precedence for
assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
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Definitions
Industrial site refers to a site at which liquid and hazardous waste products are
generated by industrial processes and then collected for disposal by an operator of a
road transport vehicle.
Liquid and hazardous waste refers to those waste products that are in a liquid or
sludge state that may be collected and transported in a liquid waste vacuum tanker
or packaged in containers and transported in other vehicles and which fall into one of
the following categories: readily biodegradable organic material (RBOM); petroleum
products and residues; solvent product and residues; inorganics including heavy
metals and residues; organic materials and residues; and complex organic materials
and residues and intractable materials.
Organisational requirements include any legal requirements, standards, codes of
practice, operational and/or site policies and procedures, industry best practice and
manufacturers’ instructions. These should be available to candidates, providers, and
assessors. For this unit standard organisational requirements also includes the
Waste Operators Handbook which is a subset of the Liquid and Hazardous Waste
Code of Practice, (Wellington, New Zealand Water and Wastes Association, 2003),
available at http://www.nzwwa.org.nz.
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While every assessment situation may not provide opportunity for evidence of every
performance criterion, evidence may be obtained over a period of time on the job,
over several assessment opportunities, or through other means such as attestation
and the use of questioning.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe layout features of industrial sites relevant to the collection of liquid and
hazardous waste.
Performance criteria
1.1
The layout features of an industrial site for collection of liquid and hazardous
waste are described in terms of accessibility and safety issues.
Range
holding system(s), loading point(s).
1.2
The method for confirming the type of liquid and hazardous waste product being
collected from specific holding system/s is described in accordance with
organisational requirements.
1.3
The route to and from the loading point/s for the liquid and hazardous waste
product collection vehicle, and an explanation of its relevance to liquid and
hazardous waste collection are described in accordance with organisational
requirements.
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Site entry and exit points and the traffic management plan and an explanation of
their relevance to liquid and hazardous waste collection are described.
Element 2
Describe hazards of sites and features of safety and emergency plans relevant to the
collection of liquid and hazardous waste.
Performance criteria
2.1
Site hazards and their impact on managing risks are described in accordance
with operational requirements.
Range
2.2
may include but are not limited to – personal injury or health risks,
public injury or health risks, property damage or destruction risks,
environmental risks.
Features of safety and emergency management plan/s and procedures, and an
explanation of their relevance to liquid and hazardous waste collection are
described.
Element 3
Describe management practices at industrial sites relevant to the collection of liquid and
hazardous waste.
Range
site entry, site exit.
Performance criteria
3.1
Site visitor and vehicle sign-in and departure control requirements and an
explanation of their relevance to liquid and hazardous waste collection are
described.
Range
site entry, site exit.
3.2
The site representative with respect to liquid and hazardous waste product
collection, and an explanation of the relevance of this knowledge to liquid and
hazardous waste collection is described.
3.3
The need to meet specific site requirements for documenting the vehicle load,
and an explanation of the relevance of this to liquid and hazardous waste
collection is described.
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.
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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 (Incorporated)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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