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Select, check, use, and maintain tools and equipment used in liquid and
hazardous waste operations
Level
2
Credits
4
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 select, check, use, and
maintain equipment and tools employed during liquid and hazardous waste
products operations.
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
1
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.
2
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
Liquid and hazardous waste operations are the collection and disposal of:
a septic waste or sewage;
b grease trap waste;
c any other liquid and hazardous waste product;
evidence relating to one of these types of operations is required.
Liquid and hazardous waste product 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.
Equipment means: rags; flexible or rigid hoses; couplings; synthetic or rubber
compound seals; ball, gate, or butterfly valves; blanking caps for hoses and valves
(including locking blanking caps); and specialist collection equipment as required and
as specified in the Waste Operators Handbook.
Tools mean spade, shovel, rake, crowbar, drain rods, stirrer, prodder, spike, lid lifter
key.
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.
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Range
Evidence must be presented for one of the following types of liquid and hazardous
waste operations – collection, disposal.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Select and check equipment and tools to be used in liquid and hazardous waste products
operations.
Performance criteria
1.1
Equipment and tools selected are in accordance with type of liquid and
hazardous waste operation and organisational requirements.
1.2
Equipment and tools are checked prior to operation and any remedial actions
taken are in accordance with organisational requirements.
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Element 2
Use equipment and tools during liquid and hazardous waste products operations.
Performance criteria
2.1
Couplings used are connected with correct seals in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.2
Valves used are positioned in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3
Hoses and couplings used are connected securely in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.4
Couplings, valves and hoses used are checked for leaks during operation, and
any remedial actions taken are in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.5
Locking blanking caps are applied to discharge valves on the collection vehicle
in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.6
Drainage rods are used to clear blockages in septic tank or grease trap system
in accordance with organisational requirements.
Element 3
Maintain equipment and tools used in liquid and hazardous waste products operations.
Performance criteria
3.1
Equipment and tools used are checked after use for damage, splits or cracks in
accordance with organisational requirements.
3.2
Equipment and tools are cleared and cleaned after use in accordance with
organisational requirements and to the definition of ‘clean’ as specified in the
Waste Operators Handbook.
3.3
Equipment and tools are lubricated after use in accordance with organisational
requirements.
3.4
Any damaged equipment and tools are repaired and/or replaced after use in
accordance with organisational requirements.
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.
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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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