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Demonstrate and apply knowledge of liquid and hazardous waste
products and their safe handling
Level
3
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: explain the nature of liquid
and hazardous waste products; handle liquid and hazardous waste products
safely; carry out consistency checks before performing operations on a liquid
and hazardous waste product and take action when there are product
inconsistencies; and carry out compatibility checks before mixing or
disposing of different types of liquid and hazardous waste products.
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 and visit 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
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.
A liquid waste vacuum tanker is a rigid or combination motor vehicle upon which is
mounted a unit for loading, transporting, and unloading liquid, or wet loose matter, or
dry loose products.
Confined space refers to ‘an enclosed or partially enclosed space which:
is at atmospheric pressure during occupancy;
is not intended or designed primarily as a place of work;
may have restricted means for entry and exit;
may – have an atmosphere which contains potentially harmful levels of contaminant;
not have a safe oxygen level; or cause engulfment.
Confined spaces include but are not limited to – storage tanks, tank cars, process
vessels, boilers, pressure vessels, silos and other tank-like compartments; opentopped spaces such as pits or degreasers; pipes, sewers, shafts, ducts and similar
structures; and any shipboard spaces entered through a small hatchway or access
point, cargo tanks, cellular double bottom tanks, duct keels, ballast and oil tanks, and
void spaces, but not including dry cargo holds.’ (AS 2865:2005 Safe working in a
confined space).
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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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the different types of, and care needed in handling liquid and hazardous waste
products.
Performance criteria
1.1
The different types of liquid and hazardous waste products are explained in
terms of the classification of common wastes listed in the Waste Operators
Handbook.
1.2
Care needed in handling liquid and hazardous waste products is explained in
terms of potential risks.
Range
1.3
may include but are not limited to – personal injury or health risks,
public injury or health risks, property damage or destruction risks,
environmental risks.
Particular consequences of mixing incompatible liquid and hazardous waste
products are explained in terms of potential risks.
Range
may include but are not limited to – personal injury or health risks,
public injury or health risks, property damage or destruction risks,
environmental risks.
Element 2
Handle liquid and hazardous waste products safely when performing operations.
Range
waste products – septic waste or sewage, grease trap waste, other liquid and
hazardous wastes;
evidence relating to one waste product is required.
Performance criteria
2.1
Personal protective equipment is worn, and vehicle placarding is appropriate,
for the liquid and hazardous waste product, and is in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.2
Personal health and hygiene actions are taken in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Range
before and after collection and disposal.
2.3
Confined spaces are recognised and actions taken with respect to them are in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.4
Packaged liquid and hazardous waste product is segregated in accordance with
organisational requirements.
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Element 3
Carry out consistency checks before performing operations on a liquid and hazardous
waste product and describe actions to be taken when there are product inconsistencies.
Range
operations – collection, disposal;
waste products – septic waste or sewage, grease trap waste, other liquid and
hazardous wastes;
evidence relating to one waste product is required.
Performance criteria
3.1
Checks carried out for liquid and hazardous waste product inconsistencies are
in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
type, volume, quantity, appearance, behaviour.
3.2
Actions to be taken if liquid and hazardous waste product inconsistencies are
found are described in accordance with organisational requirements.
3.3
Consequences of not taking action if liquid and hazardous waste product
inconsistencies are found are explained in terms of potential risks.
Range
may include but are not limited to – personal injury or health risks,
public injury or health risks, property damage or destruction risks,
environmental risks.
Element 4
Carry out compatibility checks before agreeing to mix different types of liquid and
hazardous waste products for transportation.
Range
waste products – septic waste or sewage, grease trap waste, other liquid and
hazardous wastes;
evidence relating to a minimum of two waste products.
Performance criteria
4.1
Verification of the types of liquid and hazardous waste products is in
accordance with organisational requirements.
4.2
Checks are carried out for compatibility of the types of liquid and hazardous
waste products 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.
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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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