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Demonstrate and apply code of practice knowledge for the transport of
liquid and hazardous waste
Level
3
Credits
3
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 objective of
the Waste Operators Handbook and exclusions from the Liquid and
Hazardous Waste Code of Practice (The Code); carry out checks on
packaged waste prior to agreeing to its collection; prepare a liquid and
hazardous waste collection vehicle for operation; and describe obligations
and explain matters listed in the Waste Operators Handbook with respect to
a liquid and hazardous waste collection vehicle in transit, and liquid and
hazardous waste tracking.
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.
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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;
Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 2005 (Rule 45001/1).
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.
3
Definitions
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.
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.
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.
Organisational requirements also includes the Waste Operators
Handbook which is a subset of the Liquid and Hazardous Waste Code of Practice.
The Code is the Liquid and Hazardous Waste Code of Practice, (Wellington,
New Zealand
Water
and
Wastes
Association,
2003),
available
at
http://www.nzwwa.org.nz.
4
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.
5
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
Explain the objective of the Waste Operators Handbook and exclusions from the Code.
Performance criteria
1.1
The explanation of the objective is consistent with the Waste Operators
Handbook.
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1.2
The explanation of exclusions from the Code is consistent with the Waste
Operators Handbook.
Element 2
Carry out checks on packaged waste prior to agreeing to its collection.
Range
waste classified as ‘Dangerous’, waste classified as ‘Not Dangerous’.
Performance criteria
2.1
Checks on labelling are consistent with the Waste Operators Handbook.
2.2
Checks on and quality of container(s) are in accordance with the Waste
Operators Handbook and organisational requirements.
2.3
Actions taken if the labelling or quality of packaging breaches organisational
requirements are consistent with the Waste Operators Handbook and the DG
Rule.
Element 3
Prepare a liquid and hazardous waste collection vehicle for operation.
Range
one of – liquid waste not classified as hazardous, bulk tank wagon carrying
Dangerous Goods, packaged Dangerous Goods waste, mixed bulk loads of
liquid and hazardous waste;
before collection, after disposal.
Performance criteria
3.1
The vehicle is prepared in accordance with the Code.
3.2
The vehicle is ‘clean’ as defined in the Code.
3.3
Vehicle placarding used meets the requirements of the Code and the DG Rule.
Element 4
Describe obligations listed in the Waste Operators Handbook with respect to a liquid and
hazardous waste collection vehicle in transit.
Performance criteria
4.1
Vehicle parking requirements are described in accordance with the Waste
Operators Handbook and the DG Rule.
4.2
Obligations to the public are described in accordance with the Waste Operators
Handbook and the DG Rule.
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4.3
Load security requirements are described in accordance with the Waste
Operators Handbook and the DG Rule.
Element 5
Explain matters listed in the Waste Operators Handbook with respect to liquid and
hazardous waste tracking.
Performance criteria
5.1
The purpose and importance of the system for tracking liquid and hazardous
waste are explained in accordance with the Waste Operators Handbook.
5.2
Waste tracking documentation requirements are explained in accordance with
the Waste Operators Handbook.
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.
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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