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Level 5
Credits 12
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify a wastewater topic or operating problem and describe its history; research the wastewater topic or operating problem using several methods; and report on potential solutions or improvements to the operating problem or topic.
Subfield Water Industry
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Wastewater Treatment
Registered
19 September 2008
19 September 2008
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2013
Open.
Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider.
Standard setting body (SSB) Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0179
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1 Definitions
Organisational procedures – instructions to staff, and procedures which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace. These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements, manufacturers’ specifications, product quality specifications, and legislative or regulatory requirements.
Wastewater includes stormwater and sewage systems.
Wastewater treatment plant
– a site where at least two unit process operations are used to improve wastewater quality for the purposes of reducing the pollution content of the wastewater before return to the environment.
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2 Assessment
For the purposes of this unit standard the report should be at least 3000 words
(excluding graphics) and should be peer reviewed prior to submission for assessment.
Element 1
Identify a wastewater topic or operating problem and describe its history.
Performance criteria
1.1 The wastewater topic or operating problem is described in terms of measured or perceived parameters and organisational procedures.
Range plant operating data, monitoring results, regulatory authority reports, customer complaints, financial budgets, safety.
1.2 The wastewater topic or operating problem is described in terms of data required and options for resolution.
1.3
Element 2
The wastewater topic or operating problem is described in terms of history, health risks and environmental issues.
Research the wastewater topic or operating problem using several methods.
Performance criteria
2.1 References are accessed and relevant information is gathered and summarised in terms of validity and relevance.
Range examples of trade literature texts – association journals, manufacturer’s publications, texts; examples of internet sites
– keyword searches, equipment suppliers, institution and consultant pages.
2.2 Plants with similar problems or improvement opportunities are consulted and relevant information is gathered and summarised in terms of validity and relevance.
Range two of
– plant visits, telephone, fax or email correspondence, conferences.
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Element 3
Report on potential solutions or improvements to the operating problem or topic.
Performance criteria
3.1 The executive summary of the report is consistent with the potential solutions, or improvements to the operating problems.
3.2 Material gathered from each form of research is collated, analysed, and summarised consistent with potential options, and proposed solutions or improvements.
3.3 The body of the report identifies and compares options for remedying the problem or perspectives of the topic in terms of cost and effectiveness.
Range may include but is not limited to – tables, graphs, text, diagrams.
3.4 The report is produced in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range format
– numbering system, indentations, figures and tables, type style and size.
3.5 The language of the report is appropriate for the specified audience.
Range tone, register, vocabulary, grammar, syntax.
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 Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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