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Describe wastewater oxidation pond treatment processes, and critical
points
Level
5
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the type and
design; describe and interpret tests; describe performance optimising; and
identify critical points, adverse effects, and preventive and corrective actions,
of wastewater oxidation pond treatment processes.
Subfield
Water Industry
Domain
Wastewater Treatment
Status
Registered
Status date
19 September 2008
Date version published
19 September 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 19183.
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
Definitions
Optimising – adjusting plant input variables to make the process as effective as possible to
achieve the desired output, taking into account the constraints of cost, human input,
effluent quality, and resource consent requirements.
Critical points – points in a process or in equipment where failure to function correctly can
lead to adverse effects which may affect the treatment process or other processes in the
treatment plant.
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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.
Oxidation pond includes aerated lagoons, primary and secondary ponds, facultative
ponds, polishing ponds.
Oxidation ponds can also be referred to as waste stabilisation ponds.
Wastewater includes stormwater and sewage systems.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the type and design of wastewater oxidation pond treatment processes.
Range
aerated lagoons, primary and secondary ponds, facultative ponds, polishing
ponds.
Performance criteria
1.1
Oxidation ponds are described in terms of their type and design.
1.2
The function of bacteria and algae are described in terms of their role in
achieving treatment.
Element 2
Describe and interpret tests of wastewater oxidation pond treatment processes.
Performance criteria
2.1
Oxidation pond performance is described in terms of the timing and types of
tests to be undertaken.
Range
2.2
tests include but are not limited to – temperature, dissolved
oxygen, pH, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), suspended
solids, indicator organisms, nitrogen.
Test results are interpreted in relation to process variations.
Range
loading, time.
Element 3
Describe performance optimising of wastewater oxidation pond treatment processes.
Performance criteria
3.1
Results of monitoring are described in terms of the adjustments that may be
carried out.
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Element 4
Identify critical points of oxidation pond treatment processes, adverse effects, and
preventive and corrective actions.
Performance criteria
4.1
The critical points in oxidation pond treatment processes are identified in
accordance with organisational procedures.
4.2
The adverse effects at each critical point are identified in terms of the causes or
the events leading to their occurrence.
4.3
The preventive and corrective actions for problems or events related to each
adverse effect are identified.
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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