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Handle domestic waste and/or kerbside recyclables
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working in the resource
recovery or solid waste industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to handle domestic waste
and/or kerbside recyclables.
Subfield
Solid Waste
Domain
Solid Waste Handling
Status
Registered
Status date
25 October 2007
Date version published
25 October 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 23564, Demonstrate knowledge of
health, safety, and environmental controls for handling
solid waste; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and
skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
All work practices must comply with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Code of Practice for Manual Handling, Occupational Safety and Health Service,
available at http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz;
local authority requirements for waste removal.
2
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
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Definitions
Company procedures means the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, environmental, and quality management requirements.
They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Dangerous waste refers to waste that:
meets the definition for dangerous goods included in the Land Transport Rule:
Dangerous Goods 2005, or
may penetrate the skin of handlers, such as syringes, broken glass, sharp metal
edges.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Handle domestic waste and/or kerbside recyclables.
Performance criteria
1.1
Job requirements and route are confirmed in accordance with company
procedures.
1.2
Prior to commencing operations, safety hazards are checked and their controls
are confirmed in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.3
Safe working procedures are demonstrated in accordance with legislation and
company procedures and the Code of Practice for Manual Handling.
Range
1.4
compliance of – waste type, container, waste quantity, waste
mass, weight.
Material is transferred to vehicle without spillage or contamination in
accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.6
includes but is not limited to – transport to and from work sites,
boarding vehicle, leaving vehicle, traffic, manual handling, use of
personal protective equipment;
includes where relevant – communication with driver.
Material to be handled is checked for compliance in accordance with company
procedures and local authority requirements.
Range
1.5
includes but is not limited to – personal protective equipment.
material – domestic waste, recyclables.
Any spilled material is cleaned up in accordance with local authority
requirements and company procedures.
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Actions to be taken in the event of non-compliant wastes are demonstrated in
accordance with local authority requirements and company procedures.
Range
1.8
action may include but is not limited to – reporting;
at least two of – overweight items, non-compliant receptacles,
non-compliant waste, dangerous waste.
Equipment defects are reported in accordance with company procedures.
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 (MITO) info@mito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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