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Demonstrate introductory knowledge of constraints on construction
and demolition waste
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the resource recovery industry but
may also be appropriate for people working in the construction or demolition
industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate introductory
knowledge of constraints on construction and demolition waste.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Resource Recovery - Construction and Demolition
Status
Registered
Status date
25 October 2007
Date version published
25 October 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
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
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Resources relevant to this unit standard include:
regional and district plans;
local authority consent requirements;
local authority requirements for landfill and cleanfill sites;
The New Zealand Waste Strategy Ministry for the Environment, available at
http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
landfill and cleanfill guidelines;
REBRI (Resource Efficiency in the Building and Related Industries) guidelines for
reducing building material wastes, available at http://www.rebri.org.nz.
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Definition
Company procedures means the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, environmental, and quality management.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate introductory knowledge of constraints on construction and demolition waste.
Performance criteria
1.1
National targets for construction and demolition waste are identified in
accordance with The New Zealand Waste Strategy.
1.2
Constraints on construction and demolition waste activities are identified in
accordance with local authority requirements and company procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – dust, noise, odour, visual
appearance, litter, vehicle movements.
1.3
Constraints on storm water and sediment control at construction and demolition
sites are identified in accordance with local authority requirements and
company procedures.
1.4
Constraints on trade waste at construction and demolition sites are identified in
accordance with local authority requirements and company procedures.
1.5
Constraints on construction and demolition waste loading and transport are
identified in accordance with local authority requirements.
Range
1.6
Constraints on handling and storage of construction and demolition waste are
identified in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.7
includes but is not limited to – licensing of operators, collection
conditions, transport conditions.
includes but is not limited to – plaster board, windows, goods for
reuse.
Site workers’ responsibilities are identified and explained in accordance with
industry guidelines.
Range
includes but is not limited to – use of materials, sorting of waste,
reporting.
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 (MITO) info@mito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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