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Demonstrate knowledge of the recovery of resources from construction
and demolition waste
Level
3
Credits
6
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 explain the reuse of
construction and demolition materials, and describe the recycling of
construction and demolition materials.
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 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
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References relevant to this unit standard include:
National Environmental Standards for Clean Water, Air and Land Ministry for the
Environment, available at http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
local authority bylaws;
Best Practice New Zealand Guideline for the Supply of Recycled Concrete Products
for Use in Pavements and Other Civil Works Aggregate & Quarry Association of New
Zealand (Inc), available as Guideline for Use of Recycled Concrete Aggregate at
http://www.quarrying.org.nz/publications.html;
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REBRI (Resource Efficiency in the Building and Related Industries) guidelines for
reducing building material wastes, available at http://www.rebri.org.nz;
customer specifications for bio fuel and recovered timber.
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Definitions
Recycle means any process by which waste and recyclable materials are
transformed or collected for the purpose of being transferred into new products.
Reuse means repeated use of a product in the same form but not necessarily for the
same purpose.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the reuse of construction and demolition materials.
Performance criteria
1.1
Explanation provides examples of reuse of materials for practical use.
Range
1.2
Explanation describes restrictions on reuse of materials for similar purpose.
Range
1.3
one each of – structural, lining, fittings, landscaping, creative.
restrictions – defects in material, change of building code,
structural material requiring engineering report on condition;
materials– lead based paint, tanalised timber, one other.
Explanation provides examples of reuse of materials for different purpose.
Range
at least three examples from – masonry, timber, roofing, door,
carpet, other.
Element 2
Describe the recycling of construction and demolition materials.
Performance criteria
2.1
Description identifies commercially available products that have been
reprocessed from construction and demolition waste and explains the process.
Range
2.2
products – concrete, metal, wood, plasterboard, glass, plastic.
Description identifies and explains requirements for ensuring that materials are
acceptable for recycling.
Range
quantities, contamination levels, defects, markets;
evidence is required of at least three materials.
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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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