NZQA registered unit standard
23304 version 3
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Title
Receive raw materials from customers, and assess, sort, and
stockpile for composting
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
8
This unit standard is for people working in the composting
sector of the resource recovery industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to receive raw
materials for composting from customers and conduct an initial
assessment; and assess, sort, and stockpile received raw
materials for composting, at a composting facility.
Classification
Resource Recovery> Composting
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Personal protective equipment (PPE) must be used in accordance with company
procedures. PPE may include but is not limited to – gloves, eye protection, footwear,
overalls, hearing protection, respirator or facemask, high-visibility clothing, fire
extinguisher, first aid kit, eye wash kit, face shield/mask; hard hat.
2
Range
raw materials are compostable organic materials and may include but are not limited
to – plant materials, food waste, wood and timber, sawdust, wood shavings,
agricultural residuals, forestry residuals, manures, biosolids, sewage grit and
screenings, organic sludges, paper-based materials, paper mill wastes;
evidence is required for three types of raw materials.
3
Definitions
Biosolids refer to sewage or sewage sludge derived from a sewage treatment plant
that has been treated and/or stabilised to the extent that sewage or sewage sludge is
able to be safely and beneficially applied to land. They do not include products
derived from industrial wastewater treatment plants.
Company procedures mean 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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23304 version 3
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Receive raw materials for composting from customers and conduct an initial assessment
at a composting facility.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Raw materials are received from customers in accordance with company
procedures.
1.2
Initial assessment of raw materials is conducted in terms of specified
acceptance criteria and in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.3
Acceptable material is measured in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.4
hazards may include but are not limited to – physical contaminants
in materials (sharps), ergonomic hazards associated with manual
handling.
Instructions for unloading are given to drivers in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
1.7
may include– type, source, date received, weight and/or volume.
Existing and potential hazards to health and safety are identified and mitigated
in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.6
measurements may include but are not limited to – weighbridge,
bucket, scale measurement, volume estimate.
Details related to the raw material received are recorded in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
1.5
may include – size, rubbish, foreign matter, ability to be shredded,
herbicide contaminated vegetation.
may include – location, worksite requirements.
Unloading assistance is given in accordance with company procedures.
Outcome 2
Assess, sort, and stockpile received raw materials for composting at a composting facility.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The received raw material is assessed for physical contaminants in accordance
with company procedures.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23304 version 3
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physical contaminants may include but are not limited to – glass,
plastics, metals, rubble, stone, soil, sharps, other nonbiodegradable materials.
Range
2.2
Any non-conformities in received materials are documented and reported in
accordance with company procedures.
2.3
Raw materials are sorted and stockpiled in designated areas in accordance with
company procedures.
may include – removal and/or segregation of contaminated
material, labelling of stockpile, documentation.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 April 2007
31 December 2012
Revision
2
20 May 2011
31 December 2017
Review
3
16 April 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0114
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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 (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016