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Demonstrate knowledge of working environments for international mail
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
the transitional facility requirements for the processing of incoming overseas
mail; and organisations, agencies and mail recipient protocols associated
with international mail clearance.
This unit standard is designed for Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
Quarantine Officers, and aims to ensure that Quarantine Officers are
sufficiently conversant with their working environments to be able to carry out
their biosecurity duties efficiently and effectively without compromising safety
and working relationships with client organisations and personnel.
Subfield
Biosecurity
Domain
Border Quarantine
Status
Registered
Status date
19 April 2002
Date version published
26 January 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced the postal services content
of unit standard 16824.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0173
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definitions
For the purpose of this unit standard international mail environments refers to those
biosecurity facilities approved to undertake the primary processing of mail arriving
from overseas.
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Mail is defined as packages or items meeting an accepted international postal
criterion for configuration, dimension, weight and approved content.
Transitional facility means any place approved in accordance with the Biosecurity Act
1993 for the purpose of inspection, storage, treatment, quarantine, holding,
containment, or destruction of uncleared goods, including a part of a port of entry,
declared to be a transitional facility.
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Legislation applying to this unit standard includes the Biosecurity Act 1993,
Biosecurity (Costs Regulations) 2006, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms
Act 1996, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Privacy Act 1993, Postal
Services Act 1998, and the Official Information Act 1982.
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The reference texts for this unit standard are Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Standards and Process Procedures. They are available from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington, and from the MAF website:
http://www.maf.govt.nz/.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the transitional facility requirements for the processing of
incoming overseas mail.
Performance criteria
1.1
Physical and technical biosecurity transitional facility requirements are
described in accordance with the reference texts.
Range
1.2
Ongoing biosecurity monitoring requirements are described in accordance with
the reference texts.
Range
1.3
inspection protocols, collection and authorised disposal of
packaging debris and sweepings, insect barriers and insect traps,
facility quarantine security, authorised entry and departure of mail
and personnel, containment of risk items and/or materials, transit
quarantine security of risk goods for treatment, destruction, or
forwarding to other MAF approved transitional facilities,
containment of equipment and items used within the facility.
insect traps, ongoing biosecurity surveillance of the facility.
Facilities that are designated for the receipt and processing of overseas mail are
identified in accordance with Biosecurity New Zealand approvals and the
Biosecurity Act 1993.
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Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of organisations, agencies and mail recipient protocols
associated with international mail clearance.
Performance criteria
2.1
The MAF Quarantine Service (MAFQS) interface with other organisations, and
other sections of MAFQS are explained in terms of legislation, responsibilities,
authorities, and working relationships and/or agreements.
Range
2.2
Responsibilities towards mail recipients are explained.
Range
2.3
may include but not limited to – New Zealand Post, New Zealand
Customs Service, Department of Conservation, Quarantine
Detector Dog Programme, MAFQS Enforcement Group.
protection of items, security and confidentiality associated with
client mail, personalised correspondence and client information
needs satisfied.
Worksite health and safety protocols and requirements under the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992 are explained in terms of responsibilities.
Range
protocols and requirements relating to MAFQS Occupational
Safety and Health Policy and those of associated organisations;
protocols and responsibilities relating to the entry into hazardous
or dangerous goods areas for biosecurity purposes.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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 Competenz at info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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