NZQA registered unit standard
Title
Describe zero waste
Level
2
22675 version 2
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Credits
Purpose
2
This unit standard is for people in any industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
zero waste.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Zero Waste
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
References relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
The New Zealand Waste Strategy: Reducing Harm, Improving Efficiency 2010 Ministry for
the Environment, available at http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
organisational websites such as:
Ministry for the Environment, at http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD), at
http://nzbcsd.org.nz;
Waste Management Institute of New Zealand (WasteMINZ) at
http://www.wasteminz.org.nz/;
Zero Waste New Zealand, at http://www.zerowaste.co.nz.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe zero waste.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The waste hierarchy is described in terms of zero waste.
1.2
Specific terminology is explained in terms of zero waste.
Range
1.3
includes but is not limited to – zero waste, sustainability, source,
separation, environmental awareness, resource recovery.
The terms ‘waste’ and ‘resources’ are defined and compared in terms of
difference.
Range
includes but is not limited to – landfill, recycling.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
22675 version 2
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31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 January 2007
31 December 2017
Review
2
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 (CMR). 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