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Demonstrate knowledge of paper grades for recycling and recovery
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working in management
roles in a paper recycling and recovery business in jobs which involve
grading paper and paperboard for recycling.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
paper grades for recycling and recovery.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Recycling and Recovery
Status
Registered
Status date
25 February 2008
Date version published
25 February 2008
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
1
References relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
The New Zealand Packaging Accord 2004-2009, available at
http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/sustainable-industry/initiatives/packaging/index.html;
The New Zealand Waste Strategy: Towards zero waste and a sustainable New
Zealand, 2002, published by Ministry for the Environment, available at
http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
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The current version of the Scrap Specifications Circular, Institute of Scrap Recycling
Industries Inc. (ISRI) available at http://www.isri.org;
Australian Recovered Paper Specifications, Australian Council of Recyclers Inc.
(ACOR), available at http://www.acor.org.au/materials.html;
client‘s specifications.
2
Assessment against this unit standard may be referenced to either ISRI or ACOR
specifications depending on workplace requirements.
3
Definitions
Internationally recognised specifications refer to the specifications relevant to
workplace export orders and/or to ISRI and/or ACOR specifications.
Primary market refers to those which recycle paper into paper products like
cardboard, newspaper, tissues, boxboard, and printing and writing paper.
Secondary market refers to those that recycle paper into other products such as
cellulose insulation, egg cartons, roofing paper, animal bedding, and horticultural
mulch.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of paper grades for recycling and recovery.
Performance criteria
1.1
Paper grades are identified and defined in accordance with internationally
recognised specifications.
Range
1.2
Paper grades are identified in terms of source and collection methods.
Range
1.3
ISRI grades 1, 2, 4–13, 15–28, 30, 31, 33, 35–42, speciality;
or ACOR equivalent.
ISRI grades 1, 2, 4–13, 15–28, 30, 31, 33, 35–42, speciality;
or ACOR equivalent.
Market requirements for sorting and packaging paper grades are described in
accordance with client’s specifications.
Range
markets – local, overseas, primary, secondary;
evidence is required of at least five markets.
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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 (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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