NZQA registered unit standard
22608 version 2
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Title
Identify, sort, and store mixed items received at a resource recovery
facility
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
6
This unit standard is for people working at resource recovery
facilities who receive mixed items for processing or disposal.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
isolate hazardous materials received at a resource recovery
facility and store them temporarily; and identify, sort, and store
non-hazardous resources at a resource recovery facility.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Resource Recovery Operations
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 17593, Apply safe work practices in the workplace, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
All work practices must comply with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
The New Zealand Waste Strategy: Reducing Harm, Improving Efficiency 2010
Ministry for the Environment, available at http://www.mfe.govt.nz.
2
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
3
Definitions
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.
Mixed items include organic and inorganic resources and waste.
Resource recovery facility refers to a facility that receives materials from the waste
stream for resource recovery, treatment, or disposal. Terms used to describe such
facilities include resource recovery park, transfer station, and recycling centre. These
facilities accept materials from the public and/or commercial collections.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
22608 version 2
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and isolate hazardous materials received at a resource recovery facility and store
them temporarily.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hazardous materials are identified in accordance with legislation and company
procedures.
Range
materials – labelled, not in original container;
evidence is required of five materials.
1.2
The importance of isolating unidentified materials is explained in terms of
hazards.
1.3
Hazardous materials are isolated and stored pending removal in accordance
with legislation, company procedures, and client requirements.
Range
1.4
materials include but are not limited to those – no longer in the
container they were sold in, with labels missing;
isolation may include – site evacuation and advising specialist
removal agent;
storage includes but is not limited to – container, labelling,
separation of classes, designated area.
The receipt, condition, and storage of hazardous materials is documented in
accordance with legislation and company procedures.
Outcome 2
Identify, sort, and store non-hazardous resources at a resource recovery facility.
Range
evidence is required of at least seven different resources.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Resources are identified in accordance with company procedures.
Range
resources include but are not limited to goods for – re-use, repair,
on-site processing, off-site recycling.
2.2
Assistance is given to the public to sort recyclable commodities in accordance
with company procedures.
2.3
Recyclable resources are sorted in accordance with company procedures and
meet company quality assurance requirements.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Range
2.4
re-usable goods, plastics, ferrous metals, nonferrous metals,
glass, paper and related fibre, one other;
may include – concrete, treated timber.
Sorted resources are stored in accordance with company procedures.
resources include but are not limited to goods for – re-use, repair,
on-site processing, off-site processing.
Range
2.5
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Receipt, condition, and storage of resources is documented in accordance with
legislation and company procedures.
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
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