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Store non-hazardous commodities for resource recovery
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to store non-hazardous
commodities for resource recovery.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Resource Recovery Operations
Status
Registered
Status date
26 January 2007
Date version published
26 January 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 22614, Demonstrate knowledge of
storage requirements for a non-hazardous recoverable
resource, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and
skills.
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
All work practices must comply with:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
The New Zealand Waste Strategy: Towards zero waste and a sustainable New
Zealand 2002 Ministry for the Environment, available at http://www.mfe.govt.nz.
2
Evidence is required of storing at least six commodity types.
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Definitions
Company procedures means 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.
Storage, for this unit standard, refers to holding stocks of a commodity and
preventing its deterioration until such time as it is released for processing.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Store non-hazardous commodities for resource recovery.
Range
may include but is not limited to six of – plastics, metals, paper and related fibre,
organics; glass.
Performance criteria
1.1
Stock to be stored is identified in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.2
Resource is prepared for storage in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.3
factors may include but are not limited to – temperature, moisture,
wind, insects.
Resource is made secure in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.6
handling – sorted according to type, equipment, access route,
working clearances, hazard controls, training;
storage – type, equipment, stacking safety.
Requirements for protection of the resource from environmental factors are met
in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.5
removal of contaminants, within capacity of container, container
fastening;
may include but is not limited to – wrapping, dismantling, removing
liquid, adding preservative.
Resource is handled and stored in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.4
includes – label;
may include but is not limited to – batch, storage date, container.
containment, location, limited access.
Storage is documented in accordance with company procedures.
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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 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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