NZQA registered unit standard
22631 version 3
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Title
Demonstrate basic knowledge of classifications for recoverable
resources and residual waste
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
3
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in
the resource recovery and residual waste industry who deal
with mixed resources and waste.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
basic knowledge of classifications for recoverable resources
and residual waste.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Resource Recovery Theory
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
References relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
Solid Waste Analysis Protocol Summary Procedures, 2002, Ministry for the
Environment, available at http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
Management of Hazardous Waste, 2000, Centre for Advanced Engineering,
available at http://www.caenz.com.
2
Assessment against this unit standard excludes wastewater.
3
Definitions
Organic in the resource recovery industry refers to materials that are putrescible or
are of animal or vegetable origin.
Residual waste is also called rubbish, refuse, or mixed waste. It refers to the fraction
of the waste stream remaining after recyclable materials have been removed.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate basic knowledge of classifications for recoverable resources and residual
waste.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Types of recoverable resources and residual waste are defined and classified in
in accordance with industry best practice.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
22631 version 3
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may include but is not limited to – organic resources, types of
metals, papers and related fibres, plastic, glass, construction and
demolition waste, special wastes, hazardous wastes, e-waste.
organic waste;
evidence is required of five types typically found in a given
resource recovery workplace.
Range
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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 2012
Revision
2
20 May 2011
31 December 2017
Review
3
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 (CMRs). 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