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Explain responsibilities for resource recovery
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is designed to assess the underpinning knowledge
required by people employed in the resource recovery and solid waste
industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain responsibilities for
resource recovery.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Resource Recovery Theory
Status
Registered
Status date
26 January 2007
Date version published
26 January 2007
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
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References relevant to this unit standard may include but are not limited to:
Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA);
Regional Policy Statements;
regional and district plans;
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.
information provided websites such as:
Auckland Environmental Business Network’s Green Office Guide available at,
http://www.greenoffice.org.nz;
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BusinessCare, at http://www.businesscare.org.nz;
EcoRecycle Victoria, at http://www.ecorecycle.vic.au;
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, at http://www.eeca.govt.nz;
Green Globe 21, at http://www.greenglobe21.com;
Ministry for the Environment, at http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development (NZBCSD), at
http://nzbcsd.org.nz/zerowaste.
North Shore City Council, at http://www.northshorecity.govt.nz;
Recycling Operators of New Zealand Inc (RONZ), at http://www.ronz.org.nz;
Sustainable Households and Sustainable Living, at
http://www.sustainablehouseholds.org, link to issues;
United Nations Division for Sustainable Development at
http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/csd/policy.htm
Waitakeri City Council, at http://www.waitakere.govt.nz/AbtCit/ec/clnprod/index.asp;
Waste Management Institute of New Zealand (WasteMINZ) at
http://www.wasteminz.org.nz/;
Zero Waste New Zealand, at http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/index.sm.
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Definition
Kaitiakitanga means the exercise of guardianship by the tangata whenua of an area
in accordance with tikanga Māori in relation to natural and physical resources; and
includes the ethic of stewardship.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain responsibilities for resource recovery.
Performance criteria
1.1
Resource recovery responsibilities are explained in terms of impacts on the
global environment from actions by individuals, industries, and governments.
1.2
Resource recovery responsibilities are explained in relation to kaitiakitanga.
1.3
Resource recovery responsibilities are explained in terms of individual choice.
1.4
Resource recovery responsibilities are explained in terms of company policy.
1.5
Resource recovery responsibilities are explained in terms of industry strategies
for the recovery of local and/or national resources.
Range
strategies – extended producer responsibility, full cost pricing, the
life cycle principle.
1.6
Responsibilities for adopting the precautionary principle are explained in
accordance with The New Zealand Waste Strategy.
1.7
The explanation provides examples of global, national, and local agreements
and/or legislation to implement resource recovery strategies.
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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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