NZQA registered unit standard
22635 version 3
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Title
Explain the content of an environmental management plan for a
resource recovery site
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for people employed in the resource
recovery industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain the
content of an environmental management plan for a resource
recovery site.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Resource Recovery Theory
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to:
Biosecurity Act 1993;
Conservation Act 1987;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996;
Resource Management Act 1991;
local authority bylaws.
2
The environmental management plans must be consistent with national
environmental standards, regional policy statements, and regional plans prepared
under the Resource Management Act 1991.
3
Assessment against this unit standard must take place in the context of a resource
recovery park, transfer station, landfill site, or the resource recovery area of a
commercial or industrial site.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain the content of an environmental management plan for a resource recovery site.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Purposes of the plan are identified and explained.
1.2
The explanation identifies responsibilities for ensuring the criteria of the plan are
achieved.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
22635 version 3
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1.3
Objectives of the plan are explained in relation to protecting air, ground, and
water.
1.4
The plan is explained in terms of requirements for the identification and
evaluation of environmental impacts and aspects of site activities.
1.5
Company procedures for evaluating environmental impacts and aspects of site
activities are described.
1.6
Procedures for controlling environmental impacts and aspects of site activities
are identified and explained in terms of individual and company responsibilities.
1.7
The explanation identifies legislation, regulations, and codes of practice relevant
to the site.
includes but is not limited to – resource consent, discharge permit.
Range
1.8
Procedures for record keeping are identified and explained in terms of
requirements for an audit trail.
1.9
Procedures for environmental audit and management reviews are identified and
explained in relation to level of individual responsibility.
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
22635 version 3
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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