NZQA registered unit standard
22638 version 2
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand resource recovery
industry
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of stakeholders in the New Zealand resource
recovery industry; and demonstrate knowledge of resource
recovery information and incentives.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Resource Recovery Theory
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
References relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
Goldberg, Eduard Stocktake of local government, private sector and NGO activities in
support of environmentally sustainable business initiatives 2001, Ministry for the
Environment, available at http://www.mfe.govt.nz;
Resourceful Communities: A guide to Resource Recovery Centres in New Zealand,
available at http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/default,280.sm;
Guidelines for Minimising Waste at Public Events, available as Guidelines for Zero Waste
Event Organisers at http://www.zerowaste.co.nz/default,46.sm;
Dennis, Julie and McIntyre, Tegan, Waste minimisation for special events: a guide to
organising minimum waste events (Hamilton NZ: Printhouse, 2002).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of stakeholders in the New Zealand resource recovery industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The industry is described in relation to activities undertaken by commercial
recyclers.
Range
includes but is not limited to – the geographical extent of
commercial recycling activities, the types of products recycled and
the market for those products;
recyclers include but are not limited to – key companies, scrap
metal dealers, waste exchanges, secondhand dealers, used
clothing outlets.
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1.2
The industry is described in relation to activities undertaken by recovery and
resource processing businesses.
Range
1.3
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the geographical extent of those activities, the types of resources
recovered, the market for those resources.
Resource recovery activities are described in terms of products and services
provided by ancillary organisations.
Range
city or district council, regional council, central government,
industry association, community association, partnership
organisation, research organisation.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of resource recovery information and incentives.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Information sources are identified in relation to compliance.
Range
2.2
Dissemination of information is described in terms of targets, types, and
methods.
Range
2.3
includes but is not limited to – legislation, regulations, codes of
practice, guidelines.
targets – householder, commercial business, children, territorial
authority, consumer, local community;
types may include but are not limited to – written, aural, visual,
media, activities;
methods may include but are not limited to – events, publications,
media communications, community consultation;
evidence is required of one type and one method for each target.
Incentives are described in terms of targets, types, and behaviour change.
Range
Planned review date
incentives include but are not limited to – environmental business
award, certification, competition, extended producer responsibility
scheme, container deposit legislation, pricing, accords, events;
evidence is required of four different types of incentive.
31 December 2019
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
22638 version 2
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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
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Comments on this unit standard
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NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016