NZQA registered unit standard
28745 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of adverse effects on the environment from
resource recovery and residual waste operations
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
5
This unit standard is for people working in the resource
recovery and residual waste industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of adverse effects on the environment from
resource recovery and residual waste operations.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Resource Recovery Theory
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to:
Local Government Act 1974;
Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Definitions
Company procedures mean 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.
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 knowledge of adverse effects on the environment from resource recovery
and residual waste operations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The sources of potential adverse effects from resource recovery and residual
waste operations are identified and described.
Range
effects from – noise, odour, dust, litter, gas, leachate, spill, pests;
effects may include – air, land, or water contamination;
groundwater contamination;
sources arising from waste – collection, storage, processing,
disposal.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
1.2
Industry controls for potential adverse effects from resource recovery and
residual waste are identified and described.
controls for – odour, dust, litter, gas, leachate, spill, pests;
may include – groundwater contamination.
Range
1.3
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Requirements for recording and reporting of legislative or consent breaches are
described in accordance with legislation and company procedures.
Range
evidence of three records or reports.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
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