NZQA registered unit standard
22650 version 2
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Title
Identify and separate nonferrous metals received for processing at a
scrap metal yard
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
8
This unit standard is for people working in the scrap metal
recycling industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
describe base and nonferrous metals; and separate and ready
nonferrous metals for processing.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Scrap Metal Recycling
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The current version of the Scrap Specifications Circular, Institute of Scrap Recycling
Industries Inc. (ISRI) available at http://www.isri.org applies to this unit standard.
2
All work practices must comply with:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991.
3
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
4
Definition
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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and describe base metals.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Base metals are identified and described in terms of their oxidising and
blending properties.
Range
copper, aluminium, iron, nickel, tin, zinc, lead.
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NZQA registered unit standard
22650 version 2
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Outcome 2
Identify and describe nonferrous metals.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Nonferrous metals are identified and their grades are described in accordance
with company procedures.
Range
2.2
thirteen grades.
Nonferrous metals received for recycling as part of a manufactured product are
identified and recycling requirements are described in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
products may include but are not limited to – battery, radiator,
covered electrical wiring, circuit board, electric motor, electronic
goods.
Outcome 3
Separate and ready nonferrous metals for processing.
Range
aluminium, copper, gunmetal, brass, lead, stainless, swarf.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Nonferrous metals are separated from mixed scrap received at a yard in
accordance with company procedures.
3.2
Separation ensures that company grading requirements are met.
Range
3.3
grading requirements may include but are not limited to –
allowable degrees of contamination.
Separated metals are prepared for processing in accordance with company
procedures.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
22650 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
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