NZQA registered unit standard
22671 version 2
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the Secondhand Dealers and
Pawnbrokers Act 2004 for scrap metal recycling
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
6
This unit standard is for people working in the scrap metal
recycling industry who wish to become a secondhand
certificate and/or licence holder under the Secondhand Dealers
and Pawnbrokers Act 2004.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act
2004 for scrap metal recycling; and the stolen metals reporting
network.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Scrap Metal Recycling
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard:
Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004.
2
Assessment against this unit standard should take place in the context of the scrap
metal industry.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the Secondhand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2004 for scrap
metal recycling.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The purpose of the Act is stated in terms of stolen goods.
1.2
The terms ‘scrap metal’ and ‘secondhand dealer’ are defined in accordance with
the Act.
1.3
Articles traded in the scrap metal industry are identified in accordance with the
Act.
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1.4
Secondhand licence and certification requirements are explained in terms of
which sellers of scrap metal are included and which are excluded from being
engaged in business as a secondhand dealer in accordance with the Act.
Range
1.5
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includes but is not limited to – days, revenue, transaction types.
Secondhand licence application requirements are explained in terms of
individual and company licences.
Range
includes but is not limited to – disqualification, waiver of
disqualification, checks on applicants, police objection.
1.6
Secondhand certificates are explained in terms of who must hold them and
eligibility to hold them.
1.7
Obligations on secondhand dealer licence and certificate holders are identified.
Range
1.8
An explanation is given of holding and losing a secondhand dealers licence that
describes expiry, renewal, and cancellation of licences.
Range
1.9
includes but is not limited to – display of certificate, employee
records, dealers record, identification, fourteen day retention,
labelling, groups of articles, police access to goods, stolen goods.
includes but is not limited to – updating of information, temporary
licence.
Offences and penalties relating to secondhand dealing are identified in
accordance with the Act.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the stolen metals reporting network.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The stolen metals reporting network is explained in terms of where stolen
reports originate from and how they are used.
Range
Planned review date
New Zealand Police, scrap metal yards, Scrap Metal Recycling
Association of New Zealand, members of the public.
31 December 2019
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22671 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 (CMR). 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.
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(Incorporated) (MITO)
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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016