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Carry out safe practices when working in water and wastewater
treatment plants
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: minimise risks when using
hazardous substances; and carry out a site safety procedure; in a water or
wastewater treatment plant.
Subfield
Water Industry
Domain
Water - Generic
Status
Registered
Status date
19 September 2008
Date version published
19 September 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0179
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Definitions
Organisational procedures – instructions to staff, and procedures which are
documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace. These
requirements include but are not limited to – site specific requirements,
manufacturers’ specifications, product quality specifications, and legislative or
regulatory requirements;
Wastewater includes stormwater and sewage systems.
2
Reference
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and Hazardous Substances and New Organisms
Act 1996.
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Assessment Notes
a This unit standard may be assessed against at either a water or a wastewater
treatment plant.
b The evidence required for performance criteria 2.4 may be obtained by a
simulated demonstration. It is recognised that an accident or emergency is
unlikely to occur at the time of assessment.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Minimise risks when using hazardous substances in a water or wastewater treatment
plant.
Performance criteria
1.1
Potential risks in the handling, mixing, labelling, storing, transporting, and
disposal of hazardous substances are identified in accordance with the
manufacturers' Material Safety Data Sheets.
Range
1.2
The on-site documentation relating to hazardous substances is identified and
completed in accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
1.3
hazardous substances – toxic, corrosive, flammable, harmful,
irritating, carcinogenic.
two hazardous substances are identified, and the documentation
for these completed on site.
Risks are minimised by ensuring precautionary measures are carried out in
accordance with organisational procedures.
Range
two hazardous substances are identified, and the precautionary
measures for these carried out on site.
Element 2
Carry out a site safety procedure in a water or wastewater treatment plant.
Range
a hazard is to be selected and the actions, responses and use of equipment for
that hazard are to be carried out. The hazard may be any one of – ventilation,
electrical, compressed gas, chemical, confined space, height, hazardous
access.
Performance criteria
2.1
A site safety plan is identified within the organisational procedures.
2.2
Actions required to identify, minimise, isolate, or eliminate a hazard are listed in
accordance with the site safety plan.
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2.3
Protective equipment and clothing specified in the organisational procedures for
the hazard are identified, and their application demonstrated in accordance with
the manufacturers’ instructions.
2.4
Responses to accidents and emergencies relevant to a hazard are carried out
in accordance with the site safety plan and organisational procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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