NZQA Expiring unit standard
16528 version 7
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of environmental pollutants in fellmongery
discharges
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
7
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
major environmental pollutants contained in fellmongery
discharges and their control.
This unit standard is for people new to the fellmongery
processing industry.
Classification
Meat Processing > Fellmongery Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and Safety
in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Hazardous Substances and
New Organisms Act 1996.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
This unit standard is
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description includes the expiring
types and origin of fellmongery discharges and their
Describe major environmental pollutants contained in fellmongery discharges.
potential effects on the environment
Range
1.2
waste water, sludges, solids, odours.
Description includes the areas within fellmongeries with the highest potential
hazard for environmental pollution.
Outcome 2
Describe methods used to control environmental pollutants contained in fellmongery
discharges.
New Zealand Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
16528 version 7
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Description includes the type of methods used in controlling environmental
pollutants and their function.
may include but is not limited to – sulphide oxidation, screening,
grease flotation, balancing, pH adjustment, sedimentation,
scrubbing, odour filtering.
Range
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 August 1999
31 December 2015
Revision
2
19 July 2001
31 December 2015
Review
3
24 November 2005
31 December 2015
Review
4
19 June 2009
31 December 2015
Review
5
21 February 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
6
20 March 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
7
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
New Zealand Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016