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Describe and control pests at solid waste facilities
Level
2
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working at solid waste
facilities, such as a landfill or a cleanfill.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe common pests
and pest control at a solid waste facility; and control pests at a solid waste
facility.
Subfield
Solid Waste
Domain
Solid Waste Disposal
Status
Registered
Status date
25 October 2007
Date version published
25 October 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
All work practices must comply with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Wildlife Act 1953;
local authority requirements for waste disposal;
solid waste facility environmental management plan.
2
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
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Definition
Company procedures means 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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe common pests and pest control at a solid waste facility.
Performance criteria
1.1
Insect pests are described in terms of types, factors encouraging their
presence, and workplace control measures.
Range
1.2
Rodent pests are described in terms of types, factors encouraging their
presence, and inspection for signs of infestation.
Range
1.3
other animals include but are not limited to – cat, dog.
Plant pests are described in terms of seed dispersal types, factors encouraging
their presence, and inspection for signs of infestation.
Range
1.6
hazards include but are not limited to – contamination;
control measures include but are not limited to – noise, chemical,
shooting, protected species identification.
Other animal pests are described in terms of types, hazards, and workplace
control measures.
Range
1.5
factors include but are not limited to – available food, places
providing shelter;
signs of infestation include but are not limited to – droppings,
burrows, signs of gnawing.
Bird pests are described in terms of types, hazards, and workplace control
measures.
Range
1.4
types include but are not limited to – flies, mosquitoes;
control measures include but are not limited to – covering waste,
trapping, spraying, minimising standing water.
seed dispersal types – human activities, birds, wind;
at least three plant pests.
Pest control at a solid waste facility is described in terms of situations having
the potential to lead to the presence of pests.
Range
situations relating but not limited to – drainage, cover, compaction.
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1.7
Procedures for controlling specified pests at a solid waste facility are described
in accordance with company procedures.
Range
specified pests include – insects, rodents, birds, plants, other
animal;
excludes – spray requiring certified agrichemical applicator, severe
rodent infestation.
Element 2
Control pests at a solid waste facility.
Performance criteria
2.1
The control of pests is demonstrated in accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.2
Reporting of severe infestations requiring specialist service is demonstrated in
accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.3
pests – birds and one other;
control may include but is not limited to – routine inspection.
services may include but are not limited to – rodent eradication,
agrichemical application.
Records of pest presence and control are maintained in accordance with
company 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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (MITO) info@mito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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