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Respond to an emergency during a liquid and hazardous waste
collection operation
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for operators of vehicles and equipment used in the
liquid and hazardous waste industry. The term ‘operator’ includes drivers,
supervisors and owner-operators.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain types of liquid and
hazardous waste emergencies and the risks they pose; demonstrate
emergency procedures; and complete post-emergency analysis.
Subfield
Commercial Road Transport
Domain
Transportation of Waste and Recoverable Resources
Status
Registered
Status date
18 July 2008
Date version published
18 July 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0092
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The regulatory and policy framework impacting on liquid and hazardous waste
collection businesses includes but is not limited to:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; Health Act 1956 sections 54
and 55;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Land Transport Act 1998;
Local Government Act 1974;
Local Government Act 2002;
Resource Management Act 1991;
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Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
the Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 2005;
NZS 5433:2007 Transport of Dangerous Goods on Land;
the New Zealand Waste Strategy 2002.
2
Any new, amended, or replacement Acts, regulations, Rules, standards, codes of
practice, Land Transport New Zealand or Transit New Zealand requirements or
conditions affecting the outcome of this unit standard will take precedence for
assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
3
Definitions
A collection vehicle refers to a liquid waste vacuum tanker or road transport vehicle
used for the collection of liquid and hazardous waste, including packaged waste.
Liquid and hazardous waste refers to those waste products that are in a liquid or
sludge state that may be collected and transported in a liquid waste vacuum tanker
or packaged in containers and transported in other vehicles, and which fall into one
of the following categories: readily biodegradable organic material (RBOM);
petroleum products and residues; solvent product and residues; inorganics including
heavy metals and residues; organic materials and residues; and complex organic
materials and residues and intractable materials.
A liquid waste vacuum tanker is a rigid or combination motor vehicle upon which is
mounted a unit for loading, transporting, and unloading liquid, or wet loose matter, or
dry loose products.
Organisational requirements include any legal requirements, standards, codes of
practice, operational and/or site policies and procedures, industry best practice and
manufacturers’ instructions. These should be available to candidates, providers, and
assessors. For this unit standard organisational requirements also includes the
Waste Operators Handbook, which is a subset of the Liquid and Hazardous Waste
Code of Practice (Wellington, New Zealand Water and Wastes Association, 2003),
available at http://www.nzwwa.org.nz.
4
The assessment situations in this unit standard may be simulated. While every
assessment situation may not provide opportunity for evidence of every performance
criterion, evidence may be obtained over a period of time on the job, over several
assessment opportunities, or through other means such as attestation and the use of
questioning.
5
Range
Evidence must be presented for a minimum of four types of liquid and hazardous
waste emergencies from the following – spillage, leakage, fumes, fire, overheating of
collected waste, overloading of collection container or vessel, over pressurisation of
vacuum tanker, explosion, equipment failure (valves, hoses, pipes, couplings, motor,
pump); holding system or collection vehicle failure resulting in any of the previous
emergencies, mixing of incompatible wastes resulting in any of the previous
emergencies.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain types of dangerous goods, and liquid and hazardous waste collection emergencies
and the risks they pose.
Performance criteria
1.1
Types of liquid and hazardous waste emergencies are explained in terms of
their impact and extent.
1.2
Class 3 dangerous goods (flammable liquids, as categorised under the Land
Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 2005) that may be collected by a liquid and
hazardous waste operator are identified.
1.3
Class 6 dangerous goods (as categorised under the Land Transport Rule:
Dangerous Goods 2005) that may be collected by a liquid and hazardous waste
operator are identified.
1.4
Dangerous goods, and liquid and hazardous waste are explained in terms of the
types of risk they pose.
Range
personal injury or health risks, public injury or health risks,
property damage or destruction risks, environmental risks.
Element 2
Demonstrate emergency procedures for liquid and hazardous waste collection
emergencies.
Performance criteria
2.1
The procedure demonstrated for the type of waste involved in the emergency is
in accordance with the Waste Operators Handbook.
2.2
Requirements for reporting the emergency are completed in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Element 3
Complete post-emergency analysis for liquid and hazardous waste collection
emergencies.
Performance criteria
3.1
The circumstances or situation leading to the emergency and actions taken
during it are analysed for compliance with organisational requirements.
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3.2
Actions to minimise recurrence of the emergency are recommended in
accordance with organisational requirements.
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 (Incorporated)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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