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Demonstrate knowledge of, create, and strip daily covers at a landfill
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are currently working at a landfill site.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
daily cover; prepare to spread daily cover at a landfill; and spread, compact,
and strip daily covers at a landfill.
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 and visit by NZQA and
industry.
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;
Resource Management Act 1991;
local authority requirements for waste disposal;
landfill 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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It is recommended that, prior to assessment against this unit standard, candidates
hold a driver licence for the class and endorsement appropriate to the vehicle used.
4
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
Demonstrate knowledge of daily cover.
Performance criteria
1.1
Daily cover is described in terms of benefits to the landfill.
Range
1.2
Cover requirements are described in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.3
benefits relating to – leachate, odour, vectors, fire.
materials, thickness, equipment, area to be covered.
Hazards of spreading operations are identified, and their controls are described
in accordance with company procedures.
Range
hazards include but are not limited to – odour, unstable ground,
moving vehicles, dust, debris.
Element 2
Prepare to spread daily cover at a landfill.
Performance criteria
2.1
Cover requirements are confirmed in accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.2
Prestart checks of vehicle and equipment are demonstrated in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions and company procedures.
Range
2.3
cover material, thickness, equipment, area to be covered.
may include but is not limited to – excavator, wheeled loader,
tractor with bucket.
Hazards of spreading operations are controlled in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
hazards include but are not limited to – odour, unstable ground,
moving vehicles, dust, debris.
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Element 3
Spread, compact, and strip daily covers at a landfill.
Range
at least two covers.
Performance criteria
3.1
Cover material is spread on the designated area and to the specified thickness
in accordance with company procedures.
3.2
Cover material is stripped to specified percentage of exposed waste and
stockpiled 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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