NZQA registered unit standard
Title
Control a landfill tip head
Level
4
Purpose
23580 version 2
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Credits
10
This unit standard is for people who work at a landfill site and
have responsibility for tip head operations.
People credited with this unit standard are able to control
general operations at a landfill tip head, and control waste that
is prohibited or that requires special attention at a landfill tip
head.
Classification
Solid Waste > Solid Waste Disposal
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All work practices must comply with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Hazardous Substances (Disposal) Regulations 2001;
local authority requirements for waste disposal;
site management plan.
2
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
3
Definitions
Company procedures mean 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.
Hazardous waste refers to waste that:
contains hazardous substances at sufficient concentrations to exceed the minimum
degrees of hazard specified by Hazardous Substances (Minimum Degrees of
Hazard) Regulations 2001, or
meets the definition for infectious substances included in the Land Transport Rule:
Dangerous Goods 2005 or NZS 5433 Transport of Dangerous Goods on Land, or
meets the definition for radioactive material included in the Radiation Protection Act
1965 or Radiation Protection Regulations 1982.
Prohibited waste refers to waste designated in the site management plan as
prohibited from disposal.
Site management plan refers to documented guidelines and procedures for
operations at the site. It includes consent conditions and legislative requirements.
Waste requiring special attention refers to controlled waste for which special disposal
conditions apply as specified in the site management plan.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23580 version 2
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Control general operations at a landfill tip head.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Loads are identified and confirmed in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.2
Control ensures systematic transfer of refuse from trucks to tip head.
Range
1.3
transfer for efficient use of spreading and compacting vehicles.
Communication is maintained with all people involved in tip head operations in
accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.4
identification – documentation, weighbridge communications,
spotting;
loads – single, multiple, regular, atypical.
may include but is not limited to – communication with weighbridge
operator.
Control ensures all people involved in tip head operations use personal
protective equipment in accordance with company procedures.
Range
personal protective equipment includes but is not limited to – hard
hat, high-visibility clothing.
1.5
Tip head control is demonstrated during hours of darkness in accordance with
company procedures.
1.6
Control ensures that the timing and placement of specified loads meet
operational requirements.
Range
specified loads – wet, dead animal, sewerage, solvents.
Outcome 2
Control waste that is prohibited or that requires special attention at a landfill tip head.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Waste that requires special attention is identified and its documentation is
confirmed in accordance with local authority requirements and company
procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – hazardous waste disposal.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23580 version 2
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2.2
Prohibited waste and non-complying loads are reported in accordance with
company procedures and the site management plan.
2.3
Notifications are completed in accordance with site management plan and
company procedures.
2.4
Hazardous substances are disposed in accordance with the Hazardous
Substances (Disposal) Regulations and company procedures.
Range
single load, multiple loads.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 October 2007
31 December 2017
Review
2
16 April 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0114
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.
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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016