NZQA registered unit standard
22649 version 3
Page 1 of 3
Title
Identify and separate ferrous metals for scrap metal recycling
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
3
This unit standard is for people working in the scrap metal
recycling industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
ferrous metals and describe their recycling requirements; and
separate and ready ferrous scrap metals for processing
Classification
Resource Recovery > Scrap Metal Recycling
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The current version of the Scrap Specifications Circular, Institute of Scrap Recycling
Industries Inc. (ISRI) available at http://www.isri.org applies to this unit standard.
2
All work practices must comply with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
3
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
in accordance with company procedures.
4
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.
Ferrous metals refer to metals that have magnetic properties due to their high iron
content.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify ferrous metals and describe their recycling requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Heavy steel is defined in accordance with the ISRI specifications, objects made
of it are identified, and their recycling requirements are described in accordance
with company procedures.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
may include but is not limited to – heavy oversize, heavy in-size,
gas cutting, shearing.
Range
1.2
22649 version 3
Page 2 of 3
Ferrous metals other than heavy steel are defined in accordance with the ISRI
specifications, ferrous objects made of it are identified, and recycling
requirements are described in accordance with company procedures.
may include but is not limited to – light grade, car body, shredder
feed, bales, logs.
Range
Outcome 2
Separate and ready ferrous scrap metals for processing.
Range
heavy steel, heavy oversize steel, light gauge, car body, shredder feed.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ferrous metals are separated from mixed scrap received at a yard in
accordance with company procedures.
2.2
Separation ensures that company’s grading requirements are met.
2.3
Separated metals are prepared for processing in accordance with company
procedures.
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
26 January 2007
31 December 2012
Revision
2
20 May 2011
31 December 2017
Review
3
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
22649 version 3
Page 3 of 3
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 (CMRs). 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