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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of hygiene and health for working in a
resource recovery or solid waste context
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
8
This unit standard is for people working in the resource
recovery and solid waste industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
factors relating to personal health and hygiene at resource
recovery or solid waste facilities; describe nutrition and
hydration requirements for resource recovery or solid waste
personnel; describe the prevention and control of substance
use at a resource recovery or solid waste facility; and describe
symptoms, causes, and effects of fatigue and stress on
resource recovery or solid waste facility personnel, and explain
ways to reduce them.
Classification
Resource Recovery > Resource Recovery Theory
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
References relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Adults, 2003, Ministry of Health, available
at http://www.moh.govt.nz;
Healthy Work: Managing Stress in the Workplace, 2003, Department of Labour,
available athttp://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/.
publications pertaining to health in the workplace available at http://www.osh.govt.nz.
2
Assessment against this unit standard covers work in the resource recovery and solid
waste industries that impacts on the physical fitness of the candidate, such as
manual lifting, working outdoors, operating heavy machinery, and handling waste.
3
Definitions
- The terms organic and inorganic used in the resource recovery industry may differ
from scientific meanings.
 Inorganic in this industry refers to materials that do not have the structure or
characteristics of living organisms, and includes for this unit standard recyclable
materials such as paper, glass, and plastic.
 Organic in this industry refers to materials that are putrescible or are of animal
or vegetable origin.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe factors relating to personal health and hygiene at resource recovery or solid
waste facilities.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description identifies causes of ill health and disease risk in relation to different
materials.
Range
1.2
Description explains how disease risk can be mitigated at facilities, and outlines
hygiene procedures to control the risks.
Range
1.3
types include but are not limited to – organic, inorganic, solid
waste, hazardous.
disease includes but is not limited to – skin disorder, respiratory
illness, infection;
risks include but are not limited to – toileting, food handling, drink
containers, smoking, open wounds.
Description explains medical conditions and effects of prescription medications
that can affect well-being of self and others at the workplace.
Range
medical conditions include but are not limited to – respiratory
disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, epilepsy, communicable
disease.
Outcome 2
Describe nutrition and hydration requirements for resource recovery or solid waste
personnel.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Principles of nutrition for good health are explained in accordance with Food
and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Adults.
2.2
Nutritional requirements which contribute to the health of resource recovery
personnel are identified and explained in terms of individual’s needs.
Range
2.3
individual’s needs – size, activity level, lifestyle, energy balance,
age, gender, growth phase.
Methods for avoiding dehydration are described in terms of work factors to be
considered and ways of controlling their effect.
Range
four factors.
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2.4
Observable symptoms of dehydration are identified and described.
Range
2.5
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at least three.
Rehydration is explained in terms of frequency of fluid intake, and effect of
substances on body fluid replacement.
Range
substances – water, fruit juice, drinks, salt, alcohol, caffeine.
Outcome 3
Describe the prevention and control of substance use at a resource recovery or solid
waste facility.
Range
substance includes but is not limited to – alcohol, hallucinogens, illegal drugs,
prescription drugs, party drugs, solvents, tobacco.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Need for control is described in terms of adverse effects on individuals and
facilities.
Range
evidence is required of each substance and overall at least three
effects on individual and three effects on facility.
3.2
Prevention and control are described in terms of company policies and
legislative restrictions.
3.3
Control is described in terms of effective methods for identifying problem use,
information sources, referral, and treatment.
Outcome 4
Describe symptoms, causes, and effects of fatigue and stress on resource recovery or
solid waste facility personnel, and explain ways to reduce them.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Descriptions of fatigue and stress are consistent with Department of Labour
definitions available in booklets such as Healthy Work: Managing Stress in the
Workplace, or in publications available from the Occupational Safety and Health
Service.
4.2
Description identifies symptoms and causes of fatigue and stress.
Range
symptoms – three of fatigue, three of stress;
causes of fatigue – three personal, three environmental;
causes of stress – two personal, three job related.
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4.3
Description explains adverse effects of fatigue and stress on self, others, and
facility.
effects include but are not limited to – physical health, mental
health, family relationships, social relationships, work
relationships, work performance, workplace safety.
Range
4.4
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Description explains personal and ergonomic means of reducing effects of
fatigue and stress.
Range
five personal, four ergonomic.
Replacement information
This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 28744.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
31 December 2017.
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
31 December 2017
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 (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.
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SSB Code 101542
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