- NWP429B - Coordinate, implement and report on trade waste monitoring procedures
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NWP429B
Coordinate, implement and report on trade waste monitoring procedures
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit supports the attainment of skills and knowledge required for staff with a specific responsibility for coordinating and conducting monitoring and testing of trade waste treatment and disposal according to organisational and statutory requirements. The level of responsibility may vary according to the size and scope of the trade waste system.
This unit of competency describes the outcomes required to coordinate, implement and report on monitoring programs for trade waste treatment and disposal in retail commercial and light industrial organisations; and to implement the monitoring of complex trade waste systems in large organisations.
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Prerequisites
Not applicable.
Employability Skills
This unit of competency contains employability skills.
Evidence Required
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Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | The candidate should demonstrate the ability to coordinate and implement trade waste monitoring plans, including: implementing monitoring and testing programs analysing test results investigating problems on-site monitoring treatment and disposal provisions on-site recording and reporting data. |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Access to the workplace and resources including: documentation that should normally be available in a water industry organisation relevant codes, standards, and government regulations. Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with disabilities. Access must be provided to appropriate learning and/or assessment support when required. Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and appropriate to the language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed. Validity and sufficiency of evidence requires that: competency will need to be demonstrated over a period of time reflecting the scope of the role and the practical requirements of the workplace where the assessment is part of a structured learning experience the evidence collected must relate to a number of performances assessed at different points in time and separated by further learning and practice a decision of competence should only be made when the assessor has complete confidence in the person's competence over time and in various contexts all assessment that is part of a structured learning experience must include a combination of direct, indirect and supplementary evidence where assessment is for the purpose of recognition (RCC/RPL), the evidence provided will need to be authenticated and show that it represents competency demonstrated over a period of time assessment can be through simulated project-based activity and must include evidence relating to each of the elements in this unit. In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess the underpinning knowledge. Questioning will be undertaken in a manner appropriate to the skill levels of the operator, any cultural issues that may affect responses to the questions, and reflecting the requirements of the competency and the work being performed. |
Submission Requirements
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Assessment Tasks
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This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level, required for this unit. |
Required skills: use appropriate wastewater sampling and preservation techniques for onsite and laboratory testing interpret and apply legislation and policies applicable to trade waste develop monitoring plans and coordinate measuring, testing and sampling activities interpret and evaluate sample analysis data assess risks and hazards associated with sampling activities monitor process inputs and outputs plan and conduct investigations assess environmental impact using ISO 14001 where appropriate assess waste treatment methods, processes, plant and equipment negotiate and communicate use appropriate personal protective equipment for protection against physical, chemical and biological hazards. |
Required knowledge: relevant legislation relevant enterprise policies for trade waste management water quality parameters of significance to the wastewater system personal protection and safety precautions for wastewater sampling, including the requirements for relevant inoculations such as: Q Fever Hepatitis A and B Polio Tetanus Diphtheria standard industrial waste treatment methods, processes and procedures for retail commercial and light industrial organisations basic hydraulics, chemistry and/or equivalent science investigation procedures range of appropriate measuring, testing and sampling procedures customer expectations and requirements occupational health and safety legislation. |
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Monitoring and testing programs may include: | inspections of trade waste sites, processes, treatment methods and equipment maintenance schedules and reporting sampling and testing locations, techniques and frequencies. |
Trade waste may include: | the liquid waste generated by any: industry business manufacturing process community/public facilities commercial activities trade waste does not include domestic wastewater. |
Trade waste policies and management plans may include: | industrial waste generation, handling, treatment and disposal guides enterprise policies, procedures and administrative framework procedures information on applicable trade waste laws or other requirements complaint records training records process information process operational logbooks inspection, maintenance and calibration records relevant contractor and supplier information incident reports information on emergency preparedness and response records of significant trade waste impacts audit results management reviews trade waste charging policy industrial trade waste generators' register environmental factors, including: disposal options sensitivity of the receiving environment persistency and toxicity of the substances hydraulic loads temperature environmental management plan effluent improvement plan receiving treatment plant type and capacity. |
Stakeholders may include: | the enterprise all levels of government industry (eg extractive, manufacturing) community action groups conservation groups lobby groups land care groups. |
Treatment and disposal may include: | on-site storage and disposal and/or treatment off-site disposal discharge to the local authority sewerage system specifying and controlling discharge rates recycle and reuse options on-site pre-treatment. |
Organisational requirements may include: | compliance with relevant legislation, for example: the Environmental Protection Act 1994 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 Waste Minimisation and Management Act 1995 state water management act state or territory environmental and other legislation local by-laws compliance with International Standards, for example: ISO 14000 standards Australia/New Zealand Standards, for example: National Plumbing and Drainage Code AS/NZS 3500 relevant industry codes of practice for the management of trade waste, for example: industry Code of Practice for the Photographic Industry (PURE) National Health and Medical Research Council's (NHMRC) National guidelines for waste management in the health care industry, 1999 state plumbing and drainage code of practice requirements of regulatory authorities, such as: Water Authorities WorkCover EPA Health Department local councils. |
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Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice | Yes | No | Comments/feedback |
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Apply monitoring and testing programs and procedures for trade waste according to the objectives of trade waste policies and management plans and organisational and statutory requirements. | |||
Analyse testing results where appropriate and report according to legislative and enterprise requirements. | |||
Identify and investigate issues and inconsistencies and consult stakeholders. | |||
Report investigation results and recommendations according to organisational requirements. | |||
Monitor trade waste treatment and disposal according to the trade waste management policies and plans and organisational requirements. | |||
Identify and investigate breaches of the trade waste discharge provisions and approvals and report results and/or recommendations according to organisational requirements. | |||
Accurately and legibly complete trade waste management records for the work area and store according to organisational and statutory requirements. | |||
Review trade waste records according to organisational requirements. |
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