NWPTRD005Develop and modify trade waste policies and plans

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35 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 11 performance evidence and 9 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Prepare for trade waste management

  • 1.1Identify and review relevant provisions of trade waste legislation, standards and enterprise policies
  • 1.2Document trade waste policies and procedures
  • 1.3Identify wastewater quality parameters generated by major industries
  • 1.4Consider information about known impacts, risk assessments and control procedures in preparing plans
  • 1.5Document responsibilities and accountabilities according to workplace procedures

2 Develop and modify trade waste policies and plans

  • 2.1Conduct community, workplace and stakeholder consultation
  • 2.2Address issues raised through consultation and incorporate issues relevant to policy in policy development
  • 2.3Identify and explain trade waste processes to stakeholders including treatment and disposal processes together with the required workplace procedures and relevant environmental factors
  • 2.4Develop and modify contingency plans for major trade waste industries
  • 2.5Summarise issues identified by reviews and audits in trade waste policies and plans
  • 2.6Prepare and present trade waste policies and plans

3 Review and refine trade waste policies and plans

  • 3.1Review trade waste policies against established objectives, policies and plans
  • 3.2Review policies and plans through consultation, against prevailing stakeholder expectations
  • 3.3Modify policies and plans to include identified and required changes
  • 3.4Benchmark policies, systems and plans against other water utilities

Performance evidence

  • assessing environmental impact using relevant international standards
  • assessing waste treatment methods, processes, plants and equipment
  • consulting stakeholders
  • developing and modifying trade waste policies and plans addressing workplace objectives and requirements
  • developing contingency plans
  • gathering, interpreting and synthesising information to underpin the sound development and modification of trade waste policies and plans including: - relevant legislation and industry standards - results of trade waste system testing and monitoring - stakeholder requirements
  • interpreting and applying legislation and policies applicable to trade waste
  • managing records
  • preparing reports and recommendations for changes to the objectives of the policies and plans and their implementation
  • using data from monitoring arrangements to track the performance of the trade waste system and inform the review of the policies and plans
  • using mathematical and scientific techniques to interpret test results

Knowledge evidence

  • personal protection and safety precautions for wastewater sampling
  • relevant legislation, policies, procedures
  • risk assessment processes
  • trade waste management systems and records
  • trade waste treatment and process technology
  • wastewater collection, treatment, re-use and disposal systems
  • water quality parameters of significance to the wastewater system
  • workplace, stakeholder and community consultation processes
  • workplace emergency response requirements

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