Field           Health

 

Review of Hazardous Substances and Materials unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Occupational Health and Safety

Hazardous Substances and Materials

29765-7

 

Toitū te Waiora Community, Health, Education, and Social Services Workforce Development Council has completed the review of three-unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                               June 2024

 

Planned review date                                                                              December 2029

 

Summary

 

Version 2 of these unit standards were published following a review on 22 August 2019. Toitū te Waiora was approached by WorkSafe in 2022 in regard to the unit standards listing Australian units of competency that are no longer offered.

 

Consultation was undertaken with Industry and Providers via one to one and small group meetings.

Feedback was collated, analysed, and actioned.

 

Main changes

·      The reference to the ‘White Card (Australia)’ was removed in Unit Standards 29765 and 29766.

·      The reference to the Australian unit of competency CPCCDE3015A in Guidance Information was removed in Unit Standards 29765, 29666 and 29767.

·      Iterative changes were made to other Guidance Information text and references in Unit Standards 29765, 29666 and 29767.

·      Performance Criterion 2.8 was reworded to replace ‘ensure’ with ‘take steps to confirm that’ in Unit Standard 29767.

 

Impact on Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR)

The changes to the three unit standards required an edit to the Consent and Moderation Requirements 0121 document.

 

The last date for assessment of superseded versions of Category B unit standards is 31 December 2025.

 

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

 

Key to review category

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Health > Occupational Health and Safety > Hazardous Substances and Materials

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

29765

Remove non-friable asbestos

4

3

B

29766

Remove friable asbestos

4

4

B

29767

Supervise asbestos removal.

5

2

B