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Manage health and safety for an agricultural contracting workplace
Level
5
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: develop or review a health
and safety plan for an agricultural contracting workplace; implement the
health and safety plan; account for accidents, near hits, and serious harm in
the agricultural contracting workplace; and develop an emergency action plan
for the agricultural contracting workplace.
Subfield
Rural Contracting
Domain
Agricultural Contracting
Status
Registered
Status date
25 June 2007
Date version published
25 June 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 21565, Manage agrichemicals in
accordance with NZS 8409:2004; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 6248.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The following legislation and requirements apply to this unit standard:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Guidelines for the Provision of Safety, Health and Accommodation in Agriculture
(Wellington: Department of Labour, 1996); and
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Healthy Work – Managing Stress and Fatigue in the Workplace (Wellington,
Department of Labour, 2003); both available from
http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue.
Other requirements applicable to this unit standard may include but are not limited to:
Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Tree Work – Part 1: Arboriculture
(Wellington: Department of Labour, 1994); and
Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Tree Work – Part 2: Maintenance
of Trees Around Power Lines (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1996); and
Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Tree Work – Part 3: River and
Stream Operations (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1998); and
A Guide to Safety with Chainsaws (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2006); and
A Guide to Safety in Tree Felling and Crosscutting, (Wellington: Department of
Labour, 2001); and
Guidelines for Safe Above-Ground Fuel Storage on Farms (Wellington: Department
of Labour, 2001); and
Guarding Farm Machinery – Tractor power take-offs and transmission machinery
(Wellington: Department of Labour, 1984); and
Guidelines for the Safe Handling, Transportation and Stacking of Large Hay Bales
(Wellington: Department of Labour, 1995); and
Approved Code of Practice for Roll Over Protective Structures on Tractors in
Agricultural Operations (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2001); and
Approved Code of Practice for the Management of Noise in the Workplace
(Wellington: Department of Labour, 2002); and
Approved Code of Practice for Operator Protective Structures on Self-Propelled
Mobile Mechanical Plant (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1999); and
Guidelines for the Prevention of Falls (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2000); and
Approved Code of Practice for Excavation and Shafts for Foundations (Wellington:
Department of Labour, 1995); all available from
http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue;
NZS 8409:2004 Management of agrichemicals, available from
http://www.standards.co.nz;
Operator Safety Manual for Earthmoving Machinery, 2006, Infrastructure ITO Ltd,
Telephone 04 499 9144;
Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management produced by Transit New
Zealand, available from http://www.transit.govt.nz/technical/copttm.jsp, or equivalent
specification as required by the road controlling authority on its network.
Any legislation or other requirement superseding any of the above will apply, pending
review of this unit standard.
2
Assessment against this unit standard must be based on evidence from a workplace
context.
3
Definitions
Agricultural contracting may include agrichemical application.
Near hit is an accident or an incident that does not result in a reportable/serious harm
injury.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Develop or review a health and safety plan for an agricultural contracting workplace.
Performance criteria
1.1
Responsibilities for the management of health and safety plan for an agricultural
contracting workplace are identified in terms of the HSE Act.
1.2
A health and safety policy statement, applicable to a given workplace, is
developed or reviewed in terms of the work carried out, in accordance with
Guidelines for the Provision of Safety, Health and Accommodation in Agriculture
and any other applicable requirements.
1.3
Employee's responsibilities in respect of the employer are outlined in
accordance with the health and safety policy statement.
1.4
Employer's responsibilities in respect of the employee are outlined in
accordance with the health and safety policy statement.
1.5
A health and safety plan for the workplace is developed or reviewed in terms of
respective roles and responsibilities.
Range
includes but is not limited to – hazard identification and control;
communication; training and/or supervision; accounting for
accidents, near hits, serious harm.
Element 2
Implement the health and safety plan.
Performance criteria
2.1
Hazards in the workplace are identified in accordance with the health and safety
plan.
2.2
Employees are involved in hazard identification in accordance with the health
and safety plan.
2.3
Hazards identified as significant in terms of the HSE Act are controlled in
accordance with the health and safety plan.
2.4
Employees are informed of identified hazards and control procedures in
accordance with the health and safety plan.
2.5
Implementation ensures employees receive training and/or supervision in
accordance with the health and safety plan.
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Element 3
Account for accidents, near hits, and serious harm in the agricultural contracting
workplace.
Range
evidence may be from actual or simulated situations.
Performance criteria
3.1
A register of accidents, near hits, and serious harm is maintained in accordance
with the health and safety plan.
3.2
All instances of serious harm are reported to the Occupational Safety and
Health Service of the Department of Labour in accordance with the health and
safety plan.
3.3
Accidents are investigated and remedial action is taken, in accordance with the
health and safety plan.
Element 4
Develop an emergency action plan for the agricultural contracting workplace.
Performance criteria
4.1
Potential emergency situations are identified in accordance with the HSE Act.
4.2
Emergency procedures are determined in accordance with the HSE Act.
4.3
Employees are involved in identifying emergencies and developing the
emergency plan action plan, in accordance with the HSE Act.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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