NZQA registered unit standard
Title
28797 version 1
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Review consent conditions and describe how to prepare a water management plan for a surface extraction site
Level
Purpose
5 Credits 10
People credited with this unit standard are able to: review the consent conditions in relation to water use for a surface extraction site; determine the method of dewatering at a surface extraction site; and describe how to prepare a water management plan for a surface extraction site.
Classification Extractive Industries > Surface Extraction
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with the following:
Resource Management Act 1991;
New Zealand Transport Agency Specifications
– Materials (M Series), 1981 to 2010 and their amendments.
2 Any new, amended, or replacement Acts, regulations, standards, codes of practice, guidelines, or authority requirements or conditions affecting this unit standard will take precedence for assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
3 Definitions
Company procedures mean the documented methods for performing work activities and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management requirements. They may refer to legislation, regulations, guidelines, standard operating procedures, manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Industry best practice may be documented in management plans, control plans, company procedures, managers’ rules, occupational health and safety policy, industry guidelines, codes of practice, manufa cturers’ instructions, and safe working and/or job procedures (or equivalent).
4 This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment.
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Outcome 1
Review the consent conditions in relation to water use for a surface extraction site.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Requirements of the consent conditions are identified in accordance with industry best practice and company procedures.
Range may include but is not limited to
– water quantities, water quality at discharge, water take-up, water use, storm water discharge, climatic events.
1.2 Operational costs of the consent conditions are assessed in accordance with industry best practice and company procedures.
Range
Outcome 2 may include but is not limited to
– resources, equipment, controls.
Determine the method of dewatering at a surface extraction site.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Site conditions affecting dewatering are evaluated.
Range may include but is not limited to
– distance, topography, power source, equipment, pipe dimensions, pond size, settling rate, recirculation.
2.2 Method of dewatering is selected in accordance with site conditions, plant capability, and company procedures.
Outcome 3
Describe how to prepare a water management plan for a surface extraction site.
Evidence requirements
3.1 The requirements relating to design and construction of water diversion, storage, treatment, and discharge systems to be covered in a water management plan are described in accordance with industry best practice, company procedures, and resource consent conditions.
Range may include but is not limited to – reservoir, ponds, bunds, pipes, pumps, natural waterways, artificial channels, energy dissipaters, seepage control, acidic mine drainage (AMD).
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The requirements relating to the process of treating and discharging wash and surface runoff water to be covered in a water management plan are described in accordance with resource consent conditions.
Range may include but is not limited to – settling ponds, safety fencing, signage, weirs, water races, treatment plant, pumps, flocculent material, filters, particle settlement, testing.
3.3 The requirements relating to the process of containment, uplifting, and disposal of silt particles and fines to be covered in a water management plan are described in accordance with industry best practice, company procedures, and resource consent.
Range may include but is not limited to
– tip, sludge ponds, landscaping, mixing, spreading, cleaning out settling ponds.
3.4 The data analysis, monitoring, and reporting requirements for a water management plan are described in accordance with industry best practice, company procedures, and resource consent.
3.6 The documentation completion requirements for a water management plan are described in accordance with industry best practice, company procedures, and resource consent.
Planned review date 31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 18 June 2015 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0114
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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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 (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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Comments on this unit standard
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