NZQA registered unit standard
19762 version 3
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Title
Prepare logs for extraction by helicopter
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
6
This unit standard is intended for people employed in a
commercial forestry helicopter logging operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to fell selected
trees and prepare logs for extraction by helicopter; and prepare
log turns for extraction by helicopter.
Classification
Forestry > Forest Harvesting Operations
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisite: Unit 28560, Fell trees in a commercial forest
harvesting operation, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge
and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 19761, Demonstrate knowledge of
helicopter logging.
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard must be assessed on-job.
2
Definitions
Accepted industry practice – approved codes of practice and standardised
procedures accepted by the wider forestry industry as examples of best practice.
Worksite procedures – documented procedures used by the organisation carrying out
the work and applicable to the tasks being carried out. They may include but are not
limited to – standard operating procedures, site safety procedures, equipment
operating procedures, quality assurance procedures, housekeeping standards,
procedures to comply with legislative and local body requirements.
3
Helicopter logging operations are subject to the provisions of the Civil Aviation Rules
(see http://www.caa.govt.nz) in accordance with the Civil Aviation Act 1990 and any
subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
19762 version 3
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Outcome 1
Fell selected trees and prepare logs for extraction by helicopter.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hazards in and around the area from which trees are to be harvested are
managed in accordance with accepted industry practice.
1.2
Trees selected and marked for harvest are felled in accordance with accepted
industry practice.
Range
minimising breakage, minimising residual stand damage.
1.3
Grapple or strop points are clearly marked and cleared in accordance with the
worksite procedures.
1.4
Logs are cut and prepared for extraction in accordance with accepted industry
practice.
Range
1.5
complete cross-cuts made, logs checked for limbs concealed
under logs and/or slash.
Dead spars and other identified overhead hazards are felled or cleared prior to
extraction of the logs.
Outcome 2
Prepare log turns for extraction by helicopter.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Strops are set in accordance with accepted industry practice.
2.2
Communication equipment is tested and communication with the pilot
established in accordance with accepted industry practice.
2.3
Communications used are clear and concise and in accordance with accepted
industry practice.
2.4
The helicopter is called in using the clock method to guide the pilot in
accordance with accepted industry practice.
2.5
Each turn is stropped or grappled according to helicopter capacity and
prevailing conditions accepted industry practice.
Range
2.6
wind, temperature, topography, altitude.
Logs aborted during extraction operations are recut or repositioned in
accordance with accepted industry practice.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
19762 version 3
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31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 March 2003
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
2
25 February 2008
31 December 2017
Review
3
10 December 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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
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 Competenz at qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016