NZQA registered unit standard
7019 version 5
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Title
Plan and establish procedures to manage the plant of a recreation
facility
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
6
This unit standard is intended for a person working in a
recreation facility in a supervisory or managerial role.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: allocate space
for plant; establish and maintain space and plant layouts to meet
client and facility needs; establish systems for cleaning,
maintaining, repairing, and replacing plant; establish safe
practices for the use and movement of plant; plan to meet facility
plant needs; and establish client and staff feedback procedures
concerning plant.
Classification
Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Aquatics
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Where applicable, employer practice conforms to the provisions of the Building Act
2004 and the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act).
2
Competence in this unit standard requires knowledge of the hierarchy of controls
outlined in the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act): elimination of
significant hazards; isolation of significant hazards when elimination is not possible; and
minimisation of significant hazards where elimination and isolation are not possible.
3
Definitions
Facility refers to a workplace where the candidate is working, or the workplace in
which their training placement is occurring, and may include but is not limited to – a
fitness centre, recreation centre, aquatic centre, indoor stadium, outdoor sports area,
snowsport area, museum, library, theatre, hall, marae, park, reserve, information
centre, education centre, or café. The facility must be one that conforms to the HSE
Act and the Building Act 2004.
Plant refers to mechanical services, heating, ventilation; and physical resources used in
operating a recreation facility including all activity equipment; cleaning, maintenance,
and repair equipment; food and drink preparation and storage equipment; audio-visual
equipment; telephones; photocopiers; tills; and computers.
Organisational requirements refer to the organisation’s (in this case the facility’s)
policies and procedures and include compliance with any applicable legislation.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Allocate space for plant.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Space allocation meets safety and privacy needs of clients within facility
limitations.
Range
1.2
needs – ventilation, sound isolation, visual privacy, staff and client
security;
safety – projections, moving parts, access (use, cleaning and/or
maintenance), movement corridors, weights storage, securing of
fixed racks and other fittings, sightlines, access, floor strength, floor
surface, ceiling height, emergency egress.
Space allocation meets facility requirements for efficient operation in accordance
with the HSE Act and the Building Act 2004.
Range
efficiency – layout, supervision requirements, movement of clients
in facility.
Outcome 2
Establish and maintain space and plant layouts to meet client and facility needs.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Space and plant layouts are established to meet safety and comfort
requirements of users and documented to comply with HSE Act requirements.
Range
2.2
comfort – sound isolation, visual protection, personal space, client
and staff security;
safety – projections, moving parts, access (use, cleaning,
maintenance), movement corridors, weights storage, securing of
fixed racks and other fittings, sightlines, access, floor strength,
floor surface, ceiling height, emergency egress;
evidence relating to five examples of safety is required.
Space and plant layouts meet access and usage needs of clients within facility
limitations and efficient operation of facility.
Range
efficient operation relates to – layout, supervision requirements,
movement of clients in facility;
layout – grouping of equipment, sequencing of equipment,
orientation of equipment, passageways, positioning of open space,
layout, supervision requirements, movement of clients in facility.
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Documented procedures are developed for maintaining established plant layout.
Range
procedures include – equipment movement in use, client treatment
of portable equipment, addition or removal of equipment, in-situ
repair.
Outcome 3
Establish systems for cleaning, maintaining, repairing, and replacing plant.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Systems established for cleaning equipment meet organisational requirements.
Range
3.2
Systems established for repairing and maintaining plant meet organisational
requirements and HSE Act requirements.
Range
3.3
may include but is not limited to – additional plant needs,
replacement needs, redundancy of plant.
Procedures for managing cleaning and maintenance supplies and services are
established.
Range
3.5
may include but is not limited to – preventative inspection,
maintenance schedules, signage, removal from use, movement of
plant, recording.
Monitoring of usage and condition meets organisational requirements.
Range
3.4
systems – timing, sequencing, staffing, security arrangements;
standards – safety, frequency, visible cleanliness, odour, impact on
client use.
procedures may include but are not limited to – stock record-keeping
purchasing procedures, stock security, stocktaking.
Procedures are established that respond to client and staff feedback.
Range
procedures may include but are not limited to – complaints, policies
and protocols, recording of feedback and action taken, staff
reporting, signage.
Outcome 4
Establish safe practices for the use and movement of plant.
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Evidence requirements
4.1
Signage giving instructions for safe use of plant meets HSE Act requirements and,
where applicable, manufacturers’ instructions, and matches clients' needs for
information.
Range
proximity to equipment, adequate text, appropriate use of language,
graphic representation of safe use, warning regarding unsafe use.
4.2
Procedures and techniques for moving plant satisfy HSE Act requirements and,
where applicable, manufacturers’ instructions, and meet safety needs of staff and
clients involved.
4.3
Staff training programmes are set up to implement facility policy on safety
procedures and carrying out maintenance programmes.
4.4
Availability of plant for assisting the movement of activity equipment satisfies HSE
Act requirements and, where applicable, manufacturers’ instructions, and meets
facility standards.
Range
type, accessibility, storage.
Outcome 5
Plan to meet facility plant needs.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Preparation of plant budgets meets organisational requirements or financial
analysis and planning.
Range
5.2
Monitoring of plant use and condition establishes criteria and priorities for action.
Range
5.3
equipment life, frequency of breakdown, maintenance costs,
complaints regarding access.
Procedures for modifying equipment satisfy HSE Act requirements and, where
applicable, manufacturers’ instructions, and meet facility safety standards.
Range
5.4
budget categories include but are not limited to – staff and contractor
training, cleaning, maintenance and repair (spares, labour,
transport), consumables, capital replacement, disposal.
consultation with engineers; may include – consultation with
manufacturer, use of qualified trades people.
Selection, purchasing, and disposal processes match organisational requirements
and objectives.
Range
value for money, within budget, back up (spares, servicing),
compatibility with existing plant (tooling, quality, appearance).
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Outcome 6
Establish client and staff feedback procedures concerning plant.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Staff training on the handling of requests and complaints meets organisational
requirements.
handling – receiving, recording, communication (with staff, with
client), closure.
Range
6.2
Communication of complaints procedure meets clients' needs for information and
positive reinforcement.
Range
signage, staff training, organisation policy.
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 June 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
2
22 February 2000
31 December 2012
Review
3
22 January 2002
31 December 2012
Review
4
12 February 2010
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
5
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
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, 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 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 (CMRs). The
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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
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