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Describe and maintain health and safety in an agricultural contracting
workplace
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe requirements for
health and safety in agricultural contracting workplaces; identify and control
hazards in an agricultural contracting workplace; describe procedures for
agricultural contracting workplace near hits, accidents, emergencies, and
serious harm; maintain and monitor safety at an agricultural contracting
workplace; and describe environmental safety associated with agricultural
contracting.
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
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation 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;
Territorial authority and/or regional council (TA/RC) requirements;
Guidelines for the Provision of Safety, Health and Accommodation in Agriculture
(Wellington: Department of Labour, 1996), available from
http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue;
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Company health and safety plan;
Company emergency response plan.
Other requirements applicable to this unit standard may include but are not limited to:
NZS 8409:2004 Management of agrichemicals, available from
http://www.standards.co.nz.
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.
Company requirements refer to all policies, procedures, and methodologies the
candidate’s organisation has in place including but not limited to those relating to
health, safety, environment, quality, and operations.
Emergency response plan refers to the emergency response plan the candidate’s
organisation has in place.
Health and safety plan refers to the health and safety plan the candidate’s organisation
has in place and includes accident response procedures.
Near hit is an accident or an incident that does not result in a reportable/serious harm
injury.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe requirements for health and safety in agricultural contracting workplaces.
Performance criteria
1.1
Requirements for health and safety in agricultural contracting workplaces are
described in terms of employer and employee responsibilities, rights, and
obligations.
Range
1.2
includes but is not limited to – pre-employment medical, safety
inspections, preventative maintenance programme, first aid
provisions.
Description identifies legislative requirements for health and safety in
agricultural contracting workplaces in terms of their general aims and
objectives.
Range
includes but is not limited to – principles of HSE Act, statutory
regulations, Occupational Safety and Health Service policy.
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1.3
Description of agricultural contracting workplace health and safety preventative
requirements concurs with company requirements.
Range
1.4
Description identifies personal safety clothing and equipment required for
agricultural contracting operations.
Range
1.5
obedience to company health and safety rules, signs, and
instructions; following documented work procedures; use and
storage of safety items; displaying signs for hazardous materials;
keeping clear of moving parts; lockout procedure; working on
slopes; working on unstable ground; checking, cleaning, and nontechnical maintenance of vehicles and/or machinery and/or
equipment; reporting faults in vehicles and/or machinery and/or
equipment.
operations include tractor operation and at least two of – tree
felling, river work, agrichemical application, verge mowing, hedge
trimming, cultivation, harvesting.
Description identifies the physical placement of resources to facilitate and
support accident prevention in accordance with company requirements.
Element 2
Identify and control hazards in an agricultural contracting workplace.
Performance criteria
2.1
Hazards that occur in agricultural contracting work places are identified as
hazards or significant hazards as defined in the HSE Act.
Range
six hazards, at least two of which could be defined as significant.
2.2
Hazards of a specific workplace are identified in accordance with the health and
safety plan.
2.3
Control procedures for identified hazards are described in accordance with the
health and safety plan.
2.4
Hazards identified as significant (in terms of the HSE Act) are controlled in
accordance with the health and safety plan.
2.5
Hazard avoidance is described in terms of housekeeping practices in a specific
workplace.
Range
includes but is not limited to – fire prevention, equipment
maintenance, storage of equipment and materials.
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Element 3
Describe procedures for agricultural contracting workplace near hits, accidents,
emergencies, and serious harm.
Performance criteria
3.1
Procedures for near hits are explained in accordance with the HSE Act.
Range
3.2
Accident and emergency procedures are described in accordance with the
health and safety and emergency response plans.
Range
3.3
includes but is not limited to restrictions on moving equipment.
individual and group responsibilities;
procedures for – responding to emergencies, motor vehicle crash,
environmental spillage, accidents that result in harm, accidents
that could have resulted in harm, using fire extinguisher.
Reporting of accidents and serious harm is described in accordance with the
requirements of Occupational Safety and Health Service of the Department of
Labour.
Element 4
Maintain and monitor safety at an agricultural contracting workplace.
Performance criteria
4.1
Personal protective equipment is selected and worn for specified jobs in
accordance with manufacturer’s and company requirements.
Range
4.2
Workplace protection is maintained in accordance with the health and safety
plan.
Range
4.3
may include but is not limited to – overalls, wet weather gear, hard
hat, safety glasses, earmuffs, face shield, breathing apparatus,
safety vest, sun protection, gloves, safety footwear.
includes – base site or depot, work site.
Accident and emergency procedures, including the use of specialist equipment
and alternative access for emergency services, are demonstrated in
accordance with the health and safety and emergency response plans.
Range
includes but is not limited to – fire, flood, landslide, chemical
spillage, injury to personnel, traffic.
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Element 5
Describe environmental safety associated with agricultural contracting.
Performance criteria
5.1
Environmental protection that applies to agricultural contracting operations is
described in terms of the Resource Management Act and TA/RC requirements.
5.2
Agricultural contracting operations are described in terms of their potential to
pollute the environment.
Range
includes but is not limited to the release of – fumes, liquid.
5.3
Strategies for protecting the environment are described in accordance with
company requirements and/or NZS 8409.
5.4
Methods of containment, collection, and waste disposal are described in
accordance with applicable requirements.
Range
applicable requirements may include but are not limited to –
Resource Management Act, TA/RC requirements, company
requirements, NZS 8409.
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.
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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