NZQA registered unit standard
Title Ride a motorcycle with mounted equipment or a load
19055 version 3
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Level
Purpose
3 Credits 3
People credited with this unit standard are able to ride a motorcycle with mounted equipment or a load.
Classification
Available grade
Entry information
Agriculture > Agricultural Vehicles and Machinery
Achieved
Critical health and safety prerequisites
Unit 19053, Ride a motorcycle on flat terrain , or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1 Definition
Mounted equipment or a load refers to equipment which is loaded onto a motorcycle or attached to a motorcycle on carry racks. For assessment against this unit standard, the size of the load must be significant enough to affect the candidate’s riding technique. Examples of loads are
– a pillion passenger, a dog, bags of seed or fertiliser. If a pillion passenger is carried then the motorcycle must be equipped with foot pegs for the passenger.
2 Assessment
During assessment, manufacturer’s recommendations and legislative requirements for the minimum age of a person driving a motorcycle must be complied with.
The motorcycle must be specifically manufactured for rural workplace or off-road use.
The motorcycle must have the following features – knobbly tyres, 2 wheels, gears.
Candidates must be wearing a helmet suitable for the activity that either complies with the All Terrain Vehicle helmet standard (NZS 8600:2002) or is a motorcycle helmet approved by New Zealand government regulation.
3 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the – Land
Transport Act 1998, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and their subsequent amendments.
Outcome 1
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Ride a motorcycle with mounted equipment or a load.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The route is planned in accordance with the terrain and weather conditions.
1.2
1.3
Mounted equipment or load is secured and made stable on the motorcycle.
Motorcycle is controlled at speeds which are appropriate to the conditions and risk of damage to self, others and property is minimised.
Range steering, braking, manoeuvring, gear selection, change of surface.
1.4 The stability of the motorcycle and the mounted equipment or load is maintained while riding and turning.
1.5 Active riding techniques appropriate to the terrain and weather conditions are demonstrated.
Range weight transfer, balance, body position, head and eye position.
1.6 Traction is maintained in difficult situations and is recovered in situations where loss of traction occurs.
Range situations may include but are not limited to
– uphill, downhill, traversing a slope, wet conditions, loose surface conditions, rough terrain.
Planned review date 31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 25 June 2002 31 December 2013
Review 2 20 May 2008 31 December 2013
Review 3 21 June 2012 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0052
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
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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 the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020