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Preserve and evaluate previously-submerged power plants
Level
4
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prevent further
deterioration of previously-submerged power plants; identify the nature and
extent of damage; and identify action required to restore operational
effectiveness.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
27 August 1997
Date version published
20 March 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 11780, Determine repair requirements
for inboard power plants and power trains, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Boating Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0136
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard does not cover the retrieval of power plants from under water.
2
Glossary of terms used in this unit standard
Company procedures – the documented procedures for the machine and/or worksite.
Power plant – the engine (petrol or diesel) and its subframe, plus ancillary equipment
and systems, including water jacketed manifolds and exhaust systems, coolers (heat
exchangers, intercoolers, oil coolers, gearbox coolers), raw water pumps, charging
systems, drives (hydraulic and electric), refrigeration system, engine controls and
instrumentation, steering system (mechanical, hydraulic, and electronic), and fuel
system.
Customer – owner, owner’s representative, or insurance company.
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Evidence of the elements of this unit standard must be presented across the
following contexts:
power plants – inboard and outboard, diesel and petrol.
3
The following apply to the performance of all elements of this unit standard:
a All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in
accordance with company procedures.
b All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite health and safety procedures (where these exceed code) for personal,
product, and worksite health and safety, and must meet the obligations required
under current legislation, including the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
and subsequent and delegated legislation.
c All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite environmental procedures (where these exceed code) for personal,
product, and worksite environmental matters, and must meet the obligations
required under current legislation, including the Resource Management Act 1991,
and subsequent and delegated legislation.
d All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
e All communications made in relation to this unit standard must be made in
accordance with company procedures for content, recipient, timing, and method.
f All activities must comply with any policies, procedures, and requirements of the
organisations involved; the ethical codes and standards of relevant professional
bodies; the cultural requirements of the organisations and individuals involved; and
any relevant legislative and/or regulatory requirements, which can include but are
not limited to: the Fair Trading Act 1986, Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, and
subsequent and delegated legislation.
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This unit standard can be assessed on job.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prevent further deterioration of previously-submerged power plants.
Performance criteria
1.1
Actions are taken to prevent danger to the power plant, personnel, and the
environment.
Range
1.2
disposal of battery fluid, refrigerant and oil; dispersal of explosive
gases.
Actions taken to minimise further deterioration are appropriate for the time
elapsed since retrieval of the power plant from under water.
Range
actions – wash down, remove plugs or injectors, flood engine and
gearbox with diesel fuel.
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1.3
Actions are taken as soon as practicable, and in consultation with customer.
Element 2
Identify the nature and extent of damage.
Performance criteria
2.1
Power plant is cleaned so that inspection and measuring activities can be
carried out in accordance with company and/or manufacturer’s requirements.
2.2
Inspection and measuring activities enable the extent of damage and
deterioration to be quantified.
Range
2.3
cylinder linings, crankshaft, rods, pistons, block and cylinder head,
turbocharger, injection pump.
Specialist advice regarding the integrity of ancillaries is sought in accordance
with company procedures and requirements.
Range
ancillaries – electrical and electronic.
Element 3
Identify action required to restore operational effectiveness.
Range
action – repair, recondition, replace.
Performance criteria
3.1
Required actions are identified in conjunction with customers and/or marine
surveyors.
3.2
Required actions are confirmed as being within the capability of the company to
provide.
Range
3.3
from own resources and/or by outwork and/or subcontracting.
Required actions are costed in accordance with company procedures.
Range
costs – parts, machining, labour, testing, painting, meeting the
costs of any relevant survey and/or regulatory requirements,
transport fees, haul-out fees, storage fees.
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.
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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 the Boating Industry Training Organisation training@bia.org.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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