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Supervise the use and care of portable power tools in boatbuilding
Level
5
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to check the workplace power
tool inventory in boatbuilding, and supervise the use and care of portable
power tools in boatbuilding.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
21 May 2010
Date version published
21 May 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
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
Portable power tools may include but are not limited to – grinders, jigsaws, drills, die
grinders, nibblers, sanders, sabre saw, circular saw.
2
Supervision must continue for longer than one working week.
3
Definitions
Using – means being allocated a tool. Actual use may be intermittent.
Company procedures – documented or accepted procedures in the workplace where
the unit standard is being assessed.
Job requirements – requirements that may or may not be specified but require
correct choices to achieve including: following safety and company procedures and
meeting generally accepted trade practice standards.
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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 the Health
and Safety in Employment (HSE) Act 1992, and subsequent and delegated
legislation.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Check the workplace power tool inventory in boatbuilding.
Range
minimum of five different power tool types.
Performance criteria
1.1
Power tool inventory is analysed to determine condition and suitability for
workplace tasks.
1.2
Status and condition of tools are verified in accordance with company
procedures.
1.3
Procedures for maintenance and replacement are verified in accordance with
company procedures.
1.4
Safe use techniques are described for each tool in the inventory.
1.5
User safety equipment requirements are described for each tool in the
inventory.
Element 2
Supervise the use and care of portable power tools in boatbuilding.
Range
minimum of four users and three different power tool types.
Performance criteria
2.1
Users are trained in the use and care of the power tools in terms of safe use.
Range
2.2
includes but is not limited to – not using defective tools,
cleanliness of tools, ensuring guards are in place, storage,
employee responsibilities, personal safety equipment, sharpness
of cutting tools, cleanliness of work area, lighting.
Users are trained in the use and care of the power tools in accordance with job
requirements and company procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – technique, minimising wastage,
accuracy, tolerances, sharpness of cutting tools, replacement of
abrasives or cutting blades.
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2.3
Tool use by team members is monitored to ensure it is in accordance with job
requirements.
2.4
Any non-conformance with tool use requirements is identified and remedied
promptly in accordance with tool use safety and job requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – instructing staff to remedy
mistakes or inaccuracies.
2.5
Care of tools by team members is monitored to ensure it is compliant with
company procedures.
2.6
Storage of tools by team members after use is monitored to ensure it is
compliant with company procedures.
2.7
Health and safety aspects of the job are monitored in accordance with company
procedures.
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 the Boating Industry Training Organisation info@bia.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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