NZQA registered unit standard
21452 version 4
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Title
Monitor routine energy and chemical plant operations
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for entry-level people working as boiler
operators and energy and chemical process operators in an
energy or chemical plant.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of monitoring and monitoring activities in an energy
and chemical plant; and monitor routine energy and chemical
plant operations.
Classification
Energy and Chemical Plant > Monitoring of Energy and
Chemical Plant
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Assessment conditions
All assessment must be carried out at an energy or chemical site.
2
Definitions
Energy and chemical plant may be in – petrochemical, agri-nutrient, power
generation, dairy processing, meat processing, and wood fibre manufacturing, or
other plants that operate with a combination of high temperatures, pressures, steam
and/or chemicals in gas, liquid or solid form.
Organisational requirements – documented policies and procedures. These may
include: equipment manufacturers’ procedures, plant procedures, suppliers’
instructions, site signage, codes of practice, company health and safety plans, on site
briefings, and supervisor’s instructions. This includes all regulatory and legislative
obligations that apply to the plant.
Plant – the operational unit, equipment and/or workplace at which the person is
working.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Resource Management Act 1991.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of monitoring in an energy and chemical plant.
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SSB Code 101558
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Monitoring of plant equipment and processes is explained in terms of its
purpose.
1.2
Plant monitoring is described in terms of the role of the human senses in the
process.
1.3
Tools used for monitoring and verifying plant and process conditions are
described in terms of use.
Range
evidence is required of five tools.
1.4
Start-up permissives and sequence, shut-down permissives and sequence, and
operational interlocks and trips are identified and described in terms of a site
specific logic drawing.
1.5
The purpose of cross checking is described in terms of the methods used.
Range
evidence is required of correlating instrument readings with
process conditions and at least three other methods.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of monitoring activities at an energy and chemical plant.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Routine monitoring activities for the plant are described in terms of
organisational requirements.
Range
activities may include but are not limited to – observations, data
logging, communication, reporting actions, equipment testing.
2.2
Responses to plant process alarms are explained in terms of organisational
requirements.
2.3
Operational deviations that occur in the plant are identified in terms of the steps
to respond to each deviation.
Range
evidence is required of five operational deviations.
Outcome 3
Monitor routine energy and chemical plant operations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The routine monitoring of equipment and processes is completed in accordance
with organisational requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
21452 version 4
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3.2
Equipment and process readings are taken, reported and logged in accordance
with organisational requirements.
3.3
Equipment and process readings are analysed, action is taken, and actions and
results are recorded in accordance with organisational requirements.
3.4
Routine testing of monitoring equipment is carried out in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Range
3.5
evidence is required of three different tests.
Operational deviations are identified and corrective action is taken, reported and
logged in accordance with organisational requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 June 2005
31 December 2014
Rollover and
Revision
2
25 July 2006
31 December 2014
Review
3
22 May 2009
31 December 2016
Review
4
24 October 2014
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0079
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.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
21452 version 4
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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
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016