NZQA Expiring unit standard
21470 version 4
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Title
Identify boiler house chemicals and explain the required safety
procedures
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify boiler
house chemicals and explain the required safety procedures.
Classification
Energy and Chemical Plant > Safety and Legislation for Energy
and Chemical Plant
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
Plant refers to the plant or unit at which the person is employed.
2
Performance of the elements of this unit standard must comply with the following
enactments: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Resource Management Act
1991; Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; and Health and Safety
in Employment Regulations 1995.
3
The Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) is responsible for assessing
and approving hazardous substances and, where appropriate, setting controls on the
way the substance is used. Any questions relating to the provisions for hazardous
substances should be directed to ERMA New Zealand, telephone 04 916 2426; or
EXITO, telephone 03 964 4710.
4
This unit standard is
expiring
This unit standard is for occupations
such as boiler operators and petrochemical
process operators whose role can include all or some of the following: steam
generation, water treatment, hydrocarbon processing and electrical generation in
industries including petrochemical, power generation, dairy processing, meat
processing, timber processing and other steam users.
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation –
Steam and Hazardous Gases
SSB Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
21470 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify boiler house chemicals and explain the required safety procedures.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Chemical data is located and interpreted to identify chemicals and precautions
for their handling, storage, and usage.
data – Hazchem code, chemical data sheets, material safety data
sheets, container labels.
Range
1.2
First aid procedures for exposure to each plant chemical are explained in
accordance with its material safety data sheet.
1.3
Spill handling procedures for each plant chemical are located and described in
terms of precautions and actions to be taken.
1.4
Hazards of each plant chemical are described in terms of their effect on
personnel, plant, and environment.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28168.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
This unit standard is
expiring
1
27 June
2005
31 December 2014
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Rollover and
Revision
2
25 July 2006
31 December 2014
Review
3
22 May 2009
31 December 2016
Review
4
24 October 2014
31 December 2016
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.
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation –
Steam and Hazardous Gases
SSB Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
21470 version 4
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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.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation –
Steam and Hazardous Gases
SSB Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016