NZQA registered unit standard
6965 version 5
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Title
Apply environmental management to forest roading and earthworks
Level
4
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan
environmental management for forest roading and earthworks;
apply environmental management to forest roading operations
and earthworks; and monitor environmental effects of forest
roading and earthworks.
Classification
Forestry > Forest Operations
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Accepted industry practice refers to approved codes of practice and standardised
procedures accepted by the wider forestry industry as examples of best practice.
Job prescription refers to any written instructions for the operation and may include maps,
harvest plans or cut plans.
Worksite procedures refer to documented procedures used by the organisation carrying
out the work and applicable to the tasks being carried out. They may include but are not
limited to – standard operating procedures, site safety procedures, equipment operating
procedures, quality assurance procedures, housekeeping standards, procedures to
comply with legislative and local body requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan environmental management for forest roading and earthworks.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The reason for inclusion of environmental requirements in the job prescription is
explained in accordance with accepted industry practice.
1.2
Job prescription for a selected forestry operation is checked for inclusion of
environmental requirements.
Range:
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includes but is not limited to  local authority requirements,
operational boundaries, historic sites, environmentally sensitive
areas, riparian protection, environmental hazards, organisational
requirements.
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Environmental risks and hazards for the selected forestry operation are
identified, assessed and job prescription modified to mitigate environmental
impacts.
Range:
location of earthworks, location of side-cast material, measures to
control water run-off, environmentally sensitive areas, boundaries,
adjacent properties, timing, staging of work.
1.4
The importance of developing a work plan prior to starting is explained in
accordance with accepted industry practice and worksite procedures.
1.5
Work pattern is outlined prior to commencing operation in accordance with
accepted industry practice.
Range:
local authority requirements, organisational requirements.
1.6
Environmental requirements are communicated to other workers before starting
the operation and reinforced as the operation progresses in accordance with
accepted industry practice and worksite procedures.
1.7
The process to amend plans and methods of working is explained, and
documentation provided in accordance with worksite procedures.
1.8
Activities outside the job prescription are checked with the employer or principal
before work commences in accordance with worksite procedures.
Outcome 2
Apply environmental management to forest roading operations and earthworks.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Selection of machine type and size for the operation is explained in accordance
with accepted industry practice.
2.2
Machine/s of a suitable type and size are selected for the operation and factors
considered in the selection process are explained in accordance with accepted
industry practice.
2.3
Machine servicing is planned to meet environmental management requirements
in accordance with accepted industry practice and worksite procedures.
Range:
2.4
fuel and oil storage, disposal of empty containers, fuel dispensing,
oil changes, machinery wash down.
A culvert or ford is installed in accordance with accepted industry practice and
local authority requirements.
Range:
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may include but is not limited to-erosion and sediment control,
streamside management, physical structures, adjacent properties,
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sensitive sites, job prescription requirements, design, installation
process.
2.5
Forest earthworks are constructed and maintained in accordance with accepted
industry practice and local authority requirements.
Range:
may include but is not limited to- erosion and sediment control,
streamside management, physical structures, adjacent properties,
sensitive sites, side cuts, slopes, retaining berms, water run-off
control, debris disposal, placement of slash, fill, revegetation, job
prescription requirements.
2.6
Erosion and sediment control is explained and implemented for the operation in
accordance with job prescription, accepted industry practice and local authority
requirements.
2.7
Methods to avoid transportation of weeds and pests when moving machinery
from site to site are explained and implemented in accordance with accepted
industry practice.
Outcome 3
Monitor environmental effects of forest roading and earthworks.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Explain the process for monitoring environmental requirements in accordance
with worksite procedures.
3.2
The operation is monitored throughout to check that environmental
requirements are being met in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range:
3.2
field checks, documentation and procedures.
Documentation is presented to verify monitoring in accordance with accepted
industry practice.
Planned review date
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31 December 2020
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
8 November 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
2
19 June 1998
31 December 2012
Review
3
5 December 2000
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
4
15 September 2011
31 December 2017
Review
5
10 December 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
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.
Comments on this unit standard
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