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Use and maintain small, powered amenity machinery and equipment
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in amenity
horticulture. People credited with this unit standard are able to use and
maintain small, powered amenity machinery and equipment.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Amenity Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
20 June 2008
Date version published
20 June 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Workplace procedures refer to oral or written instructions to staff on procedures for
the worksite and equipment.
2
Equipment may include mowers; walk behind rotary hoes; cutting equipment – line
trimmers, hedge trimmers, brush cutters; lawn edge trimmer.
3
Chainsaws are not included in this unit standard. Chainsaw use and maintenance is
covered in other unit standards on the National Qualifications Framework.
4
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their
subsequent amendments.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Use small, powered amenity machinery and equipment safely.
Performance criteria
1.1
Two different types of mowing equipment are identified, their application and
safe use are explained, and the use of one type is demonstrated.
1.2
Other powered machinery and equipment are identified, their application and
safe use are explained, and their use is demonstrated.
Range
two of the following – walk behind rotary hoes; line trimmers,
hedge trimmers, brush cutters; lawn edge trimmer.
1.3
Appropriate powered machinery and equipment are selected for specified uses
and sites.
1.4
Equipment is operated using correct personal protective equipment, in
accordance with the safety requirements of manufacturer's instructions and
workplace procedures without damage to equipment, property, or other
persons.
Element 2
Maintain small, powered amenity machinery and equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Equipment use and maintenance actions are recorded in logbook or equivalent
recording system in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.2
Equipment is cleaned down, cooling system is checked, and oil and fuel levels
are maintained after use, so that equipment is ready for use when next
required.
2.3
Machinery and equipment are sharpened and/or adjusted in accordance with
manufacturer's instructions and workplace procedures.
2.4
Specified oil change and servicing intervals in the equipment’s instruction
manual are identified, and arrangements made with authorised agent for
servicing to be carried out, in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.5
Machinery and equipment are stored in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.6
Waste generated by cleaning and maintenance procedures is collected, treated
and disposed of, or recycled in accordance with workplace procedures.
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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 Primary Industry Training Organisation http://www.primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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