NZQA registered unit standard
1512 version 8
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Title
Supervise asphalt paving construction activities
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
18
This unit standard is designed for people working in the
pavement surfacing industry, towards recognition of
competency in the role of an asphalt paving supervisor.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: supervise
health, safety, and environmental protection at asphalt paving
construction sites; supervise preparations for asphalt paving
construction; supervise asphalt paving construction operations;
and complete company and contract reporting requirements as
an asphalt paving supervisor.
Classification
Pavement Surfacing > Asphalt Surfacing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 20455, Demonstrate basic knowledge of safety relating to
bituminous materials; and Unit 1508, Plan and organise
construction activities as an asphalt paving supervisor; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
The following legislation and requirements apply to this unit standard, and must be
complied with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (CoPTTM), New Zealand
Transport Authority, available at http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/;
New Zealand Transport Agency specifications at http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/:
NZTA P9: Specification for Construction of Asphaltic Concrete Paving;
NZTA P9P (Auckland): Specification for Construction of Asphaltic Concrete Paving;
NZTA P11: Specification for Open Graded Porous Asphalt;
NZTA P11 Notes: Notes to the Specification for Open Graded Porous Asphalt;
NZTA P23: Performance Based Specification for Hotmix Asphalt Wearing Course
Surfacing;
NZTA Q2: Specification for Quality Assurance for Hot Mix Asphalt;
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Where specified in the contract documents, the following pilot specification, or
confirmation of its currency, is available by contacting the Operations Manager, New
Zealand Transport Agency National Office, Telephone 04 894 6316;
NZTA P18P: Pilot Performance Based Specification for Hot Mix Asphalt;
Company quality plan;
Contract specifications;
Site safety plan;
Traffic management plan.
Any legislation or other requirements superseding any of the above will apply,
pending the review of this unit standard.
2
Assessment against this unit standard must be based on evidence from a workplace
context.
3
Evidence is required of at least ten job sites. Job sites may include but are not
limited to – a wearing course, an open-graded porous asphalt, a stone mastic asphalt
mix type and a structural pavement layer.
4
Definitions
Asphalt paving supervisor refers to a person who works in the asphalt paving
industry with site responsibility for large, complex jobs, and/or oversight of several
smaller jobs at a number of locations simultaneously. The asphalt paving supervisor
has a detailed understanding of asphalt paving construction, contract documents and
specifications; and, in an asphalt paving context, has defined responsibilities for
planning and organising construction work, managing site safety, issuing instructions
to forepersons and suppliers, team performance and productivity, contract
documentation, and quality assurance, with authority to manage operations and
make decisions relating to asphalt paving construction.
Company procedures refers to all documented policies, procedures, and
methodologies of the candidate’s employer at the time of training including but not
limited to those relating to health, safety, environment, quality and operations.
Job requirements take account of site conditions to meet contract specifications, and
accord with procedures and work instructions written in quality manuals.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Supervise health, safety, and environmental protection at asphalt paving construction
sites.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Health and safety hazards associated with asphalt paving construction are
identified, recorded, and evaluated in accordance with company procedures
and legislation.
1.2
Adverse effects on the environment associated with asphalt paving construction
are identified, recorded, and evaluated in accordance with company procedures
and legislation.
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1.3
The requirements of the site safety plan are communicated to others on site in
accordance with company procedures and legislation.
1.4
Health and safety hazards are controlled and monitored in accordance with the
site safety plan.
Range
includes but is not limited to – personal protective equipment,
training, hazard identification, safe working procedures.
1.5
Adverse effects on the environment are controlled and monitored in accordance
with the site safety plan.
1.6
Traffic management plans are implemented and monitored in accordance with
the Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management.
1.7
Loading and unloading of plant and materials, and disposal of waste materials,
take account of public safety and are in accordance with company procedures
and legislation.
Outcome 2
Supervise preparations for asphalt paving construction.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Paving plan and work programme is checked against contract requirements in
accordance with company procedures.
2.2
Material types, quantities, and delivery requirements are confirmed with asphalt
production plant in accordance with company procedures.
2.3
Locations of ancillary sites, limits of the worksite, work programme, and job
instructions are communicated to the workforce in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
site setup, materials handling, work organisation, hazards, logistic
support, trouble-shooting, team work, quality control, vacation of
site, mix type, thickness and compaction requirements.
2.4
Marking and protection of service covers, protection of adjacent surfaces, and
roadmarking offsets is checked against company procedures and contract
specifications.
2.5
Surface preparation is checked against contract specifications.
Range
2.6
includes but is not limited to – scrub coat, pre-levelling, tack coat,
levels and falls, thickness requirements.
Resources are mobilised and deployed in sequence in accordance with
company procedures, the paving plan, and work programme.
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Outcome 3
Supervise asphalt paving construction operations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Weather conditions are monitored and consequent adjustments are made to
work programme as required.
3.2
Material use, and plant and equipment use and performance are monitored and
recorded in accordance with company procedures.
3.3
Resources and sequence of operations are determined in accordance with site
safety, quality, traffic management, and paving plans and work programme.
3.4
Delivery rate and quantities of asphalt mix meet job requirements and changes
in requirements are communicated to the asphalt production plant in time to
avoid or minimise the oversupply of mix.
3.5
Segregation of hot mix asphalt materials is minimised during activities.
Range
3.6
activities – load out, transfer to paving machine, paving machine
feed, hand work.
Density and shape of compaction is checked against contract specifications.
Range
may include but is not limited to – compaction equipment, rolling
pattern, density testing, specification requirements.
3.7
Quality assurance procedures are undertaken and documented in accordance
with company procedures and contract specifications.
3.8
Extent of work is measured and documented in accordance with company
procedures and contract specifications.
3.9
Job closure activities are carried out in accordance with company procedures
and contract specifications.
Range
3.10
job closure activities may include but are not limited to – site
clean-up, final inspection and restoration of roadmarkings.
Communications with engineer or principal’s representative, and with the public,
are undertaken and documented in accordance with company procedures and
contract specifications.
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Outcome 4
Complete company and contract reporting requirements as an asphalt paving supervisor.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Productivity results, material, plant and labour use, and information required by
specifications are reported in accordance with company procedures.
4.2
Safety compliance is reported in accordance with company procedures and
legislation.
4.3
Quality compliance is reported in accordance with company procedures and
contract specifications.
may include but is not limited to – site samples, density testing,
surface shape tolerance, thickness testing and verification.
Range
4.4
Progress and completion reports are submitted in accordance with company
procedures and contract specifications.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 October 1994
31 December 2013
Review
2
4 October 1995
31 December 2013
Review
3
24 March 1998
31 December 2013
Revision
4
5 January 1999
31 December 2013
Review
5
27 October 2005
31 December 2013
Revision
6
25 May 2007
31 December 2013
Revision
7
25 January 2008
31 December 2013
Review
8
15 March 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0101
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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.
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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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