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CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH,
SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENT
Demonstrate knowledge of health,
safety, and environmental legislation at
civil infrastructure sites
level:
2
credit:
5
planned review date:
October 2006
sub-field:
Civil Works and Services
purpose:
This unit standard is a component of the industry selfregulation system for operations in the civil infrastructure
industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
demonstrate knowledge of health, safety, and environmental
legislation relevant to civil infrastructure worksites; and
describe in simple terms how health, safety, and
environmental legislative requirements are met at civil
infrastructure worksites.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Infrastructure ITO.
special notes:
1
This unit standard requires basic understanding of the
of the following legislation:
Conservation Act 1987;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
(HSNO);
Historic Places Act 1993;
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation
Act 2001 (IPRC);
Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA).
2
Assessment against this unit standard may take place
in a workplace and/or provider environment.
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Definitions
Accident means an event that causes any person to be
harmed or might have caused any person to be
harmed.
Civil infrastructure worksite refers to a site with activity
relating to any of: the construction and maintenance of
infrastructure assets such as road, rail, port, airport,
and utilities; demolition; bulk earthworks; quarrying;
asphalt production; and bitumen storage and
application.
Industry best practice refers to minimum standards for
civil infrastructure works as described in codes of
practice, guidelines, and manuals relevant to specific
types of work. These may include: Approved Code of
Practice for the Management of Substances Hazardous
to Health in the Workplace July 1997, and Approved
Code of Practice for Excavation and Shafts for
Foundations, Sept 1995 Occupational Safety and
Health Service available at www.osh.govt.nz; Operator
Safety Manual for Earthmoving Machinery (aka
Operator Safety Manual) Infrastructure ITO available at
www.infrastructureito.org.nz; The Bitumen Safety
Handbook NZ Pavement and Bitumen Contractors’
Association Inc. (PBCA), Wellington, available at
www.bitumen.org.nz; and operation manuals for
specific equipment. Contract documents may specify
standards for certain activities.
LTSA means Land Transport Safety Authority.
Site safety plan means the comprehensive plan dealing
with issues relating to health, safety and the
environment. This plan may be generic or site specific
and will include an emergency plan.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of health, safety, and environmental legislation relevant to civil
infrastructure worksites.
Range:
knowledge is to be expressed in simple terms; detailed knowledge of the
legislation is not required.
performance criteria
1.1
The purpose and principles of the HSE Act are described.
1.2
Employee and employer responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace
are described in accordance with the HSE Act.
1.3
Duties of a person who controls a place of work are described in accordance
with the HSE Act.
1.4
Key terms are defined in accordance with the HSE Act.
Range:
1.5
eliminate, isolate, minimise, significant hazard.
Types of work that are notifiable are identified in accordance with legislative
requirements.
Range:
evidence is required of three types.
1.6
The role and responsibility of health and safety representatives is described in
accordance with the HSE Act.
1.7
The purpose and principles of the HSNO Act are explained.
1.8
Requirements of the HSNO Act relevant to a specific work environment are
identified and described.
1.9
The role of approved handlers is described in accordance with the HSNO Act.
1.10
The purpose of the IPRC Act is explained.
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1.11
Explanation of IPRC Act includes work and non work related injuries, company
claim process, and responsibilities of claimant and employer.
Range:
includes but is not limited to – provision of medical certificate,
vocational rehabilitation, compensation payment for first week;
and may include role of accredited employers.
1.12
The purpose and principles of the RMA are explained.
1.13
The purpose and principles of the Conservation Act are explained.
1.14
The purpose and principles of the Historic Places Act are explained.
1.15
Individual employee’s responsibilities under the RMA, Conservation Act, and
Historic Places Act are explained.
element 2
Describe in simple terms how health, safety, and environmental legislative requirements
are met at civil infrastructure worksites.
performance criteria
2.1
Site induction procedures are described in accordance with industry best
practice and, where applicable, the site safety plan.
2.2
Methods of communicating health and safety hazards, environmental aspects,
and their controls to people who visit or work at a site are described in
accordance with industry best practice and, where applicable, the site safety
plan.
Range:
2.3
spoken, written, visual.
Systematic identification and control of hazards, and identification and impact
minimisation of environmental aspects, are described in accordance with
industry best practice and, where applicable, the site safety plan.
Range:
evidence is required of at least two hazards and at least two
environmental aspects.
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2.4
Requirements for individual and collective participation in maintaining or
improving health and safety on worksite are explained in accordance with
industry best practice.
2.5
Requirements for personal protection are described in accordance with industry
best practice.
Range:
hearing, sight, skin, bones, breathing, head, feet, general health.
2.6
Protection of the environment and historic places is described in accordance
with industry best practice and, where applicable, the site safety plan.
2.7
Legislative requirements to perform work and operate machinery are described
in accordance with industry best practice.
Range:
2.8
includes but is not limited – certification, LTSA licence
requirements.
Requirements for plant and equipment safety and fitness for purpose are
described in accordance with industry best practice.
Range:
mobile plant, stationary plant, electrical equipment, on road.
2.9
Requirements for first aid, fire, and emergency equipment are described in
accordance with industry best practice.
2.10
Reporting requirements are described in accordance with industry best practice.
Range:
2.11
accidents, hazards, contamination, finding historic site.
Types of work requiring a permit are identified in accordance with legislative
requirements, utility service provider requirements, and industry best practice.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0101 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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