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Supervise a horizontal directional drilling operation
Level
4
Credits
25
Purpose
This unit standard is for horizontal directional drilling site supervisors.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the early
planning for a horizontal directional drilling project; prepare the operational
plan for a horizontal directional drilling operation; direct the site set up for the
horizontal directional drilling operation; monitor pilot bore and pull back
operations; describe procedures for accident and incident reporting in a
horizontal directional drilling operation; and ensure the operation is
completed and the site restored.
Subfield
Civil Works and Services
Domain
Civil Construction Works
Status
Registered
Status date
12 December 2008
Date version published
12 December 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0101
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The following legislation and other requirements apply to this unit standard:
Resource Management Act 1991;
Local Government Act 2002;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment (Pipelines) Regulations 1999;
Approved Code of Practice for Excavation and Shafts for Foundations, Occupational
Safety and Health, 1995, available from http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz;
Territorial authority requirements.
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The following legislation and other requirements may apply to this unit standard:
Gas Act 1992;
Telecommunications Act 2001;
Electricity Act 1992;
Electricity Regulations 1997;
NZECP 34:2001 – New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice for Electrical Safe
Distances, available from http://www.energysafety.govt.nz;
Safety Rules SM-EI 2004, Electricity Engineers’ Association of New Zealand,
available from http://www.eea.co.nz/MainMenu;
SNZ HB 2002 Code of Practice for Working in the Road, 2003 and
NZS 5258:2003 – Gas Distribution Networks, available from
http://www.standards.co.nz;
Notices under legislation;
Road controlling authority requirements.
2
Assessment against this unit standard must be based on evidence from a workplace
context.
3
Personal protective equipment, appropriate to job requirements, is to be selected and
used in accordance with company requirements and manufacturer’s instructions.
4
Definitions
Available documents refer to records that are electronically accessible. Examples
are underground utility plans and territorial authority consents.
Company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the
company. They include legislative and regulatory requirements which may apply
across the company or to a specific site. Requirements are documented in the
company’s health and safety plans, traffic management plans, contract work
programmes, quality assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents.
Horizontal directional drilling includes the pilot bore and pull back operations.
Job requirements refer to requirements of the job at hand that are not covered by job
specifications.
Job specifications, for the purpose of this unit standard, refer to instructions (oral,
written, and/or graphic) that specify the result or results to be achieved and/or how
the work is to be done, in relation to a specific job.
Pull back may include push back.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the early planning for a horizontal directional drilling project.
Performance criteria
1.1
Description includes the process for preparing and submitting a quote for a
horizontal directional drilling project.
1.2
Description identifies consents to be obtained for a horizontal directional drilling
project.
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1.3
Description includes the ordering and organising of materials and equipment for
a horizontal directional drilling project.
Element 2
Prepare the operational plan for a horizontal directional drilling operation.
Performance criteria
2.1
Site and available documents are examined to identify any excavation needs
and to brief appropriate personnel on the requirements of the operation.
2.2
Operational plan, including appropriate documentation attached, is verified in
accordance with company requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – site plan; job specification;
consents; quality assurance; hazard control; traffic management;
order of work; roles assigned; planned bore path; water supply;
fuel; excavation, compaction, and surface restoration; vehicle/s;
equipment and materials.
Element 3
Direct the site set up for the horizontal directional drilling operation.
Performance criteria
3.1
Roles are assigned and crew is briefed in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
3.2
may include but is not limited to – order of work, tracker role, driller
role, hazard control, traffic management.
Control of site set up and bore path planning are in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – site protection and hazard
control, communication, excavation equipment unloading and
isolation, excavation and visual inspection, confirmation of service
positions and ground conditions.
3.3
Materials required are checked to confirm their fitness for the operation.
3.4
Set up systems are pre-tested in accordance with company requirements and
job requirements, and are confirmed as ready.
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Element 4
Monitor pilot bore and pull back operations.
Performance criteria
4.1
Monitoring of the pilot bore operation includes ongoing communication, ensures
safety and efficiency, and is in accordance with company requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – tracking and visual sighting of
the drill head through inspection pits where required, bore path
adjustments as required, operation of drill and ancillary equipment,
exit of the drill head.
4.2
Monitoring of the attachment of pipe to reaming attachment ensures safety and
efficiency and is in accordance with company requirements.
4.3
Monitoring of the pull back operation ensures safety and efficiency and is in
accordance with company requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – ongoing communication, visual
sighting of the product pipe through inspection pits where required,
pipe feed, exit and removal of the reaming attachment, pipe
secured at both ends.
Element 5
Describe procedures for accident and incident reporting in a horizontal directional drilling
operation.
Performance criteria
5.1
Description of procedures for accident and incident reporting is consistent with
company requirements.
Element 6
Ensure the operation is completed and the site restored.
Performance criteria
6.1
Pits are compacted and surfaces restored in accordance with job specifications.
6.2
All equipment is taken out of service and removed in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
6.3
includes but is not limited to – horizontal directional drilling
equipment, tracking equipment, vehicles, signage and barriers.
Excess materials are removed in accordance with company requirements
and/or job specifications.
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6.4
As built data and any other required information are recorded in accordance
with company requirements and job specifications.
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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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