NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
20776 version 3
Put on, wear, and operate a gas suit in the dairy industry
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2 Credits 2 Level
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the safe operation of a gas suit; put a gas suit on; demonstrate safe use and operation of a gas suit; and visually test and recommission a gas suit.
Classification
Available grade
Entry information
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Workplace Health and Safety
Achieved
Recommended skills and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 3272, Wear and operate breathing apparatus in general emergencies or Unit 16683, Wear and operate compressed air breathing apparatus in the dairy industry ; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1 Work must be carried out in accordance with organisational requirements, licensing requirements, legislative requirements, and industrial awards and agreements.
2 Legislative requirements in this unit standard include but are not limited to compliance with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Health and Safety in
Employment Regulations 1995, relevant Codes of Practice, and subsequent amendments. The relevant standards for this unit standard are AS/NZS 1715:1994
Selection, Use and Maintenance of Respiratory Protective Devices and AS/NZS
1716:2003 Respiratory Protective Devices .
3 IDLH
– the abbreviation used in this unit standard refers to Immediately Dangerous to Life and Health.
4 The activities involved in this unit standard require a good standard of physical fitness. Parts of this unit standard will be assessed in a simulated situation.
Outcome 1
Describe the safe operation of a gas suit.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Evidence requirements
1.1
20776 version 3
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The safe operation of a gas suit is described in terms of the physiological requirements of the user and the type of environment for which they are designed.
1.2 Construction features and functions of a gas suit are described in terms of fully encapsulated and non-encapsulated.
Outcome 2
Put a gas suit on.
Evidence requirements
2.1 A gas suit is put on in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
2.2 A gas suit is put on another person to ready them for emergency duties in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate safe use and operation of a gas suit.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Safety procedures for wearing and operating a gas suit are demonstrated in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and organisational requirements.
Range working alone, working in a team, wearing during decontamination.
3.2 A gas suit is worn and operated during work in simulated IDLH atmospheres in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
Outcome 4 atmospheres tasks
– illuminated open spaces, illuminated cold stores;
– a minimum of one routine and one emergency task.
Visually test and recommission a gas suit.
Evidence requirements
4.1 The gas suit is visually tested and recommissioned in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and organisational requirements.
4.2 Documentation is completed in accordance wi and organisational requirements. th manufacturer’s specifications
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SSB Code 101558
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NZQA Expiring unit standard 20776 version 3
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This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Rollover
1
2
22 September 2004
17 July 2009
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Review 3 15 October 2015 31 December 2017
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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.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020 New Zealand Qualifications Aut