Level 3
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Credits 6
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare to operate, and operate a hand held post hole borer.
Subfield Agriculture
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Fencing
Registered
22 August 2008
22 August 2008
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2012
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 0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1 Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and Resource Management Act 1991.
2 Personal protection equipment appropriate to the task is selected and used in accordance with manufacturer ’s specifications and the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
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Element 1
Prepare to operate a hand held post hole borer.
Performance criteria
1.1 Post hole borer is checked for suitability for the job, and maintained prior to use in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
Range throttle cable and its operation, linkages, kill switch, auger pins.
1.2 Auger size is selected to match post size and depth.
1.3
Element 2
Site is checked for obstructions, and obstructions are removed, or work plan adjusted accordingly.
Operate a hand held post hole borer.
Performance criteria
2.1 Post hole borer is anchored and started in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
2.2 Operator is positioned while post hole borer is in operation to ensure work is carried out in a manner which does not cause risk of injury to operator or other people.
2.3
2.4
Operator maintains full control of post hole borer at all times.
Hole is bored to match post size and required depth, and is in line with guide wires.
2.5
Borer is retracted at idle and switched off in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions.
2.6 Post hole borer is transported without risk of damage to equipment and risk of injury to self or other people.
2.7 Post hole bo instructions. rer is maintained following use in accordance with manufacturer’s
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.
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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 standards@primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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