NZQA Expiring unit standard
8911 version 7
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Title
Operate a static primary crushing plant
Level
2
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out prestart checks to static primary crushing plant; test plant operation
and check settings; operate static primary crushing plant; and
complete shut-down procedures and maintenance checks, for a
static primary crushing plant.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Surface Extraction
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with the following
enactments, codes, and guidelines:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996;
approved codes of practice issued pursuant to the HSE Act;
Occupational Safety and Health guidelines, such as those available at
http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/index.shtml#mi.
2
All statutory and authority requirements must include the latest amendments.
3
Definitions
Company policy and company procedures mean the documented methods for
performing work activities and include health and safety, operational, environmental,
and quality management requirements. They may refer to manuals, codes of
practice, or policy statements.
Industry best practice refers to those practices which competent practitioners within
the industry recognise as current industry best practice. These may be documented
in management plans, company procedures or requirements, managers’ rules,
occupational health and safety policy, industry guidelines, codes of practice,
manufacturers’ instructions, and safe working and/or job procedures (or equivalent).
4
This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation
SSB Code 101815
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8911 version 7
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Carry out pre-start checks to static primary crushing plant.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Crusher pre-start checks are carried out in accordance with company policy and
industry best practice.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – crushers clear of materials; drive
belts, lubrication, safety guards, warning signals, oil levels, greasing,
water spray system.
A visual check is conducted on machinery to identify mechanical problems in
accordance with company policy and industry best practice.
Outcome 2
Test plant operation and check settings.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Crushing plant is sequentially started in accordance with company procedures.
2.2
Conveyors, screens, and other ancillary equipment are operated in accordance
with manufacturer’s specifications and plant configuration.
2.3
Material is test-crushed through plant and product is checked for compliance with
specifications.
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Operate static primary crushing plant.
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Evidence requirements
Outcome 3
3.1
Conveyors, screens, and other ancillary equipment are operated in accordance
with manufacturer’s specifications, plant configuration, company procedures, and
industry best practice.
3.2
Crusher operation is monitored in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications,
company procedures, and industry best practice.
Range
3.3
includes – bearing temperatures, feed rates to and from crusher,
blockages;
may include – re-set of overloads.
Screen sizing is monitored and maintained to ensure compliance with product
specifications in accordance with company procedures and industry best practice.
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation
SSB Code 101815
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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3.4
Machinery loads are monitored to ensure that they remain within specified
capacities in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications, company procedures,
and industry best practice.
3.5
Procedures for safe operating of crushing plant are followed in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications, company procedures, and industry best practice.
Range
emergency procedures, hazards, blockages, machinery defects,
lighting, work area preparation, safety rules and regulations.
Outcome 4
Complete shut-down procedures and maintenance checks.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Crusher operation is sequentially shut down in accordance with company
procedures, industry best practice, and manufacturer’s requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – clear feed hopper, run out
materials through plant.
4.2
Routine servicing, lubrication, and housekeeping tasks are carried out in
accordance with company procedures, industry best practice, and manufacturer’s
requirements.
4.3
Inspection, fault finding, and minor maintenance and reporting are carried out in
accordance with company procedures, industry best practice, and manufacturer’s
requirements.
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unit standard 8897, and
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standard
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8898 were replaced by unit standard 28794.
expiring
Replacement information
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation
SSB Code 101815
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8911 version 7
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 November 1996
31 December 2017
Revision
2
17 December 1996
31 December 2017
Revision
3
18 December 1998
31 December 2017
Revision
4
17 April 2002
31 December 2017
Review
5
27 January 2005
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
6
16 July 2010
31 December 2017
Review
7
18 June 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0114
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation
SSB Code 101815
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016