NZQA registered unit standard
8918 version 7
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Title
Carry out shotfiring operations at a surface extraction site
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan for
shotfiring operations; prepare for shotfiring; load and fire shots;
and carry out post-shotfiring procedures at a surface extraction
site.
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, standards, and guidelines:
Health and Safety in Employment (HSE) Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations)
Regulations 2013;
approved codes of practice issued pursuant to the HSE Act;
WorkSafe New Zealand Act 2013;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996;
HSNO Regulations 2001 – Hazardous Substances (Classes 1 to 5 Controls),
Hazardous Substances (Identification), Hazardous Substances (Packaging),
Hazardous Substances (Disposal), Hazardous Substances (Emergency
Management), Hazardous Substances (Tracking);
AS 2187.1-1998 Explosives – Storage, transport and use – Storage;
Occupational Safety and Health guidelines, such as those available through
http://www.business.govt.nz/healthandsafetygroup/.
2
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is responsible for assessing and
approving hazardous substances and, where appropriate, setting controls on the way
the substances are used. Any questions relating to the provisions for hazardous
substances should be directed to EPA New Zealand.
3
All statutory and authority requirements must include the latest amendments, and
any replacement legislation.
4
Definition
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.
5
This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment.
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6
The blast plan will be supplied to the candidate.
7
Joint assessment is required for this unit standard, which has been considered as
critical by the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
because of the high degree of risk. Please contact MITO for further information
about the requirements of joint assessment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan for shotfiring operations at a surface extraction site.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Geological and/or survey data required to complete shotfiring operations is
determined in accordance with company procedures.
1.2
Blast plan and specifications are inspected and implemented in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
1.3
revised drill pattern, equipment required, location, transport, safe
storage, type and quantity of explosives and initiation methods,
wet or dry holes, stemming material.
Support requirements are co-ordinated in accordance with blast plan.
Range
includes – vehicles, site notification;
may include – public notification.
Outcome 2
Prepare for shotfiring at a surface extraction site.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Blast site is prepared in accordance with blast plan, company procedures, and
the HSNO Act 1996 and HSNO Regulations 2001.
Range
2.2
includes – clean up, signage, hole identification, inspection,
measuring holes;
may include – fencing, de-watering holes.
Explosives are prepared in accordance with blast plan, the HSNO Act 1996 and
HSNO Regulations 2001, and company procedures.
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2.3
Blasting accessories are obtained and transported to site in accordance with
blast plan and the HSNO Act 1996 and HSNO Regulations 2001 and company
procedures.
Range
2.4
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may include but is not limited to – primers, delays, down lines,
trunk lines, leading line, safety fuse, detonators, gas bags,
stemming hole liner, blast monitoring system, exploders, electronic
firing equipment.
Safety procedures are implemented in accordance with the site safety plan, the
HSNO Act and HSNO Regulations, and company procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – removal of tools from area,
distance from other working areas, separation of drilling and
blasting crews, charging poles, drill hole diameter, detonating
cords, fencing, warning signs, hole identification, blast-hole
cleaning, sounding, removal of personnel to a safe distance.
Outcome 3
Load and fire shots at a surface extraction site.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Shot holes are loaded in accordance with blast plan, the HSNO Act 1996 and
HSNO Regulations 2001, and company procedures.
Range
may include – prime, load, stem.
3.2
Firing sequence is verified in accordance with blast plan.
3.3
Area is cleared and final safety procedures are implemented in accordance with
the HSNO Act and HSNO Regulations, and company procedures.
Range
3.4
warnings, shelter, entry, exits, blast guards, tag board.
Shots are initiated in accordance with blast plan and the HSNO Act 1996 and
HSNO Regulations 2001, and company procedures.
Outcome 4
Carry out post-shotfiring procedures at a surface extraction site.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Procedures for misfires, where required, are initiated and carried out in
accordance with blast plan, company procedures, and the HSNO Act 1996 and
HSNO Regulations 2001.
4.2
All clear signal is given in accordance with blast plan, company procedures, and
the HSNO Act 1996 and HSNO Regulations 2001.
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Documentation is completed in accordance with blast plan, company
procedures, and the HSNO Act 1996 and HSNO Regulations 2001.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 November 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
2
17 December 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
3
18 December 1998
31 December 2012
Review
4
19 April 2002
31 December 2012
Review
5
27 January 2005
31 December 2012
Review
6
18 March 2011
31 December 2017
Review
7
22 August 2014
N/A
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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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(Incorporated) (MITO).
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