NZQA expiring unit standard
16695 version 5
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Title
Create a safety management system document for an extractive site
Level
5
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: create
policies, plans, and rules for an extractive site; create hazard
management and safety procedures for an extractive site;
develop records, meetings, and inspection systems and
procedures for an extractive site; and demonstrate knowledge
of the legislation required to operate an extractive 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 and codes:
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.
2
All statutory and authority requirements must include the latest amendments.
3
Definitions
Site requirements 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).
SDS refers to Safety Data Sheets.
4
Trainees who are seeking credit for this unit standard and assessors must have
access to AS/NZS 4801:2001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems
– Specification with guidance for use.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA expiring unit standard
16695 version 5
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Create policies, plans, and rules for an extractive site.
Evidence requirements
1.1
A health and safety policy statement is developed in accordance with site
requirements and AS/NZS 4801.
1.2
An emergency plan is developed in accordance with site requirements and
AS/NZS 4801.
1.3
Delegations and appointments that clarify and maintain clear lines of
accountability are developed in accordance with industry best practice.
1.4
General safety and health rules are developed in accordance with site
requirements and industry best practice.
1.5
Contractor and visitor safety requirements are developed in accordance with
site requirements and industry best practice.
Outcome 2
Create hazard management and safety procedures for an extractive site.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Hazards in the workplace are identified and systems for dealing with those
hazards are developed in accordance with site requirements and industry best
practice.
2.2
Safety procedures for significant hazards are developed in accordance with site
requirements and industry best practice.
Range
may include but is not limited to – accident and/or incident
investigation, mobile equipment, operational procedures,
maintenance procedures, isolation and lock-out procedures,
working stockpiles and dumps, personal protection and safety,
welding, cutting, use of tools and equipment, blasting procedures.
Outcome 3
Develop records, meetings, and inspection systems and procedures for an extractive site.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Training records are developed to record employees’ progress in training and
levels of competency achieved in the tasks they are required to perform in the
workplace in accordance with industry best practice.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA expiring unit standard
16695 version 5
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3.2
Safety meeting schedules and procedures are developed in accordance with
site requirements and industry best practice.
3.3
An internal audit check system of at least six-monthly intervals is developed in
accordance with site requirements and industry best practice.
3.4
Inspection and monitoring systems are developed in accordance with site
requirements and industry best practice.
3.5
A method of disseminating to employees the information contained in the SDS
is developed in accordance with site requirements and industry best practice.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of the legislation required to operate an extractive site.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Details of the HSE Act are described in relation to the duties they place on both
employees and employers.
4.2
The regulations pertaining to the HSE Act are described in relation to the duties
they place on employees and employers.
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
1
25 July 1999
31 December 2017
Review
2
27 January 2005
31 December 2017
Revision
3
23 February 2007
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
4
16 July 2010
Review
5
18 June 2015
31 December 2017
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA expiring unit standard
16695 version 5
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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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016