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Check and perform first line maintenance on a liquid waste vacuum
tanker auxiliary motor
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
This unit standard is for operators of liquid waste vacuum tankers equipped
with an auxiliary motor. The term ‘operator’ includes drivers, supervisors,
and owner-operators.
People credited with this unit standard are able to carry out checks and first
line maintenance on a liquid waste vacuum tanker auxiliary motor.
Subfield
Commercial Road Transport
Domain
Transportation of Waste and Recoverable Resources
Status
Registered
Status date
18 July 2008
Date version published
18 July 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0092
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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The legal requirements to be complied with include:
Health Act 1956 sections 54 and 55;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.
2
Any new, amended, or replacement Acts, regulations, Rules, standards, codes of
practice, Land Transport New Zealand or Transit New Zealand requirements or
conditions affecting the outcome of this unit standard will take precedence for
assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
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Definitions
A liquid waste vacuum tanker is a rigid or combination motor vehicle upon which is
mounted a unit for loading, transporting, and unloading liquid, wet loose matter, or
dry loose products.
Auxiliary motor means a small engine externally mounted on a liquid waste vacuum
tanker.
Organisational requirements include any legal requirements, standards, codes of
practice, operational and/or site policies and procedures, industry best practice and
manufacturers’ instructions. These should be available to candidates, providers, and
assessors. For this unit standard organisational requirements also includes the
Waste Operators Handbook, which is a subset of the Liquid and Hazardous Waste
Code of Practice (Wellington: New Zealand Water and Wastes Association, 2003),
available at http://www.nzwwa.org.nz.
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While every assessment situation may not provide opportunity for evidence of every
performance criterion, evidence may be obtained over a period of time on the job,
over several assessment opportunities, or through other means such as attestation
and the use of questioning.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Carry out checks on a liquid waste vacuum tanker auxiliary motor.
Performance criteria
1.1
Lubrication system is checked for operation, and type and level of lubricant in
accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.
1.2
Coolant system is checked for operation, and type and level of coolant in
accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.
1.3
Motor is fuelled in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and
organisational requirements.
1.4
Battery fluid level is checked and topped up, if required, in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications.
1.5
Spare0 motor components and fluids are sourced and stowed on the vehicle in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
may include but are not limited to – spark plug, air filter, fuel filter,
drive belt, fuel, coolant, oil, and battery fluid.
1.6
A test start of the electric start motor is carried out in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications.
1.7
The timing and frequency of checks is in accordance with manufacturer’s
specifications and organisational requirements.
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Element 2
Carry out first line maintenance on a liquid waste vacuum tanker auxiliary motor.
Range
maintenance may include but is not limited to – cleaning, replacing, tightening,
loosening, replenishing;
motor components may include but are not limited to – spark plug, air filter, fuel
filter, coolant filter, drive belts, battery, engine mountings.
evidence of five events of maintenance is required.
Performance criteria
2.1
All maintenance carried out is in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications
and organisational requirements.
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.
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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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