NZQA registered unit standard
20485 draft version 3
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Title
Provide tracking for horizontal directional drilling
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare
tracking and communications equipment and verify intended
bore path; guide pilot bores; and assist with product installation
and record as-built data.
Classification
Infrastructure Works > Infrastructure Works Utilities
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The following legislation, regulations, code of practice, and requirements must be
complied with:
Resource Management Act 1991;
Local Government Act 2002;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment (Pipelines) Regulations 1999;
Approved Code of Practice for Safety in Excavation and Shafts for Foundations,
Occupational Safety and Health, 1995, available from
http://www.business.govt.nz/worksafe/information-guidance/all-guidance-items/acopexcavation-and-shafts-for-foundations/excavation-acop.pdf ;
Territorial authority requirements.
The following legislation and other requirements may apply to this unit standard:
Gas Act 1992;
Telecommunications Act 2001;
Electricity Act 1992;
Electricity Regulations 1997;
NZECP 34:2001 – New Zealand Electrical Code of Practice for Electrical Safe
Distances, available from http://www.med.govt.nz/energysafety/legislationpolicy/electricity-acts-regulations-codes/standards-and-codes-of-practice/newzealand-electrical-codes-of-practice;
Safety Rules SM-EI 2004, Electricity Engineers’ Association of New Zealand,
available from http://www.eea.co.nz;
SNZ HB 2002:2003 Code of Practice for Working in the Road, and
NZS 5258:2003 – Gas Distribution Networks, available from
http://www.standards.co.nz;
Notices under legislation;
Road controlling authority requirements.
2
Assessment against this unit standard must be based on evidence from a workplace
context.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
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NZQA registered unit standard
20485 draft version 3
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3
Personal protective equipment appropriate to job requirements is to be selected and
used in accordance with company requirements and manufacturer’s instructions.
4
Definitions
Company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the
company. They include legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to the
company or a specific site. Requirements are documented in the company’s health
and safety plans, traffic management plans, contract work programmes, quality
assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents.
Horizontal directional drilling includes the pilot bore and pull back operations.
Job requirements refer to requirements of the job at hand that are not covered by job
specifications.
Job specifications refer to instructions (oral, written, and/or graphic) that specify the
result or results to be achieved and/or how the work is to be done in relation to a
specific job.
Pull back may include push back.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare tracking and communications equipment and verify intended bore path.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Tracking equipment is checked in accordance with company requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – batteries or power supply,
calibration, remote interface.
1.2
Design grade is checked in accordance with company requirements and to
meet job specifications.
1.3
Intended bore path is verified in accordance with company requirements, taking
into account drill entrance angle, ground conditions, bending radii of rods and
product to be installed, and service clearances required.
1.4
Confirmation to proceed with operations is obtained from the site supervisor in
accordance with company requirements.
1.5
Communications equipment is made ready in accordance with company
requirements.
Outcome 2
Guide pilot bores.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The drill head is located throughout the pilot bore operations.
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2.2
Information on the location of the drill head is conveyed to enable the drill head
to drill the intended bore path in accordance with company requirements.
2.3
Alignment and depth of bores are marked and/or recorded in accordance with
company requirements and job specifications.
Outcome 3
Assist with product installation and record as-built data.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Assistance with product installation is provided as required by the site
supervisor and/or job requirements.
3.2
As-built data is recorded in accordance with company requirements and job
specifications.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 December 2003
31 December 2014
Review
2
12 December 2008
31 December 2016
Review
3
19 February 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0101
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.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
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NZQA registered unit standard
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