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Demonstrate basic knowledge of coal quality assurance
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the impact of
geology on coal quality; and demonstrate knowledge of coal utilisation and
coal quality assurance.
Subfield
Extractive Industries
Domain
Extractive Industries Management
Status
Registered
Status date
23 April 2007
Date version published
23 April 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
None.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the impact of geology on coal quality.
Performance criteria
1.1
The formation of coal seams is explained in terms of its impact on coal quality.
Range
incipient coal quality formation in peat, coal basins, partings and
splits in seams.
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1.2
Coal seam composition is explained in terms of its impact on coal quality.
Range
1.3
coal seam composition – coal rank, petrography, fixed carbon,
moisture, ash, sulphur, specific energy, ash chemistry, coking
properties.
Contaminants from mining are explained in terms of their impact on coal quality.
Range
roof and floor dilution, rubbish, moisture.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of coal utilisation.
Performance criteria
2.1
The significance of customer’s specifications is explained in terms of coal
utilisation.
2.2
Utilisation of thermal coal is explained in terms of industrial boilers, electric
power generation, and cement manufacture.
2.3
Utilisation of coking coal and coal for steel making are explained in terms of
blast furnaces, and electric arc furnaces.
2.4
Utilisation of specialist coals is explained in terms of anode carbon, activated
carbon, carbon fibre, and silicon metal manufacture.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of coal quality assurance.
Performance criteria
3.1
Avoiding contamination in mining is explained in terms of coal quality
assurance.
Range
dilution, excessive water, housekeeping.
3.2
Carrying out mining operations in accordance with specified mining plans is
explained in terms of coal quality assurance.
3.3
Notification and separation of contaminated coal are explained in terms of coal
quality assurance.
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.
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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) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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