NZQA registered unit standard
19859 version 4
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Title
Check, operate, recommission, and store mines rescue equipment
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out
pre-operational checks on mines rescue equipment; operate
equipment for mines rescue; clean, sterilise, recommission,
test, and store used equipment; and complete documentation
related to mines rescue equipment.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Extractive Industries Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with the following:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
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.
2
All statutory and authority requirements must include the latest amendments.
3
Definition
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, managers’ rules, occupational health
and safety policy, industry guidelines, codes of practice, manufacturers’ instructions,
and safe working and/or job procedures (or equivalent).
4
Range
depending on the candidate’s work context, mines rescue and related equipment
relevant either to a surface extraction site or to an underground extraction site;
mines rescue and related equipment includes – first aid equipment, personal
protection equipment (PPE), communication equipment, fire-fighting equipment, lifting
equipment;
mines rescue and related equipment may include but is not limited to – Team
Captain’s bag, gas detection equipment, stabilisation equipment, extrication
equipment, vertical rescue equipment, hazard chemical response equipment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Carry out pre-operational checks on mines rescue equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Mines rescue and related equipment is checked for readiness in accordance
with manufacturer’s instructions and industry best practice.
Outcome 2
Operate equipment for mines rescue.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Mines rescue and related equipment is operated in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions and industry best practice.
Outcome 3
Clean, sterilise, recommission, test, and store used equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Mines rescue and related equipment is cleaned, sterilised, recommissioned,
tested and/or stored in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and industry
best practice.
Outcome 4
Complete documentation related to mines rescue equipment.
Range
may include but is not limited to – Team Captain’s book, operation plans,
photographs, operational recordings, relief teams, base recording sheets,
incident reports.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Documentation is completed in accordance with industry best practice and
made available for debriefing.
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
22 October 2003
Rollover and
Revision
2
23 February 2007
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
31 December 2014
31 December 2014
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NZQA registered unit standard
Process
Version
Date
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 July 2010
Review
4
21 May 2015
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Last Date for Assessment
31 December 2017
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016