NZQA registered unit standard
15658 version 4
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the selection of excavation and
transportation plant and equipment for surface extraction
Level
5
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of the selection of: excavation plant and equipment
for surface extraction; and transportation plant and equipment
for surface extraction.
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.
2
Any new, amended or replacement Acts, regulations, standards, codes of practice,
guidelines, or authority requirements or conditions affecting this unit standard will
take precedence for assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the selection of excavation plant and equipment for surface
extraction.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The design and attributes of front-end loaders, hydraulic shovels, hydraulic
excavators, bucket wheel excavators, bulldozers, motor scrapers, suction and
bucket-line dredges are identified and evaluated in terms of the material to be
excavated and the profile of an extractive site.
1.2
The topography and geological nature of the site are described and evaluated in
terms of their influence on the selection of plant and equipment for that site.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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15658 version 4
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Selection of excavation plant and equipment is explained in terms of evaluation
against selection criteria.
selection criteria may include but are not limited to – end product
requirements, geology, mining or quarrying conditions, financial
constraints, safety considerations and requirements.
Range
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the selection of transportation plant and equipment for surface
extraction.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The design and attributes of front end loaders, trucks, conveyors, articulated
units, motor scrapers, and slurry pipelines are identified and evaluated in terms
of the material to be excavated and the profile of an extractive site.
2.2
The topography and geological nature of the site are described and evaluated in
terms of their influence on the selection of plant and equipment for that site.
2.3
Selection of transportation plant and equipment is explained in terms of
evaluation against selection criteria.
Range
Planned review date
selection criteria may include but are not limited to – job
requirements, gradients, topography, general site conditions,
financial constraints, safety considerations and requirements.
31 December 2019
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
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 July 2010
31 December 2017
Review
4
18 June 2015
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
15658 version 4
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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