NZQA registered unit standard
19861 version 4
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Title
Manage a mines rescue team during underground fire operations
Level
6
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan an
underground fire operation; select equipment and supervise
pre-operational checks; supervise the management of the fire
and the application of extinguishing methods; supervise the
checking and storing of used equipment; and complete
documentation and carry out a debriefing.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Extractive Industries Management
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 21281, Interpret and test for gases in an underground
extraction site; Unit 19858, Describe and operate closed circuit
breathing apparatus in an underground mine; Unit 19859,
Check, operate, recommission, and store mines rescue
equipment; Unit 19863, Describe and operate CABA in an
underground mine; Unit 3271, Suppress fire with hand
extinguishers and fixed hose reels; 26551, Provide first aid for
life threatening conditions; or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
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
Definitions
CABA refers to Compressed Air Breathing Apparatus.
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
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and safety policy, industry guidelines, codes of practice, manufacturers’ instructions,
and safe working and/or job procedures (or equivalent).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan an underground fire operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Risk assessment and planning are carried out in accordance with Mines
Rescue Service (MRS) procedures.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – emergency procedures,
materials required, resources required, health and safety, maps of
area, sealing off, flooding, water, inert gas, notification of incident,
other agencies, hours of work, heat and humidity, transport of men
and equipment, airlocks, old workings, search patterns, coal dust,
gassed out headings, limited visibility, explosive gases.
Gas analysis is interpreted and response planned in accordance with MRS
procedures.
Range
barometric pressure, Coward’s triangle, Ellicott’s diagram, carbon
monoxide make, Graham’s ratio, explosive atmospheres, gas
detection, ventilation, sample containers, Gresham hand pump
samples, tube bundle system, telemetering system, fresh air base.
1.3
The environmental conditions of the mine are assessed and adapted to in
accordance with the results of the risk assessment.
1.4
Operational plan is determined by an impact analysis of the fire class and type
on the underground environment.
Range
types of fire may include – spontaneous combustion, electrical,
flammable liquids, gases, ordinary combustibles;
classes of fire may include – A, B, C, D, E, F.
Outcome 2
Select equipment and supervise pre-operational checks.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Breathing apparatus is selected and checks are supervised in accordance with
industry best practice.
Range
breathing apparatus – CABA, closed circuit.
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2.2
First aid equipment is selected and checks are supervised in accordance with
accident and incident requirements, and industry best practice.
Range
2.3
station equipment may include but is not limited to – Haskell O2
pump, compressor, emergency tender, gas chromatograph.
Other equipment and materials are selected and checks are supervised in
accordance with operation requirements and industry best practice.
Range
2.8
equipment may include but is not limited to – portable fire
extinguisher, high and low foam concentrate, high and low foam
generators, branches, inductor, hoses, portable pump.
Station equipment is selected and checks are supervised in accordance with
operation requirements and industry best practice.
Range
2.7
may include but is not limited to – radio, intercom or phone.
Fire-fighting equipment is selected and checks are supervised in accordance
with operation requirements and industry best practice.
Range
2.6
may include but is not limited to – electronic, Chemical Reaction
Tubes (CRT), Gresham hand pump, sample containers.
Communication equipment is selected and checks are supervised in
accordance with operation requirements and industry best practice.
Range
2.5
may include but is not limited to – entonox, Manual/Automatic
Resuscitation System (MARS), stretchers, vacuum splints, first aid
bag, spare oxygen cylinders.
Gas detection equipment is selected and checks are supervised in accordance
with operation requirements and industry best practice.
Range
2.4
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other equipment may include but is not limited to – hand tools,
stopping materials, emergency lighting, personal protective
equipment (PPE), signage.
Team Captain’s bag is checked in accordance with industry best practice.
Range
may include but is not limited to – watches, wet and dry bulb
monitor, chalk, Team Captain’s book, link-lines, pocket knife,
anti-fog, pen, self-rescuer, gloves.
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Outcome 3
Supervise the management of the fire and the application of extinguishing methods.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Supervision ensures that the operational plan is carried out in accordance with
MRS procedures.
3.2
Supervision ensures that the operation of breathing apparatus is in accordance
with industry best practice.
Range
3.3
Supervision ensures that the operation of first aid equipment is in accordance
with accident and incident requirements.
Range
3.4
may include but is not limited to – electronic, CRT, Gresham hand
pump, sample containers.
Health and safety of team are monitored throughout the operation in
accordance with industry best practice.
Range
3.7
may include but is not limited to – watches, wet and dry bulb
monitor, chalk, Team Captain’s book, link-lines, pocket knife,
anti-fog, pen, self-rescuer, gloves.
Supervision ensures that the operation of gas detection equipment is in
accordance with operation requirements, manufacturer’s specifications, and
industry best practice.
Range
3.6
may include but is not limited to – entonox, MARS, stretchers,
vacuum splints, first aid bag, spare oxygen cylinders.
Supervision ensures that the Team Captain’s bag is carried and the use of its
contents is monitored in accordance with industry best practice.
Range
3.5
breathing apparatus – CABA, closed circuit.
rest periods, refreshments, environmental conditions, rotation of
teams.
Supervision ensures that the operation of fire-fighting equipment is in
accordance with operation requirements, manufacturer’s specifications, and
industry best practice.
Range
may include but is not limited to – portable fire extinguisher, high
and low foam concentrate, high and low foam generators,
branches and inductor, hoses, portable pump.
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3.8
Types of stoppings are determined and construction supervised in accordance
with industry best practice.
Range
3.9
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board and brattice, concrete, sprayed concrete, concrete block,
brick, rammed earth, log and clay, stone dust, sample pipes, water
traps, airlocks, door ways.
Supervision ensures that the application of extinguishing agents is in
accordance with type selected and industry best practice.
Range
sealing off, flooding, low expansion foam, high expansion foam,
dry powder, water, inert gas.
3.10
Fire area is monitored for reignition and explosive atmospheres and appropriate
action is taken, where required, in accordance with industry best practice.
3.11
Supervision ensures that the operation of station equipment is in accordance
with operation requirements, manufacturer’s specifications, and industry best
practice.
Range
3.12
Supervision ensures that the operation of communication equipment is in
accordance with operation requirements, manufacturer’s specifications, and
industry best practice.
Range
3.13
station equipment may include but is not limited to – Haskell O2
pump, compressor, emergency tender, gas chromatograph.
radio, aerial cable, intercom or phone.
Supervision ensures that the use of other equipment and materials is in
accordance with operation requirements, manufacturer’s specifications and
industry best practice.
Range
other equipment may include but is not limited to – hand tools,
stopping materials, emergency lighting, PPE, signage.
Outcome 4
Supervise the checking and storing of used equipment.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Supervision ensures that the breathing apparatus is checked and stored in a
state ready for use in accordance with type and industry best practice.
Range
checks ensure apparatus is – decommissioned, cleaned,
sterilised, dried, recommissioned, tested.
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Supervision ensures that the first aid equipment is checked and stored in
accordance with type and industry best practice.
Range
checks ensure equipment is – decommissioned, cleaned,
sterilised, dried, recommissioned or restocked (where applicable),
tested.
4.3
Supervision ensures that the Team Captain’s bag is decommissioned, cleaned,
checked, recommissioned, and stored in accordance with industry best practice.
4.4
Supervision ensures that the gas detection equipment is cleaned, checked, and
stored in accordance with type used and industry best practice.
4.5
Supervision ensures that the communication equipment is cleaned, checked,
and stored in accordance with type used and industry best practice.
4.6
Supervision ensures that the fire fighting equipment is cleaned, restocked,
checked, and stored in accordance with type used and industry best practice.
4.7
Supervision ensures that the station equipment is checked, serviced, and
maintained in accordance with industry best practice.
4.8
Supervision ensures that the other equipment and clothing is checked and
returned to their dedicated storage area in a ready for use state in accordance
with industry best practice.
Outcome 5
Complete documentation and carry out a debriefing.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Documentation is completed in accordance with industry best practice and
made available for debriefing.
Range
5.2
Team Captain’s book, breathing apparatus test records, operation
plans, photographs, operational recordings, relief teams, fresh air
base recording sheets, incident reports, surface documentation.
Debrief is carried out in accordance with industry best practice.
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Planned review date
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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
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 July 2010
Review
4
21 May 2015
31 December 2014
31 December 2014
31 December 2017
N/A
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