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Describe hazards of reticulated gas, the fire triangle, and actions to
eliminate sources of ignition in the gas industry
Level
2
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to in the gas industry
describe: the hazards of reticulated gas; the three elements of the fire
triangle for the gas industry; and actions to eliminate sources of ignition.
Subfield
Gas Industry
Domain
Gas Marketing, Business and Administration
Status
Registered
Status date
22 May 2009
Date version published
22 May 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
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 note
Definitions
Company procedures refer to the documented methods for performing work activities and
include health and safety, environmental, and quality management requirements. They
may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Reticulated gas refers to either natural gas or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
Live gas refers to ‘Live gas operations work where gas maybe present in or maybe
released into the atmosphere or air may enter a network’, NZS5258: 2003 Gas distribution
networks, available at http://www.standards.co.nz.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the hazards of live reticulated gas.
Performance criteria
1.1
The description includes the hazards arising from the main properties of
reticulated gas.
Range
1.2
must include but is not limited to – visibility, flammability,
asphyxiation, specific gravity, odour.
The description includes the three dangers of working where live gas is present.
Element 2
Describe the three elements of the fire triangle for the gas industry.
Performance criteria
2.1
The description includes the three elements that must be present for a fire or
explosion to occur.
2.2
The description includes sources of ignition for reticulated gas.
2.3
The description includes the explosive limits of reticulated gas in New Zealand.
Element 3
Describe actions to eliminate sources of ignition in the gas industry.
Performance criteria
3.1
The actions to eliminate sources of ignition are described in terms of company
procedures.
Range
sources of ignition – tools, stray electric currents, naked flames
and smoking, electrical equipment, static electricity, vehicles,
machinery, non-intrinsically safe equipment (such as cell phones).
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.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
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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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