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Read and interpret gas metering equipment
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify equipment and
procedures for reading and interpreting gas metering equipment; and use
equipment and procedures for gas meter reading.
Subfield
Gas Industry
Domain
Gas Measurement
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2006
Date version published
20 November 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 12453 and unit
standard 12454.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
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
1
This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment. The
range statements relate to enterprise specific equipment, procedures, and
processes.
2
The current version of the following documents must be complied with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
NZS 5258:2003 Gas distribution networks available at http://www.standards.co.nz/;
NZS 5259:2004 Gas measurement available at http://www.standards.co.nz/.
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3
All work practices must comply with regulations and codes of practice pertaining to
the gas industry. A full list of applicable regulations and codes is available from the
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO).
4
Range
5
Definition
Company procedures means 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.
evidence is required of reading and interpreting domestic and commercial
meters.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify equipment and procedures for reading and interpreting gas metering equipment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Metering equipment and meter reading equipment are described in terms of
types and component parts.
Range
1.2
Procedures for reading meters are located and interpreted in accordance with
company requirements.
Range
1.3
metering equipment – meters, correctors, data logger;
meter reading equipment – meter record sheets, calculator, calling
card, security access, site access, keys, electronic download
device.
meter reading, documentation, customer liaison, faults.
Functions and applications of meter reading equipment are described in terms
of design and company requirements.
Range
billing, corrected readings, uncorrected readings, digital, analog,
imperial, metric.
Element 2
Use equipment and procedures for gas meter reading.
Performance criteria
2.1
Procedures used for reading meters comply with company requirements.
Range
meter reading, documentation, customer liaison, faults.
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2.2
Equipment is used in accordance with company procedures and manufacturer's
instructions.
Range
2.3
The potential hazards of incorrect application and operation of equipment and
procedures are identified, and the steps to avoid them are described in
accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.4
data logger, calculator, record sheets.
incorrect readings, dogs and site hazards, systems shut-down.
Records and documents are completed and supplied to internal bodies and
personnel for meter information in accordance with company procedures.
Range
billing, recommendation, fault notification, hazards.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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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