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Audit worksite systems in a gas distribution network
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: locate and identify
procedures, documentation, and equipment for auditing a worksite system;
audit worksite preparation; and audit worksite activities.
Subfield
Gas Industry
Domain
Gas Network Operations
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2006
Date version published
20 November 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Prerequisite: National Certificate in Gas Industry (Gas
Distribution) (Level 2) [Ref: 1020]; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 11325.
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.
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The current version of the following documents must be complied with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Approved Code of Practice for Excavation and Shafts for Foundations;
NZS 5257.1:2004 Gas industry – Audit protocol available at
http://www.standards.co.nz/;
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/.
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
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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Locate and identify procedures, documentation, and equipment for auditing a worksite
system.
Performance criteria
1.1
Company procedures for auditing a worksite are located and interpreted in
relation to specified job requirements.
1.2
Documentation of staff competency is confirmed as meeting job requirements.
1.3
Job instructions and specifications are confirmed in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
instructions include – job pack, site location, utility plans and/or
mark-outs, consents;
may include but is not limited to – easements.
1.4
Potential environmental and safety hazards are identified in accordance with
company procedures.
1.5
Resource requirements are identified and sourced in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
tools, materials, documentation, personnel, communication
equipment.
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Element 2
Audit worksite preparation.
Performance criteria
2.1
Safety systems and hazard identification are audited in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
2.2
Worksite job requirements are audited in accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.3
may include – signage, barriers, personal protective equipment,
safe access and egress, emergencies, environmental protection,
staff competency.
may include – excavation, local authority specification, traffic
management plan, other utilities, client/customer liaison.
Documentation is audited in accordance with job requirements and company
procedures.
Range
may include – approvals, chemical data sheets, safety procedures,
operations and maintenance procedures, material requisition, staff
accreditation, design specifications.
Element 3
Audit worksite activities.
Performance criteria
3.1
Work being undertaken is assessed against authorisation and job requirements
to ensure compliance.
Range
3.2
Specific job requirements are assessed to ensure compliance with
specifications in accordance with company procedures.
Range
3.3
requirements may include – access and egress, excavation, local
authority requirements, traffic management plan, other utilities,
client/customer liaison.
above ground, below ground;
below ground may include – depth of cover, trench dimensions,
jointing, pressure test, tracer wire, warning tape, purging,
commissioning, reinstatement;
above ground may include – pressure settings, purging,
commissioning, maintenance, equipment location, security.
Audit ensures that deviations from expected conditions, authorisations, and site
requirements are identified and amended in accordance with company safety
requirements.
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3.4
Audit ensures that site specific documentation is completed in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
3.5
may include – job packs, as-builts, meter dockets.
Audit results are reported and recorded in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
reports – internal, external.
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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