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Produce, monitor, and maintain operational and safety procedures in a
gas distribution environment
Level
6
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: produce operational and
safety procedures for a gas distribution network; monitor and evaluate
operational and safety procedures; and revise and maintain operational and
safety procedures.
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
Open.
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 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:
Gas Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Gas Regulations 1993;
International Standards Organisation (ISO) 9000;
company policy.
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3
All operational and safety procedures produced must comply with regulations and
codes pertaining to the gas industry and the company qualify management system.
A full list of applicable regulations and codes is available from the NZ Motor Industry
Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO).
4
Definition
Company policy refers to principles established by the gas network owner to assist
decision-making and determine required action. Such principles include directives,
operating criteria, precedents, and office memoranda relating to the health, safety,
environmental, and quality management requirements of the trainee’s company at
the time of training and/or assessment.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Produce operational and safety procedures for a gas distribution network.
Performance criteria
1.1
Existing company procedures are identified to establish the scope of
development work.
Range
1.2
Company quality criteria are identified in accordance with job requirements.
Range
1.3
may include – safety, operational, commissioning,
decommissioning, isolation, emergency, regulatory body
requirements.
Requirements for procedure preparation are identified in accordance with
statutes, regulations and company policy.
Range
1.5
may include – ISO requirements, controlled copies, uncontrolled
copies, update procedures, custodians, masters, document
numbers, document structure, document covers, document format.
The need for the procedure is identified in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
1.4
operational, safety.
may include – Health and Safety in Employment Act, Resource
Management Act, ISO 9000, Gas Act, Gas Regulations.
Operational and safety procedures are drafted in accordance with company
requirements and policy.
Range
at least three procedures.
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1.6
Draft operational and safety procedures are reviewed in accordance with
company policy.
Range
1.7
three of – technical review, management review, quality review,
field test, safety review.
Operational and safety procedures are completed and issued in accordance
with company policy.
Element 2
Monitor and evaluate operational and safety procedures.
Performance criteria
2.1
Operational and safety procedures are monitored for currency and application.
Range
review, historical data, audit.
2.2
Data from monitoring the procedures is evaluated to determine operational and
safety requirements.
2.3
Operational and safety procedures are monitored and audited in accordance
with company policy.
Range
2.4
frequency, recording, reporting, analysis, currency, need.
Changes required to procedures are determined to meet current company and
regulatory requirements.
Element 3
Revise and maintain operational and safety procedures.
Performance criteria
3.1
Operational and safety procedures are reviewed in accordance with company
policy.
3.2
Procedures are edited to meet current policies and regulatory requirements.
3.3
Revisions are issued in accordance with company policy.
3.4
Maintenance of procedures is described in terms of consequences of incorrect
procedure preparation and poor review systems.
Range
lack of review, unapproved versions, uncontrolled copies,
technical integrity, unsafe procedures, untested procedures.
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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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