NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Describe mobile machines and operate a mobile machine in an
underground operation
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
operational features, performance, and limitations of mobile
machines; describe safe work practices and conditions for
operating mobile machines; check readiness of a mobile
machine for use; load and transport people and materials using
a mobile machine; and unload and shut down a machine, and
complete documentation, in an underground operation.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Underground Extraction
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 7146, Demonstrate basic knowledge and ability required to
work in an underground operation, 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;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
2
Any new, amended or replacement Acts, regulations, standards, codes of practice,
guidelines, or authority requirements or conditions affecting this unit standard will take
precedence for assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
3
Learners must possess the class of licence required for the vehicle to be used.
4
Definitions
Company procedures mean the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management
requirements. They may refer to legislation, regulations, guidelines, standard
operating procedures, manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
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Industry best practice may be documented in management plans, control plans,
company procedures, managers’ rules, occupational health and safety policy,
industry guidelines, codes of practice, manufacturers’ instructions, and safe working
and/or job procedures (or equivalent).
6
An underground operation includes extractive or tunnelling operations.
7
This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment.
8
The mobile machines referred to in this unit standard are special machines used to
transport people, equipment and/or materials underground. These may include but
are not limited to – Eimco Personnel Vehicle (EPV), Personnel Equipment
Transporter (PET), Special Mine Vehicle (SMV) (also known as Drift Runner), Toyota
Land Cruiser adapted for underground use, Mine Bus.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the operational features, performance, and limitations of mobile machines in an
underground operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The operational features and performance of mobile machines are described in
terms of transportation of people and equipment in an underground operation.
Range
may include but is not limited to – safety features, interlocks,
instruments, controls, operating procedures, capacity, dimensions,
fire-fighting equipment, protection.
Outcome 2
Describe safe work practices and conditions for operating mobile machines in an
underground operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The safe work practices and conditions for machine operation are described in
accordance with industry best practice, manufacturer’s instructions, and
company procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – gradient, speed, lighting,
accessibility, ventilation, roadway conditions, roof and rib security,
compressed air, water, electrical services, ERZ (explosion risk
zone) areas, interlocks and alarm levels, instrument readings,
parking areas.
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Outcome 3
Check readiness of a mobile machine for use in an underground operation.
Range
evidence is required for one mobile machine.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Checks on the vehicle are completed in accordance with industry best practice
and company procedures.
Range
3.2
availability, suitability, capacity, walk-around checks, pre-start
checks, documentation.
Identified defects are reported and managed in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
Outcome 4
Load and transport people and materials using a mobile machine in an underground
operation.
Range
evidence is required for one mobile machine.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Load is secured in accordance with industry best practice and company
procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – people, materials, load capacity,
types of loads, incompatible substances, overloading, over size.
4.2
Hazardous substances are loaded and transported in accordance with
regulatory and company procedures.
4.3
Load is transported in accordance with industry best practice and company
procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – operational checks, travel route,
gradient, speed, lighting, accessibility, ventilation, roadway
conditions, roof and rib security, compressed air, water, and
electrical services, ERZ areas, atmospheric monitoring.
Outcome 5
Unload and shut down a mobile machine, and complete documentation.
Range
evidence is required for one mobile machine.
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Evidence requirements
5.1
Mobile machine is unloaded in accordance with industry best practice and
company procedures.
5.2
Mobile machine is shut down and parked in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
5.3
Identified defects are reported and managed in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
5.4
Documentation is completed in accordance with industry best practice and
company procedures.
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 7148.
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 November 2005
31 December 2017
Revision
2
20 June 2006
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 July 2010
31 December 2017
Review
4
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0114
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Please note
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before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
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