NZQA registered unit standard
21816 version 3
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Title
Describe and operate a diesel haul truck in an underground operation
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
operational characteristics, performance, and limitations of a
diesel haul truck; describe safety systems and conditions for
operating a diesel haul truck; check readiness and operate a
diesel haul truck; and unload and shut down a diesel haul truck,
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.
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
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.
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).
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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An underground operation includes extractive or tunnelling operations.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the operational characteristics, performance, and limitations of a diesel haul truck
in an underground operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
A diesel haul truck is described in terms of its operational characteristics,
performance and limitations.
Range
safety features, controls, instruments, operating procedures,
operating gradient, speed, capacity, components, operational
limits.
Outcome 2
Describe safety systems and conditions for operating a diesel haul truck in an
underground operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The safety systems and conditions for the diesel haul truck operation are
described in accordance with industry best practice and company procedures.
Range
systems may include but are not limited to – compressed air,
emergency stop, brakes, hydraulics, sensors, interlocks, alarms,
water and electrical services;
conditions may include but are not limited to – roof and side
security, traffic, lighting, accessibility, ventilation, roadway
conditions, travelling route, dust, gas make and management,
explosion risk zones (ERZs).
Outcome 3
Check readiness and operate a diesel haul truck in an underground operation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Checks on diesel haul truck are completed in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
Range
availability, suitability, capacity, pre-start checks, documentation.
3.2
Identified defects are reported and managed in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
3.3
Diesel haul truck is operated in accordance with the job and the specifications
of the machine.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
21816 version 3
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operation includes but is not limited to – licence to operate,
controls, instruments, alarms, manoeuvring, load material, haul
distances and limitations, speed, discharge, powered attachments.
Range
Outcome 4
Unload and shut down a diesel haul truck, and complete documentation.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Diesel haul truck is unloaded for shutdown in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
4.2
Diesel haul truck is parked and shut down in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
4.3
Identified defects are reported and managed in accordance with industry best
practice and company procedures.
4.4
Documentation is completed in accordance with industry best practice and
company procedures.
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 7154.
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 October 2005
Rollover and
Revision
2
16 July 2010
Review
3
18 June 2015
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0114
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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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
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016