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Title
Survey and draw an underground extractive site plan
Level
6
Credits
20
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan the
survey; prepare self and team to go underground; conduct the
survey; and reduce data and prepare plan for an underground
extractive site.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Underground Extraction
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with the following
enactments and codes:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining – Underground) Regulations 1999;
approved codes of practice issued pursuant to the HSE Act;
Code of Practice for Mine Surveys (Underground) 2000 (the Code). Copies of this
document are available from MITO, telephone 0800 88 2121.
2
Definition
Site requirements mean the documented methods for performing work activities and
include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management
requirements. They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan the survey for the mine.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Liaison with management is established and scope of work negotiated in
accordance with the site development plans.
1.2
Existing data is searched in relation to adopted local control.
1.3
Potential hazards and limiting factors are identified in terms of the site
concerned.
1.4
Methodology of survey is decided upon in relation to the site concerned.
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1.5
Specialised equipment is decided upon in terms of its appropriateness to the
site.
1.6
Transport for survey is arranged in accordance with site requirements.
Outcome 2
Prepare self and team to go underground.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The team is briefed and equipment is checked in terms of serviceability and
ability to meet surveying needs in accordance with the planned survey.
2.2
Ability of members of survey team and safety procedures for the team are
established in accordance with the methodology of the survey and the site
requirements.
2.3
The manager or their representative is notified of the survey in accordance with
site requirements.
2.4
Equipment and survey personnel are signed and/or tagged onto the site in
accordance with the site requirements.
2.5
Required equipment is collected, carried, or worn in accordance with site
requirements.
Outcome 3
Conduct the survey for the mine.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Face supervisor is notified of arrival and withdrawal of team in accordance with
site requirements.
3.2
Safety of site and proposed work area is established.
3.3
Survey is conducted in accordance with the predetermined plan and the Code.
3.4
Exit procedures are carried out in accordance with site requirements.
3.5
Equipment is cleaned and stored in a ready-to-use condition.
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Outcome 4
Reduce data and prepare plan for the mine.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Data is reduced in accordance with the Code.
4.2
Plan is drawn in accordance with the Code.
4.3
Statutory plans are submitted to the site manager in accordance with site
requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 17745 were replaced
by unit standard 29087.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 November 2000
31 December 2017
Review
2
24 November 2005
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 July 2010
31 December 2017
Review
4
20 August 2015
31 December 2017
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.
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.
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