NZQA registered unit standard
21178 version 3
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Title
Recover an object from a preparation tank and a galvanizing kettle
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are, at a hot dip
galvanizing facility, able to: identify and evaluate health and
safety hazards of recovering an object from preparation tanks
and galvanizing kettle, and describe control and compliance
methods; develop a recovery plan for the recovery of an object
from a preparation tank and from a galvanizing kettle; and
recover an object from a preparation tank and from a
galvanizing kettle.
Classification
Industrial Coatings > Hot Dip Galvanizing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisites: Unit 3800, Operate a radio remote or pendant
controlled overhead crane and lift and place regular loads; Unit
25130, Describe hazards, safety and emergency procedures,
and exhibit safe working practices at a hot dip galvanizing
facility; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
The current version of the following documents must be complied with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
AS/NZS 4680:2006 Hot-dip galvanized (zinc) coatings on fabricated ferrous articles,
available at http://www.standards.co.nz.
2
Personal protective equipment (PPE) must be used throughout operations in
accordance with company procedures.
3
Definition
Company procedures refer to all documented policies and procedures of the
candidate’s employer at the time of training including, but not limited to, those relating
to health, safety, environment, quality, and operations.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
21178 version 3
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and evaluate health and safety hazards of recovering an object from preparation
tanks and galvanizing kettle, and describe control and compliance methods at a hot dip
galvanizing facility.
hazards include but are not limited to – radiant heat, fumes, physical force,
hot equipment, overhead cranes, molten zinc.
Range
Evidence requirements
1.1
Health and safety hazards are identified and evaluated in terms of HSE Act and
company procedures.
1.2
Hazard control and compliance methods are described in terms of HSE Act and
company procedures.
Outcome 2
Develop a recovery plan for the recovery of an object from a preparation tank and from a
galvanizing kettle at a hot dip galvanizing facility.
Evidence requirements
2.1
A recovery plan is developed to recover an object from a preparation tank and
from a galvanizing kettle at a hot dip galvanizing facility in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
recover plans must include – tools, staffing requirements, method
required to achieve safe recovery of the object.
Outcome 3
Recover an object from a preparation tank at a hot dip galvanizing facility.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Health and safety hazards are controlled and monitored during the recovery in
accordance with the HSE Act and company procedures.
3.2
The object is removed from a preparation tank in accordance with the recovery
plan and company procedures.
Outcome 4
Recover an object from a galvanizing kettle at a hot dip galvanizing facility.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
21178 version 3
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Evidence requirements
4.1
Reasons for recovery from a galvanizing kettle are described in terms of dross
creation and effect of zinc on the object.
4.2
Health and safety hazards are controlled and monitored during the recovery in
accordance with the HSE Act and company procedures.
4.3
The object is removed from a galvanizing kettle in accordance with the recovery
plan and company procedures.
Range
tools are heated and dry before use.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 October 2004
31 December 2016
Review
2
23 January 2009
31 December 2016
Review
3
16 April 2015
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.
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