NZQA registered unit standard
13519 version 6
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Title
Operate an asphalt paving machine
Level
3
Credits
20
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify,
assess, control, and monitor health and safety hazards and
adverse effects on the environment associated with asphalt
paving machine operations; perform operator servicing and
maintenance on an asphalt paving machine; prepare an
asphalt paving machine for operation; set up and use asphalt
paving machine screed; operate level control systems on an
asphalt paving machine; apply asphalt to prepared surfaces
using an asphalt paving machine; empty, clean, park, and shut
down an asphalt paving machine; and move an asphalt paving
machine from site to site.
Classification
Infrastructure Works> Bitumen Surfacing Construction
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The following legislation and requirements apply to this unit standard, and must be
complied with:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Traffic Regulations 1976;
Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (CoPTTM), New Zealand
Transport Agency, available at http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/;
NZTA M/10 Dense Graded and Stone Mastic Asphalt
Contract specifications;
Manufacturer’s instructions;
Company procedures;
Paving plan.
Any legislation or other requirements superseding any of the above will apply,
pending the review of this unit standard.
2
Personal protective equipment must be used throughout operations in accordance
with company procedures.
3
Competence for this unit standard requires that both driving and screed operation are
demonstrated.
4
When working on the road candidates must hold a current full driver licence of the
required class for the gross vehicle mass of the vehicle to be used for assessment
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and, where required by legislation, the required licence endorsement for the vehicle
being driven.
5
Assessment against this unit standard must be based on evidence from a workplace
context.
6
Evidence is required from at least ten job sites, including – a wearing course, an
open graded porous asphalt, and a stone mastic asphalt or a structural pavement
layer.
7
Definitions
Company procedures refers to all documented policies, procedures and
methodologies of the candidate’s employer at the time of training including but not
limited to those relating to health, safety, environment, quality, and operations.
Job requirements take account of site conditions to meet contract specifications and
accord with procedures and work instructions written in quality manuals.
SMA means stone mastic asphalt.
Walk round means to walk around a machine or equipment inspecting it and its
environment for hazards, and removing hazards that may impair operation.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify, assess, control, and monitor health and safety hazards and adverse effects on the
environment associated with asphalt paving machine operations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Health and safety hazards are identified, assessed, controlled, and monitored in
accordance with company procedures and legislation.
Range
1.2
includes but is not limited to – noise, obstruction, people in the
vicinity.
Adverse effects on the environment are identified, assessed, controlled, and
monitored in accordance with company procedures and legislation.
Range
includes but is not limited to – noise, emission.
Outcome 2
Perform operator servicing and maintenance on an asphalt paving machine.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Paving machine is checked according to operator servicing requirements and
minor adjustments are made in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and
job requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – fuels, lubricants, water levels,
hydraulic fluid level, cleanliness, wheels, tyres or tracks, machine
controls and gauges, feeders, conveyors, feed control gates,
augurs, screed, screed heater, sensing and control equipment,
wear on the screed plate, wear on tamping bar if fitted, screed
attack angle.
2.2
Where routine servicing indicates that specialist maintenance is required, it is
reported to specialist mechanic or supervisor in accordance with company
procedures.
2.3
Operator servicing and maintenance are documented in accordance with
company procedures.
Outcome 3
Prepare an asphalt paving machine for operation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Pre-start safety and operational checks are carried out in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions and company procedures.
Range
3.2
includes but is not limited to – walk round, safety and fire
equipment, tyre condition and air pressure or track tension and
drive sprockets, gauges and controls (including governor on
engine), hopper, conveyors, feed control gates, auger.
Start-up procedures and checks are carried out in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions and company procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – visibility, park brake, transmission,
throttle position, instrumentation, warning lights, position of
hopper, position of screed, engine controls, hydraulic controls,
electronic controls;
checks – before starting engine, when engine is warm.
3.3
Machine is manoeuvred into position in accordance with company procedures
and job requirements.
3.4
Paving machine hopper is made ready to receive mix, and feed rate controls
are set in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and job requirements.
Range
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feed gates, mix conveyors, augers.
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Outcome 4
Set up and use asphalt paving machine screed.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Screed is set up, prepared for use, and heated in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions and job requirements.
Range
4.2
Mat thickness controls are set up in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions
and job requirements.
Range
4.3
tamper bar and/or vibrator controls.
Screed with different mixes is operated in accordance with job requirements for
self- levelling, longitudinal shape, transverse shape, and uniformity of shape.
Range
4.5
manual controls, automatic sensors, automatic control systems.
Screed controls are set up in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and
job requirements.
Range
4.4
level, thickness, width, transverse shape, transverse slope.
mixes may include open-graded porous, dense-graded, SMA,
Macadam, Ultra Thin Asphalt;
no more than 6 mm irregularity under a 5 metre straight edge, and
have longitudinal joins reflecting a true line.
Screed with different mixes is operated in accordance with job requirements for
thickness of mat, compaction, and uniformity of surface texture.
Range
mixes may include – open-graded porous, dense-graded, SMA.
Outcome 5
Operate level control systems on an asphalt paving machine.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Automatic level control system is set up in accordance with job requirements.
Range
5.2
transverse, longitudinal.
Level control systems are operated in accordance with job requirements.
Range
manual, automatic.
Outcome 6
Apply asphalt to prepared surfaces using an asphalt paving machine.
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Evidence requirements
6.1
Quality of material is monitored and visually inspected before discharge from
truck to hopper in accordance with job requirements.
Range
temperature;
visual inspection – mix type, consistency, segregation,
contamination, bitumen content, aggregate grading.
6.2
Communication with paving machine driver is undertaken to ensure that
delivery truck is positioned for the safe and accurate discharge of hot mix into
the paving machine hopper.
6.3
Instructions are given to truck driver to ensure that paving machine hopper is
loaded with the required amount of mix in accordance with job requirements,
and without spillage.
6.4
Forward speed is determined in terms of job requirements and mix delivery rate.
6.5
Laying instructions are communicated to paving machine driver in accordance
with company procedures.
Range
6.6
Adjustments are made to achieve smooth delivery and laying of asphalt and to
prevent mix segregation in accordance with job requirements.
Range
6.7
feed control gate settings, rate of asphalt feed, paving machine
speed, auger settings and adjustments.
adjustments – truck delivery rate, asphalt feed rate, auger speed
control, paving machine speed.
Paving runs are completed with uniform joints and in accordance with the
paving plan.
Outcome 7
Empty, clean, park, and shut down an asphalt paving machine.
Evidence requirements
7.1
Machine is emptied and cleaned down and solvent runoff is controlled in
accordance with company procedures.
7.2
Waste materials are disposed of in accordance with company procedures.
7.3
Machine is moved to a safe location, parked, and secured in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions and company procedures.
7.4
Shutdown procedures are performed in accordance with manufacturer’s
instructions.
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Outcome 8
Move an asphalt paving machine from site to site.
Evidence requirements
8.1
Paving machine is driven on road in accordance with Traffic Regulations.
Range
8.2
wheeled or rubber-tracked machine.
Paving machine is loaded onto, parked on, and unloaded from a transporter in
accordance with manufacturer’s and transporter driver’s instructions.
excludes – permits, securing, transporting.
Range
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
24 March 1998
31 December 2013
Revision
2
5 January 1999
31 December 2013
Review
3
27 October 2005
31 December 2013
Revision
4
25 January 2008
31 December 2013
Review
5
15 March 2012
31 December 2016
Review
6
19 February 2015
N/A
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
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