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Title
Conduct visual inspections of scuba cylinders
Level
4
Credits
1
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to conduct
visual inspections of cylinders used in conjunction with selfcontained underwater breathing apparatus (scuba) to the
standards of the Department of Labour Occupational Safety
and Health - Explosives and Dangerous Goods Division.
Classification
Diving > Diving - General
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 4405, Fill dive cylinders or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
This unit is a prerequisite to Unit 4407, Complete hydrostatic tests of scuba cylinders.
2
To industry criteria, in the case of cylinder inspections and testing, means to meet the
requirements of the New Zealand Underwater Association (NZUA) or Testing
Laboratory and Registration Council (TELARC).
3
This unit standard is
All training providers offering any recreational scuba diving units must ensure that the
training is conducted by a qualified
instructor in current teaching status with one of
expiring
the listed agencies: National Association of Underwater Instructors (NAUI),
Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), Scuba Schools International
(SSI), Confederation Mondiale des Activities Subaquatique (CMAS) (or an equivalent
determined by the ITO); and the instructor be providing training in accordance with
the standards and procedures of the respective training agency.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Inspect the exterior of a scuba cylinder in accordance with Dangerous Goods (Class 2 Gases) Regulations 1980 and its amendments and industry criteria.
Evidence requirements
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1.1
Exterior inspection complies with Dangerous Goods Regulations.
1.2
The exterior inspection meets industry criteria.
Range
1.3
attachments, compliance and/or non-compliance, LAB number,
paint condition, approved marks, surface damage, corrosion,
pass/fail.
Owner and station documentation of the inspection meets industry criteria.
Outcome 2
Inspect the interior of a scuba cylinder in accordance with Dangerous Goods (Class 2 Gases) Regulations 1980 and its amendments and industry criteria.
Range
vice and/or clamp system, valve removal, interior inspection equipment,
reference documents, interior condition, cleaning, drying, recording results.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Inspection equipment complies with Dangerous Goods Regulations.
2.2
Inspection procedures comply with Dangerous Goods Regulations.
2.3
Parameters for failure are explained to Dangerous Goods Regulations.
2.4
Cleaning and drying procedures meet industry criteria.
2.5
Re-valving procedures comply with Dangerous Goods Regulations.
2.6
Customer and station documentation complies with Dangerous Goods
Regulations.
This unit standard is
Replacement information
This
unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
expiring
28411.
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
24 November 1995
31 December 2016
Revision
2
17 July 2001
31 December 2016
Review
3
20 November 2014
31 December 2016
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016