NZQA registered unit standard
19486 version 4
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Title
Conduct a health and safety compliance audit in the electricity
supply industry
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are, in the electricity
supply industry, able to: plan a health and safety compliance
audit; conduct an on site health and safety compliance audit;
and report audit findings on health and safety.
Classification
Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Business Services
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 18038, Demonstrate knowledge of and
apply health and safety in the electricity supply environment, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment. The
range statements across the unit standard can be applied according to enterprise
specific equipment, procedures and processes.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop.
3
Performance and work practices in relation to the outcomes and evidence
requirements must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act
1992, and any regulations and codes of practice recognised under that statute; the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; and the Resource Management Act
1991. Electricity supply industry codes of practice and documented industry
procedures include the Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) Wellington:
Electricity Engineers’ Association. A full list of current legislation and industry codes
is available from the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation, PO Box 1245,
Hamilton 3240.
4
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all outcomes and
evidence requirements in this unit standard.
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Industry requirements include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’
specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace
policies, procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements
relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
6
Compliance audit is defined as an independent review conducted to compare health
and safety performance with a standard for that performance. Audit includes
inspection, assessment or other examination.
7
On site refers to a wide range of electricity supply environments within which
operating of equipment is required.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan a health and safety compliance audit in the electricity supply industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Plan determines type of audit to be used.
Range
1.2
Plan includes all basic steps of the audit process.
Range
1.3
includes but is not limited to – timing, scope of audit, meetings,
compliance audit, methods for gathering evidence, audit report,
corrective action, continuing surveillance and return audits.
Plan includes methods for recording and reporting audit results.
Range
1.4
includes but is not limited to – internal, external, or third party
audits (independent regulatory agencies).
includes but is not limited to – findings verified with evidence,
report includes corrective action to be taken or recommendations.
Pre audit meeting confirms project scope, plan and boundaries.
Outcome 2
Conduct an on site health and safety compliance audit in the electricity supply industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Hazard management practices and procedures are checked for compliance.
Range
2.2
includes but is not limited to – hazard identification, notification,
assessment of risk, elimination, isolation, minimisation.
Health and safety reporting practices and procedures are checked for
compliance.
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On site health and safety work practices and procedures are checked for
compliance in terms of personal protective equipment, site protection, accident
and emergency response, and signage.
Outcome 3
Report health and safety audit findings in the electricity supply industry.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Audit findings are reported in terms of findings, compliance, non-compliance,
outline of the audit process, assessment of the investigation, and the scope and
impact of the results on the organisation.
3.2
Potential incidents of non-compliance or unsafe situations are determined and
recorded.
3.3
Recommendations to reduce or eliminate areas of non-compliance in health
and safety are made.
3.4
Report is accurate, complete, concise and legible.
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 July 2002
N/A
Revision
2
11 February 2004
N/A
Review
3
16 April 2010
N/A
Revision
4
18 August 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0120
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.
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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 Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation info@esito.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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