NZQA registered unit standard
20881 version 2
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Title
Search a marine pleasure boat as a Customs officer
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
marine pleasure boats and their construction; demonstrate
knowledge of and apply health and safety practices during a
marine pleasure boat search; demonstrate knowledge of
additional powers of a Customs officer for a marine pleasure
boat search outside of a Customs place; prepare for and
conduct a search of a marine pleasure boat, and carry out postsearch procedures as a team member.
Classification
Public Sector Services > Border Management
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 18249, Conduct a personal search as a
Customs officer; and Unit 18643, Demonstrate knowledge of
the powers of a Customs officer; or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Performance in relation to the outcomes and evidence requirements must comply
with current legislation, policies and procedures, including:
Customs and Excise Act 1996;
Customs and Excise Regulations 1996;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Misuse of Drugs Act 1975;
New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990;
Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989;
Selective Boarding Policy (restricted to NZ Customs);
Single Interaction Policy (restricted to NZ Customs);
Craft Risk Assessment Policy (restricted to NZ Customs);
The State Services Code of Conduct, Standards of Integrity and Conduct (available
from www.ssc.govt.nz);
New Zealand Customs Service Code of Conduct (available from NZ Customs
Service, PO Box 2218, Wellington 6140, www.customs.govt.nz).
2
Definitions
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policies, procedures, and
methodologies which are documented and are available in the workplace. They must
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be consistent with applicable legislation and any other applicable compliance
requirements.
Rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) is a deep-V glass-reinforced plastic or aluminium hull
to which a multi-compartment buoyancy tube is attached. It can be powered by
either an outboard, or inboard motor.
3
Competency and skills of this unit standard cannot be fully demonstrated under
simulated conditions. Assessment should only be made after a period of practical
work experience by the candidate in assisting as a member of a marine pleasure
boat search team.
4
Candidate to complete a minimum of three marine pleasure boat searches for
assessment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe marine pleasure boats and their construction.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Types of marine pleasure boats that visit New Zealand are described and their
layout and construction are explained.
Range
1.2
Parts of a marine pleasure boat and their location are identified.
Range
1.3
may include but is not limited to – non-commercial private boat,
fast motor launch, sport boat, RHIB, slow motor launch; yachts –
schooner, ketch, sloop, multi-hulled.
may include but is not limited to – cockpit, saloon, soul boom,
transom, anchor well, handrails, mast, stays, flying bridge,
outriggers, dinghy, keel.
Nautical terms are defined in terms of their use in relation to a marine pleasure
boat.
Range
includes but is not limited to – abeam, waterline, draught, flare of
hull, midships, length overall, free board, bow, cleat.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of and apply health and safety practices during a marine pleasure
boat search.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Safety equipment used during a marine pleasure boat search is explained and
used in accordance with manufacturers’ specifications and organisational
requirements.
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2.2
Safe personal and team working practices applied during a marine pleasure
boat search are explained and applied in accordance with organisational
requirements.
2.3
Safe personal and team working practices when on the wharf are explained and
applied in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of additional powers of a Customs officer for a marine pleasure
boat search outside of a Customs place.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The sections of the Customs and Excise Act 1996 which provide powers for a
marine pleasure boat search outside a Customs place are identified and
explained.
Range
boarding, questioning, searching, securing goods, detaining.
Outcome 4
Prepare for and conduct a search of a marine pleasure boat, and carry out post-search
procedures as a team member.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Preparation for a marine pleasure boat search is carried out in accordance with
assigned responsibilities and organisational requirements.
Range
responsibilities – briefing, role in search, search areas.
4.2
Search tool kit is assembled in accordance with organisational requirements.
4.3
Search of marine pleasure boat is conducted in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
4.4
De-brief is completed in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
4.5
may include but is not limited to – accommodation, freezer
trunkways, engine rooms, rudder posts, ballast tanks, crane
housings, gangway patrol, coffer dams, decks.
de-brief includes – results of search, any information received,
goods found, problems encountered, recommendations,
assessment of threat.
Post-search procedures are carried out in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
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may include but is not limited to - exhibits, detention or seizure
notes, search reports.
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Status and review information
Registration date
16 July 2010
Date version published
16 July 2010
Planned review date
1 February 2015
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0121
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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