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Demonstrate knowledge of safety requirements in gasfitting
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work in the gasfitting industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of:
the recognition and reporting of unsafe situations in gasfitting; gas hazards
and safety precautions; procedures in relation to gasfitting accidents or other
incidents; reporting gasfitting accidents or other incidents; and making
defective gas equipment safe.
Subfield
Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying
Domain
Gasfitting
Status
Registered
Status date
25 October 2007
Date version published
25 October 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0008
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Legislation, standards and codes applicable to this unit standard include but are not limited
to:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Building Act 2004;
Gas Act 1992;
Gas Regulations 1993;
NZS 5261:2003 Gas installation, available at http://www.standards.co.nz;
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New Zealand Building Code, Clause G11 Gas as an Energy Source, current version and
any related compliance documents, available at http://www.dbh.govt.nz.
Any legislation, standard, or code superseding any of the above will apply, pending review
of this unit standard.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the recognition and reporting of unsafe situations in gasfitting.
Range
appliances, installations, leaking gas, fire resulting from gas equipment, carbon
monoxide.
Performance criteria
1.1
Unsafe situations in gasfitting are identified.
1.2
Warning and reporting procedures of unsafe situations in the workplace are
explained in accordance with relevant legislation, standards, and codes.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of gas hazards and safety precautions.
Performance criteria
2.1
Gas properties are explained in terms of potential hazards.
Range
gas leak, explosion limits, installation of gas equipment,
uncontrolled gas, carbon monoxide, relative density.
2.2
Safety precautions and procedures for the control of gas hazards are explained
in accordance with relevant legislation, standards, and codes.
2.3
Ignition methods are identified in terms of sources and the properties of gas.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of procedures in relation to gasfitting accidents or other incidents.
Performance criteria
3.1
Site evacuation procedures are explained in accordance with relevant
legislation and codes.
3.2
Safety and/or gas supply isolating procedures are explained in accordance with
relevant legislation and codes.
3.3
Gas detection equipment and fire extinguishers are identified as suitable for use
with gas accidents or other incidents, in terms of the gas type.
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3.4
Procedures for saving evidence are explained in accordance with relevant
legislation and codes.
3.5
Accident or incident site security procedures for non-interference are explained
in accordance with relevant legislation and codes.
Element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of reporting gasfitting accidents or other incidents.
Performance criteria
4.1
The types of gasfitting accidents or other incidents that must be reported are
identified in accordance with relevant legislation and codes.
4.2
The procedures, and details of reporting of gasfitting accidents or other
incidents are explained in accordance with relevant legislation and codes.
Range
place, time, and date of accident or other incident; description of
the accident or other incident; any injuries, damage, and losses
resulting from accident or other incident; other possible factors;
time frame for reporting.
Element 5
Demonstrate knowledge of making defective gas equipment safe.
Performance criteria
5.1
Procedures for making defective gas equipment safe are explained in
accordance with relevant legislation, standards, and codes.
Range
5.2
danger and warning labels are displayed, equipment is isolated
from gas supply.
Procedures for the placement and removal of warning notices are explained in
accordance with relevant legislation, standards, and codes.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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