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Manage health and safety in a poultry
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level:
4
credit:
8
planned review date:
December 2008
sub-field:
Poultry Production
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: develop a
health and safety plan, and health and safety procedures for
a poultry facility workplace; implement the plan in the
workplace; record and investigate accidents; and develop an
emergency action plan.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been set up by the Primary Industry Training Organisation.
special notes:
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not
limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Develop a health and safety plan, and health and safety procedures for a poultry facility
workplace.
performance criteria
1.1
Objectives of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 are identified in
relation to health and safety issues in the workplace.
1.2
Responsibilities for the management of health and safety in the workplace are
identified in terms of legislative requirements.
1.3
Health and safety procedures applicable to a given workplace are established in
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terms of the work carried out, and in accordance with the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
1.4
Employee responsibilities to the employer are described in accordance with the
health and safety procedures.
1.5
Employer responsibilities to the employee are described in accordance with the
health and safety procedures.
1.6
Health and safety plan is established identifying roles and responsibilities of
employees and employers in accordance with legislative requirements.
element 2
Implement the health and safety plan.
performance criteria
2.1
Hazards in the workplace are identified in accordance with the health and safety
plan.
2.2
Employees are informed of their obligations to be involved in hazard
identification in accordance with the health and safety plan.
2.3
Hazards identified as significant in terms of the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992 are eliminated, mitigated, or controlled in accordance
with the health and safety plan.
2.4
Employees are informed of identified hazards and control procedures in
accordance with the health and safety plan.
2.5
Employees receive training and/or supervision in accordance with the health
and safety plan and legislative requirements.
element 3
Record and investigate accidents in the workplace.
performance criteria
3.1
Register of accidents and serious harm is maintained in accordance with the
health and safety plan.
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3.2
All instances of serious harm are reported to the Occupational Safety and
Health Service of the Department of Labour in accordance with the health and
safety plan.
3.3
Accidents are examined, and remedial action is taken in accordance with the
health and safety plan.
element 4
Develop an emergency action plan.
performance criteria
4.1
Potential emergency situations are identified in accordance with the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
4.2
Emergency procedures are determined in accordance with the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
4.3
Employees are informed of their obligations in identifying emergencies and
developing the emergency plan in accordance with the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0052 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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