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Manage safety and environmental care on roadmarking sites
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
safety and environmental requirements specific to roadmarking sites, and
implement and maintain safety on roadmarking sites.
Subfield
Highway Construction and Maintenance
Domain
Roadmarking
Status
Registered
Status date
22 September 2005
Date version published
20 June 2006
Planned review date
30 September 2009
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 5627, Operate as a Traffic Controller
(TC) for low volume and Level 1 roads, or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The requirements within the following legislation and regulations applying to
roadmarking operations must be complied with as appropriate to the context of
assessment for this unit standard:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act 2001;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Traffic Regulations 1976;
all available at http://www.legislation.govt.nz/.
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The requirements within the following codes of practice and guidelines applying to
roadmarking operations must be complied with as appropriate to the context of
assessment for this unit standard:
Codes of practice and checklists published by the New Zealand Roadmarkers
Federation, such as Safety, Health and Environment Guide, available at
http://www.nzrf.co.nz
Transit New Zealand’s principal external manuals, manual amendments, specific
examples include:
Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (CoPTTM),
http://www.transit.govt.nz/
Occupational Safety and Health Service of the Department of Labour documents
including approved codes of practice and guidelines relevant to specific work
activities, an example being the Approved Code of Practice for the Management of
Substances Hazardous to Health in the Place of Work (MOSHH), available at
http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/.
3
The requirements within the following New Zealand Standards applying to
roadmarking operations must be complied with as appropriate to the context of
assessment for this unit standard:
NZS 5433:1999: Transport of dangerous goods on land, available at
http://www.standards.co.nz/.
4
This unit standard should be assessed in a workplace context.
5
Definitions
Company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the
company. They include requirements in company and site health, safety and
environmental plans, quality assurance documents, job plans, and contract work and
reporting documents.
Traffic Management Plan is a document describing the design, implementation,
maintenance and removal of temporary traffic management.
6
Assessment against performance criteria must be for three roadmarking sites.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of safety and environmental requirements specific to roadmarking
sites.
Performance criteria
1.1
Company health and safety plan is described in terms of site requirements.
1.2
Company environmental plan is described in terms of site requirements.
1.3
Traffic Management Plan is described in terms of site requirements.
1.4
Roles and responsibilities for site safety are described in terms of company
requirements and Occupational Safety and Health Service documents.
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Element 2
Implement and maintain safety on roadmarking sites.
Performance criteria
2.1
Site hazards are identified in accordance with company requirements.
2.2
Site safety is implemented and maintained in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – traffic management plan
amendments, site induction, communication of site hazards.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 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.
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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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