NZQA unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the management of resources and
variables for port operations
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to explain and
control port operations resources and variables
Classification
Stevedoring and Ports Industry > Cargo Operations
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and formal requirements relevant to this unit standard may include the
following Acts/Regulations and any supersessions:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Code of Practice for Health and Safety in Port Operations (Wellington: Occupational
Safety and Health Service, Department of Labour, 2004) available at
http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/380.shtml.
Biosecurity Act 1993;
Customs and Excise Act 1996;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Maritime Security Act 2004
2
Competence in the outcomes of this unit standard may be demonstrated using a
case study or on-job.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain port operations resources and variables
Evidence requirements
1.1
The implications of time variations are explained for port cargo movements.
Range
explanation includes – time capacity, supply chain consequential
effects, flow on effect deadlines, tides, resource implications, other
operations, cargo prioritisation/sequencing, managing resource
allocation in peaks and troughs, fumigation, time critical cargos,
damaged cargo, overweight and oversized cargo, cargo time
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sensitivity (deterioration effects), perishability, productivity and
exchange rates, ship movement effects (late arrival/early
departure contingency), congestion, optimisation.
1.2
Yard space factors are explained in terms of cargo movement variables that
effect port operations.
Range
1.3
Human resource considerations are explained for the safe and efficient
operation of cargo movements within a port.
Range
1.4
capacity, availability, absenteeism, skill and knowledge, allocation
and monitoring, contingency planning, utilisation/downtime, team
dynamics/composition, cross organisational communication,
seasonality, managing resource allocation in peaks and troughs,
identifying training requirements, planning for confined space,
working at heights.
Machinery resources are identified and use considerations are explained for the
safe and efficient operation of cargo movements within a port.
Range
1.5
variables include – management of space, marshalling cargo,
space constraint management, congestion, yard rotation, change
of port, preparing cargo for vessel sequencing, prioritisation,
identification of issues, fumigation, optimisation of available space.
fitness for purpose, safety, maintenance, capability, capacity,
availability, cost implications, back up availability, breakdown
management, environmental response, cross organisational
communication, prioritisation, seasonality.
Weather and environmental effects, contingency and planning are explained in
relation to shipping movements.
Range
effects include – shipping movements delays, contingency
planning, precautions, effects on cargo, cargo loading and
stacking, segregation, port exposure, mooring and lashing,
biosecurity/prevalence of bugs, seasonality, temperature effects,
health and safety of personnel.
Outcome 2
Control port operations resources and variables
Evidence requirements
2.1
Time capacity is controlled for port cargo movements.
Range
2.2
evidence is required for at least five of the variables listed in the
range from ER 1.1.
Resource capacity is controlled for port cargo movements.
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Range
2.3
evidence is required for control of space, marshalling, sequencing
and optimisation.
Machinery resources are controlled for port cargo movements.
Range
2.4
evidence is required for at least five of the range from ER 1.4.
Labour resources are controlled for port cargo movements.
Range
2.5
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evidence is required for at least five of the range from ER 1.3.
Weather and environmental issues are managed for port cargo movements.
Range
evidence is required for at least five of the range from ER 1.5.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0145
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.
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 (CMRs). 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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2015