NZQA registered unit standard
6964 version 6
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Title
Apply environmental management to harvesting trees
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
10
This unit standard is intended for people employed in a forestry
operation and is designed for crew personnel who are
experienced enough to work autonomously and are able to
undertake supervision duties for new crew members.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan
environmental management for a harvesting operation; apply
environmental management to felling methods and practices;
apply environmental management to machine operating
practices in forest harvesting operations; and monitor
environmental effects of forest harvesting operations.
Classification
Forestry > Forest Operations Advanced
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
A current and post-operational inspection should be undertaken to check that
environmental requirements and standards have been met.
2
Reference
New Zealand Forest Owners Association, New Zealand Environmental Code of
Practice for Plantation Forestry (2007), and any subsequent amendments. This is
referred to below as the ‘industry environmental standards’ and is available at
http://www.nzfoa.org.nz/resources/file-libraries-resources/codes-of-practice.
3
Definitions
Forestry Operations include forest establishment, silviculture, harvesting, forest
inventory, and forest and crew management.
Job prescription refers to any written instructions for the operation and may include
maps, harvest plans or cut plans.
Worksite procedures refer to documented procedures used by the organisation
carrying out the work and applicable to the tasks being carried out. They may
include but are not limited to – standard operating procedures, site safety
procedures, equipment operating procedures, quality assurance procedures,
housekeeping standards, procedures to comply with legislative and local body
requirements.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
6964 version 6
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan environmental management for a harvesting operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Job prescription and/or operation plan is checked for inclusion of environmental
requirements.
Range
1.2
Environmental risks and hazards are identified, assessed, and managed to
avoid or remedy impacts for specific forestry operations.
Range
1.3
local authority requirements, worksite procedures.
Environmental requirements are communicated to other workers involved on
the specific site, before starting the operation.
Range
1.5
location of haul tracks, trees bordering environmentally sensitive
areas, measures to control water run-off, environmentally sensitive
areas, boundaries, adjacent properties, waste disposal, fuel and
oil storage, physical resources.
Work pattern is outlined prior to commencing operation in accordance with the
industry environmental standards.
Range
1.4
local authority requirements, operational boundaries, historic sites,
environmentally sensitive areas, riparian protection, environmental
hazards, worksite procedures.
operational plan, job prescription, local authority requirements,
boundaries, historic sites, environmentally sensitive areas, riparian
protection, environmental hazards, worksite procedures.
Any activities outside the job prescription or operational plan are checked with
the employer or principal before work commences.
Outcome 2
Apply environmental management to felling methods and practices.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Tree felling is managed to minimise or avoid damage to environmentally
sensitive areas.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
6964 version 6
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Outcome 3
Apply environmental management to machine operating practices in forest harvesting
operations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Machine servicing in forests is planned and carried out to meet industry
environmental standards.
Range
3.2
Machinery operation and log extraction is managed to minimise environmental
damage in accordance with the industry environmental standards and local
authority requirements.
Range
3.3
fuel and oil storage, disposal of empty containers, fuel dispensing
and oil changes, machinery wash-down.
erosion, sedimentation, streamside management, adjacent
properties, physical structures, sensitive sites, job prescription
requirements, wildlife habitat.
Logging debris and slash is managed to avoid environmental damage in
accordance with the industry environmental standards and local authority
requirements.
Range
‘birds nests’, debris in water courses and water bodies, debris on
adjacent properties.
3.4
Measures to avoid transportation of weeds and pests when moving machinery
from site to site are explained.
3.5
Post-operational installation of water run-off control is completed in accordance
with worksite procedures and local authority standards.
3.6
Temporary run-off control is installed in accordance with operational
requirements during the operation for high intensity rainfall areas, downstream
and offsite risks, storm warnings and erosion prone soils.
Outcome 4
Monitor environmental effects of forest harvesting operations.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The operation is monitored throughout to check that industry environmental
standards are met.
Range
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field checks, documentation and procedures.
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NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
6964 version 6
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31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
8 November 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
2
19 June 1998
31 December 2012
Review
3
5 December 2000
31 December 2012
Review
4
22 May 2008
31 December 2016
Review
5
19 March 2015
31 December 2017
Review
6
10 December 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
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 (CMR). 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 Competenz at qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016