NZQA Expiring unit standard
19860 version 4
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Title
Recover buried equipment in underground mines
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out
operational plan for underground mine recovery operations
involving buried equipment; secure unstable ground in the
operational area; check and set up equipment for the plan and
type of underground recovery operation; connect and use
recovery equipment to implement operational plan in
underground mines; clean, recommission, test, and store used
recovery equipment; and complete documentation and carry
out a debriefing.
Classification
Extractive Industries > Underground Extraction
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisites: Unit 21278, Describe, install, and reassess
support systems for an underground mine; Unit 21818,
Describe, drill, and install support systems with a hand held drill
borer in an underground mine; and Unit 21281, Interpret and
test for gases in an underground extraction site; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
This unit standard is
Explanatory notes
expiring
1
Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with the following
enactments and codes:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE);
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996;
Health and Safety in Employment (Mining – Underground) Regulations 1999;
approved codes of practice issued pursuant to the HSE Act.
2
All statutory and authority requirements must include the latest amendments.
3
Definition
Company procedures mean the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management
requirements. They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Carry out operational plan for underground mine recovery operations involving buried
equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Operational plan is carried out in accordance with company procedures.
Range
1.2
operational plan may include but is not limited to – emergency
procedures, materials required, resources required, health and
safety, plans of area, flooding, water, notification of incident, other
agencies, hours of work, heat and humidity, transport of men and
equipment, old workings, search patterns, coal dust, gassed out
headings, machinery type.
Gas analysis results are interpreted and responded to in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
factors in the analysis may include but are not limited to –
barometric pressure, Coward’s triangle, Ellicott’s diagram, carbon
monoxide make, Graham’s ratio, explosive atmospheres, gas
detection, gas monitoring, ventilation, fresh-air base.
Outcome 2
Secure unstable ground in the operational area.
Evidence requirements
2.1
This unit standard is
Range
support may
include – props, sets, roof bolts, cable bolts, chocks,
expiring
spiling, packing material.
Support of unstable ground enables access to equipment in accordance with
operational plan.
Outcome 3
Check and set up equipment for the plan and type of underground recovery operation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Hydraulic pulling equipment is checked and set up in accordance with
operational plan, manufacturer’s specifications, and company procedures.
Range
hydraulic ram, pump, hose lay-out, deadman, anchor points, pins,
shackles, chains.
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3.2
Blocks and ropes are checked and set up in accordance with mine plan and
company procedures, and operational plan.
Range
3.3
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wire ropes, strops, shackles, pins, blocks, deadman, anchor point,
chains.
Towing machine is checked and set up in accordance with operational plan,
manufacturer’s specifications, and company procedures.
Range
winch, load haul dump (LHD), shuttle car, continuous miner,
road-header.
Outcome 4
Connect and use recovery equipment to implement operational plan in underground
mines.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Hydraulic pulling equipment is connected and used in accordance with plan and
manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
4.2
hydraulic ram, pump, hose lay-out, deadman, anchor points, pins,
shackles and chains.
Ropes and blocks are connected and used in accordance with plan and
manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
wire ropes, strops, shackles, pins, blocks, deadman, anchor point,
chains.
This unit standard is
Range
winch, LHD, shuttle car, continuous miner, road-header.
expiring
Outcome 5
4.3
Towing machine is connected and used in accordance with plan and
manufacturer’s specifications.
Clean, recommission, test, and store used recovery equipment.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Equipment used in the recovery operation is cleaned, recommissioned, tested,
and returned to storage in a ready to use state in accordance with company
procedures and manufacturer’s specifications.
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SSB Code 101542
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Outcome 6
Complete documentation and carry out a debriefing.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Documentation is completed in accordance with company procedures and
made available for debriefing.
Range
6.2
operation plans, photographs, operational recordings, relief teams,
incident reports, surface documentation.
Debrief is carried out in accordance with company procedures.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
22 October 2003
Rollover and
Revision
2
23 February 2007
Rollover and
Revision
3
16 July 2010
Review
4
21 May 2015
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0114
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016