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Manage telecommunications work, and self and personal relationships
in polar regions
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work, or intend to work, in the Antarctica,
maintaining and operating telecommunications systems and equipment.
People assessed as competent in this unit standard are able to work
effectively and live together harmoniously in a small team in a unique,
isolated environment.
Subfield
Telecommunications
Domain
Telecommunications - Management and Operational
Support
Status
Registered
Status date
28 July 1995
Date version published
25 January 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0003
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Complementary unit standards: Unit 4937, Maintain and operate telecommunications
systems and equipment in polar regions and Unit 4968, Establish and maintain
effective working relationships for telecommunications operations.
2
Experience living in a small team in an isolated environment would be beneficial;
considerable breadth and depth of experience in maintaining and operating a wide
range of telecommunications systems and equipment is needed as the unit holder
would normally work alone without ready access to specialist help.
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General Range
Polar regions: Antarctica, Scott Base.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Manage work in polar regions.
Performance criteria
1.1
The response to duty calls is positive and prompt.
Range
1.2
A flexible and innovative approach to solving equipment faults on base is
maintained so operational requirements are met without the need for
interruption.
Range
1.3
all scheduled and unscheduled work required of the technician to
maintain minimal base operations.
Base procedures are followed.
Range
1.5
all operational faults on all telecommunications equipment on
base.
Workload is managed without the need for supervision.
Range
1.4
duty calls – day and night, all seasons, emergency, routine.
health and safety; personnel; quality requirements; base routines
and regulations.
Communications with all personnel affected by work are clear, complete,
accurate; and delivered in time to avoid management or operational problems.
Range
management and operational problems – undesirable interruptions
to system performance and base operations.
Element 2
Manage self and personal relationships in polar regions.
Performance criteria
2.1
Self discipline on base is maintained and other people's right to privacy and
quietness is respected.
2.2
Amicable, sensitive, and diplomatic relationships are maintained with all base
personnel and multi-cultural values are respected.
Range
multicultural values – American, New Zealand, European.
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2.3
Clothes worn are suitable to the conditions and length of time in conditions.
Range
2.4
The location and planned time for all off-base work is recorded in the correct
place before leaving the base.
Range
2.5
sporting activities suitable for facilities available; any hobby or
interest which is time and self absorbing, individual plus small
team hobbies.
Help with and contribution to housekeeping and cooking meals are undertaken
willingly.
Range
2.7
conditions – weather, terrain, living environment.
Individual hobbies and interests are initiated and maintained.
Range
2.6
full survival gear and parts thereof.
meals – informal nourishing meals for groups up to 10;
housekeeping – washing clothes, dishes, basic sewing repairs to
clothes, cleaning.
Base rules and regulations are followed.
Range
base personnel health and safety, emergency evacuation
procedures, survival, operational.
2.8
A standard of personal grooming and hygiene which is inoffensive to colleagues
is maintained.
2.9
Private living area is tidy, safe, and clean and causes no offence to colleagues.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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 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 ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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