NZQA registered unit standard
6472 version 5
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Title
Carry out manual excavation for infrastructure works
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for
excavation, and carry out manual excavation operations.
Classification
Infrastructure Works > Generic Infrastructure Works
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The following code of practice must be complied with: Code of Practice for Manual
Handling (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2001). Available from the Occupational
Safety and Health service at http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz/order/catalogue/68.shtml.
2
The following code of practice may be relevant in some workplaces: National Code of
Practice for Utilities’ Access to the Transport Corridors (Wellington: NZ Utilities
Advisory Group, 2009). The code is available for downloading from
http://www.nzuag.org.nz/national-code/implementation-code.html.
3
Assessment against this unit standard must take place in a workplace environment.
Assessment parameters will be dependent on company and site specific equipment,
procedures, and practices. Practices must reflect industry best practice and comply
with legislative requirements.
4
Definitions
Company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the
company. They include legislative and regulatory requirements which may apply
across the company or to a specific site. Requirements are documented in the
company’s health and safety plans, traffic management plans, contract work
programmes, quality assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents.
Job instructions are those given to the operator prior to undertaking a job. They may
include site safety instructions, contract drawings, and written memos.
Stand over refers to work on gas, telecommunications and power services that
should be carried out under supervision of the relevant service provider.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare for excavation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Job instructions are confirmed with supervisor in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
1.2
location, type of work, extent of work, timing of work, equipment,
materials, services identification, stand over permit, safety.
Hand tools and equipment are selected for specified task and checked for
serviceability.
Range
three of – shovel, pick, crowbar, spade, grubber.
Outcome 2
Carry out manual excavation operations.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Excavation is carried out in accordance with company requirements and job
instructions.
2.2
Handheld digging tools are used in accordance with the Code of Practice for
Manual Handling.
2.3
Excavation is cleared of loose material in accordance with company
requirements.
2.4
Excavation tools and equipment are cleaned, maintained, and stored in
accordance with company requirements.
Planned review date
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
31 December 2015
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NZQA registered unit standard
6472 version 5
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 July 1996
N/A
Revision
2
9 March 1999
N/A
Review
3
30 May 2000
N/A
Review
4
25 September 2006
N/A
Review
5
18 February 2011
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0101
This AMAP 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, 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 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.
Consent 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.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016