21816 Describe and operate a diesel haul truck in an :21816描述和操作在柴油卡车
NZQA registered unit standard 21816 version 2
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Title Describe and operate a diesel haul truck in an underground mine
Level 3 Credits 20
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
operational characteristics and performance of a diesel haul
truck; describe safety systems and conditions for operating a
diesel haul truck; check readiness and operate a diesel haul
truck; and unload and shut down a diesel haul truck, and
complete documentation, in an underground mine.
Classification Extractive Industries > Underground Extraction
Available grade Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and Prerequisite: Unit 7146, Demonstrate basic knowledge and
safety prerequisites ability required to work in an underground mine, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
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 Definitions
Industry best practice refers to those practices which competent practitioners within
the industry recognise as current industry best practice. These may be documented
in management plans, company procedures, managers’ rules, occupational health
and safety policy, industry guidelines, codes of practice, manufacturers’ instructions,
and safe working and/or job procedures (or equivalent).
Site requirements 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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NZQA registered unit standard 21816 version 2
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the operational characteristics and performance of a diesel haul truck in an underground mine.
Evidence requirements
1.1 A diesel haul truck is described in terms of its operational characteristics and
performance.
Range safety features, controls, operating procedures, powered
attachments, gradient, speed, capacity, components.
Outcome 2
Describe safety systems and conditions for operating a diesel haul truck.
Evidence requirements
2.1 The safety systems and conditions for the machine operation are described in
accordance with industry best practice.
Range systems – compressed air, emergency stop, brakes, water and
electrical services;
conditions – roof and rib security traffic, lighting, accessibility,
ventilation, roadway conditions, travelling route.
Outcome 3
Check readiness and operate a diesel haul truck in an underground mine.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Checks on diesel haul truck are completed in accordance with industry best
practice and site requirements.
Range availability, capacity, pre-start checks, documentation.
3.2 Identified defects are reported and managed in accordance with industry best
practice and site requirements.
3.3 Diesel haul truck is operated in accordance with the job and the specifications
of the machine.
Range operation includes but is not limited to – manoeuvring, load, carry,
discharge, powered attachments.
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Outcome 4
Unload and shut down a diesel haul truck, and complete documentation.
Evidence requirements
4.1 Diesel haul truck is unloaded in accordance with industry best practice.
4.2 Diesel haul truck is parked and shut down in accordance with industry best
practice.
4.3 Identified defects are reported and managed in accordance with industry best
practice and site requirements.
4.4 Documentation is completed in accordance with industry best practice.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 7154.
Status and review information
Registration date 25 October 2005
Date version published 16 July 2010
Planned review date 31 December 2012
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0114
This AMAP can be accessed at
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.
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(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
NZQA registered unit standard 21816 version 2
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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. NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation , New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2015
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