| Level |
3 |
| Credits |
5 |
| Purpose |
The primary purpose of this unit standard is to enable people to apply to an
approved driver licence issuing agent of Land Transport New Zealand to
obtain a Driver Licence Endorsement D (Dangerous Goods). The knowledge
and skills required to achieve this unit standard are also relevant to others
engaged in the road transport industry handling dangerous goods.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the scope of the
Land Transport Dangerous Goods Rule 2005; explain in plain language the
common terms used in relation to the transport of dangerous goods; explain
transport procedures and the responsibilities of persons who transport
dangerous goods; explain the requirements for documents relating to the
transport of dangerous goods; explain the requirements relating to the
transport of Dangerous Goods in Limited Quantities, Consumer
Commodities, and Small Packages; explain and apply the requirements
regarding the segregation of dangerous goods; explain the requirements for
placarding vehicles and freight containers carrying dangerous goods; and
explain the procedures to be carried out by the driver in the event of an
emergency. |
| Subfield |
Driving |
| Domain |
Driver Licence Endorsements |
| Status |
Registered |
| Status date |
25 July 2006 |
| Date version published |
25 July 2006 |
| Planned review date |
31 December 2009 |
| Entry information |
Open |
| Accreditation |
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and Land Transport NZ. |
| Standard Setting Body (SSB) |
NZ Road Transport and Logistics Industry Training Organisation |
| Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference |
0092 |
This AMAP can be accessed at
NZQA.
Special notes
- Legal requirements to be complied with include:
Land Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 2005 (the Rule);
Land Transport Act 1998 and Rules promulgated under this Act;
NZS 5433:1999 Transport of Dangerous Goods on Land;
The Official New Zealand Truck Loading Code - Code of Practice for the Safety of Loads on Heavy Vehicles (current edition), available from booksellers.
- Definition
Dangerous Goods are substances or articles that are defined as such in the Land
Transport Rule: Dangerous Goods 2005;
Apply means to put into practice, or conduct a practical exercise that may include an
exercise in a provider environment;
Cleaned means for all dangerous goods, that the container is free of dangerous
residue of the substance to the satisfaction of the relevant regulatory authority;
Relevant regulatory authority means the New Zealand authority having statutory
control over a particular class of dangerous goods, such as Ministry of Health,
Ministry for the Environment and Enviromental Risk Management Authority.
- People wishing to assess against this unit standard for the purpose of qualifying
candidates to obtain a driver licence endorsement D (Dangerous Goods) are
required to be registered with Land Transport New Zealand as Approved Course
Providers, and use assessment material that has been pre-approved by Land
Transport New Zealand and the New Zealand Road Transport and Logistics Industry
Training Organisation.
- Any new or replacement Acts, regulations, Rules, standards, codes of practice, or
Land Transport New Zealand requirements or conditions affecting this unit standard
will take precedence for assessment purposes, pending review of this unit standard.
- Assessment
Assessment tasks for element 4 must consist of written questions that must be read,
and answered in writing by the person being assessed.
Use of appropriate reference material will be permitted during assessment.
- Competency for element 6 may be demonstrated in on-job or in a simulated situation
that closely reflects on-job requirements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1:
Explain the scope of the Rule.
Performance criteria:
| 1.1 |
The explanation includes the identification of the nine classes and divisions of
dangerous goods (except divisions of Class 1 Explosives) contained in the Rule
by name, class number, and class label. |
| 1.2 |
The explanation includes the role of the relevant regulatory authority to declare
substances or articles to be, or not to be, dangerous goods for transport on
land. |
| 1.3 |
The explanation includes the requirements covering empty receptacles that
have contained dangerous goods but have not been cleaned. |
Element 2:
Explain in plain language the common terms used in relation to the transport of dangerous
goods.
| Range: |
bulk, cleaned, emergency response information, food item, line-haul vehicle,
mixed load, UN number, segregation devices, packing group, prepacked freight
container or vehicle, proper shipping name. |
Performance criteria
| 2.1 |
The explanation is consistent with the definitions contained in the Rule. |
Element 3:
Explain transport procedures and the responsibilities of persons who transport dangerous
goods.
Performance criteria
| 3.1 |
The explanation includes the general safety requirements that relate to transport
procedures during loading, transportation, unloading, and parking. |
| 3.2 |
The explanation includes the responsibilities of drivers and loaders relating to
the transport of dangerous goods. |
| 3.3 |
The explanation includes the requirements for vehicles carrying dangerous
goods to stop at uncontrolled railway level crossings. |
| 3.4 |
The explanation includes the requirements to identify and carry emergency
response information. |
| 3.5 |
The explanation includes the driver's responsibilities for load security. |
Element 4:
Explain the requirements for documents relating to the transport of dangerous goods.
Performance criteria:
| 4.1 |
The explanation includes the requirements for information that must be
recorded on documents for dangerous goods, including Dangerous Goods in
Limited Quantities and Consumer Commodities. |
| 4.2 |
The explanation includes the requirements for the location of dangerous goods
documentation carried in vehicles. |
| 4.3 |
The explanation includes the purpose of the schedule of quantities, load plans,
and Container and Vehicle Packing Certificates. |
Element 5:
Explain the requirements relating to the transport of Dangerous Goods in Limited
Quantities, Consumer Commodities, and Small Packages.
Performance criteria:
| 5.1 |
The explanation includes the maximum amount of Dangerous Goods in Limited
Quantities, Consumer Commodities, and Small Packages that may be carried
on a vehicle or vehicle combination. |
| 5.2 |
The explanation includes the requirements relating to labelling and marking of
Dangerous Goods in Limited Quantities, Consumer Commodities, and Small
Packages for transport. |
Element 6:
Explain and apply the requirements regarding the segregation of dangerous goods.
Performance criteria:
| 6.1 |
The explanation and application includes segregation according to primary and
subsidiary risk and the different levels of segregation in accordance with the
Schedule for the segregation of dangerous goods. |
| 6.2 |
The explanation includes segregation dispensations for corrosive or toxic
substances from food items, gas cylinders, aerosols, and explosives of
Division 1.4. |
| 6.3 |
The explanation includes the identification of approved segregation devices,
and the circumstances in which segregation devices may be used. |
Element 7:
Explain the requirements for placarding vehicles and freight containers carrying dangerous
goods.
Performance criteria:
| 7.1 |
The explanation includes the identification of, and requirements for, placarding.
| Range: |
when placards are to be displayed;
position of placards on - rigid vehicles, vehicle combinations, tank wagons, disconnected trailers, portable tanks, freight containers. |
|
| 7.2 |
The explanation includes the identification and purpose of UN number,
Hazchem action code, and 24-hour emergency phone numbers displayed on
the emergency information panel. |
Element 8:
Explain the procedures to be carried out by the driver in the event of an emergency.
| Range: |
priorities at the scene, securing the scene, offering assistance, the effects of
wind, the effects of low lying areas, retrieval of documents, contacting
emergency services, provision of information for emergency services, reporting. |
Performance criteria:
| 8.1 |
The explanation includes the emergency procedures to be carried out by the
driver in the event of an emergency. |
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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.
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 Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation
if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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