Subjects
Requirements for completion of the qualification
The following provides the packaging rules for this qualification, followed by the list of relevant units of competency.
Successful completion of thirteen (13) units of competency made up of:
four (4) core units, and
nine (9) elective units of which:
one (1) must be chosen from group A
at least six (6) must be chosen come from group B
up to two (2) may be chosen from group C and/or group D
up to two (2) may be chosen from Certificate II, Certificate III or Certificate IV level from this, or any other Training Package or accredited course
Units chosen must be relevant to the job function.
There are both licensed and non-licensed units of competency relating to high risk work in the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package. To be appointed under any statutory requirements in related roles, units of competency should be selected to meet the state/territory licensing requirements.
There are no prerequisites to imported units listed in this qualification. Where a unit is imported as an elective care must be taken to ensure that all prerequisites specified are complied with.
Core units of competency | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Apply environmentally sustainable work practices | |
Communicate in the workplace | |
Work safely and follow WHS policies and procedures | |
Apply risk management processes | |
Electives | |
Group A | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Maintain and monitor site quality standards | |
Comply with site work processes/procedures | |
Group B | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Manage steam boiler startup | |
Shut down and store steam boiler | |
Operate separation equipment | |
Transfer bulk fluids into/out of storage facility | |
Communicate and monitor pipeline activities | |
Issue work permits | |
Communicate information | |
Communicate workplace information | |
Respond to local emergencies and incidents | |
Conduct operations with integrated tool carrier | |
Monitor coal preparation plant operations | |
Control and monitor automated plant/machinery | |
Conduct wheel loader operations | |
Conduct coal stockpile dozer operations | |
Operate plant/machinery on live stockpiles | |
Conduct tracked dozer operations | |
Conduct wheeled dozer operations | |
Conduct grader operations | |
Conduct belly dump truck operations | |
Conduct articulated truck operations | |
Conduct rigid haul truck operations | |
Conduct stockpile dozer operations | |
Conduct safety and health investigation | |
Conduct calcinations activities | |
Conduct bacterial oxidation | |
Conduct filtering process | |
Conduct heavy media separation | |
Conduct high tension separation | |
Conduct leaching process | |
Conduct pressure oxidation | |
Conduct thickening and clarifying process | |
Conduct wet gravity separation | |
Conduct flotation process | |
Conduct magnetic separation | |
Process lime products | |
Control acid plant operations | |
Conduct conveyor operations | |
Conduct stacker operations | |
Conduct ship loading operations | |
Operate and monitor ore car dumpers | |
Conduct pump operations | |
Handle reagents | |
Conduct drying activities | |
Monitor and operate auxiliary plant and equipment | |
Conduct milling/grinding | |
Operate and monitor filter processes | |
Conduct electrowinning/electrorefining operations | |
Conduct elution processes | |
Conduct gold room operations | |
Monitor casting quality | |
Conduct crushing and screening plant operations | |
Perform processing control room operations | |
Cast a blast furnace | |
Cast ingots | |
Operate a blast furnace | |
Operate furnaces | |
Operate converters | |
Supply molten metal and additives to furnaces | |
Control molten metal in holding furnace/vessel | |
Monitor and maintain furnace gas efficiency | |
Monitor and maintain flue gas efficiency | |
Isolate and access plant | |
Blend stockpile materials | |
Conduct stockpile reclaiming operations | |
Maintain stockpiles | |
Monitor tailings dam environment | |
Reclaim and treat water system | |
Operate and monitor boiler steam/water cycle | |
Group C | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Purchase goods and services | |
Maintain business records | |
Operate and monitor valve systems | |
Monitor, operate and maintain pipeline stations and equipment | |
Conduct pipeline pigging | |
Operate fluid mixing equipment | |
Operate heat exchangers | |
Operate powered separation equipment | |
Operate chemical separation equipment | |
Work safely with instruments that emit ionizing radiation | |
Conduct accretion firing | |
Apply initial response First Aid | |
Respond to mine incident | |
Respond to local emergencies and incidents | |
Operate in self-contained regenerative oxygen breathing apparatus | |
Extricate and transport people involved in incidents | |
Operate a gantry or overhead crane | |
Operate a vehicle loading crane | |
Conduct rail dispatch operations | |
Break oversize rock | |
Connect and disconnect reefer units | |
Conduct bulk water truck operations | |
Operate support equipment | |
Enter and work in confined spaces | |
Work safely at heights | |
Conduct aeration process | |
Conduct digestion process | |
Conduct precipitation operations | |
Conduct reduction process | |
Conduct roasting operations | |
Conduct air cleaning activities | |
Conduct conveyor operations | |
Conduct shore side mooring operations | |
Conduct pump operations | |
Handle reagents | |
Operate compressors | |
Carry out bore-field operations | |
Operate raw material feed systems | |
Conduct solvent extraction | |
Prepare and carry out electrolytic cleaning process | |
Prepare for sintering activities | |
Sinter materials | |
Conduct screening and conveying operations | |
Bulk package and store product | |
Conduct blending plant operations | |
Tap furnaces | |
Prepare for pelletising activities | |
Produce pellets | |
Respond to site based spills | |
Provide support to electrical tradesperson | |
Test operational functions of vehicles and equipment | |
Install, commission and maintain major conveyor equipment and systems | |
Repair and splice conveyor belting | |
Take environmental samples and measurements | |
Operate light vehicle | |
Operate multi-combination vehicle | |
Operate and maintain a four wheel drive vehicle | |
Treat and dispose of rejects and tailings | |
Distribute tailings | |
Monitor tailings dam environment | |
Complete and check import/export documentation | |
Group D | |
Unit code | Unit title |
Licence to operate a vehicle loading crane (capacity 10 metre tonnes and above) | |
Licence to operate a bridge or gantry crane | |
Licence to drive a multi combination vehicle | |
