This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to Monitor, inspect and service ropes and attachments in Coal and Metalliferous mining.

This unit is appropriate for those working in operational roles.

No licensing, legislation or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant documentation, policies and procedures

implements the requirements, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient monitoring, inspecting and servicing of ropes and attachments including:

apply legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures

apply auxiliary equipment operation, servicing, cleaning requirements and procedures

apply equipment operation, servicing and cleaning requirements and procedures

works effectively with others to monitor, inspect and service of ropes and attachments that meets all of the required outcomes including:

complying with written and verbal reporting requirements and procedures

communicating clearly and concisely with others to receive and clarify work instructions

communicating clearly and concisely with others to resolve coordination requirements prior to commencing and during work activities

demonstrates completion of the monitoring, inspecting and servicing of ropes and attachments that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

carrying out pre-start, start-up, park-up and shutdown procedures

conducting safety checks

using hand and power tools and measuring instruments

isolating and tagging

servicing and inspections of ropes

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge in monitoring, inspecting and servicing winder ropes and attachments through:

accessing, interpreting and applying legislative, organization and site requirements and procedures for:

environmental procedures

equipment safety requirements

isolation procedures

site procedures

site safety requirements

start-up and shutdown procedures

underground procedures

winder operations

operation of protective devices for shafts

operational procedures and checks

skip and personnel cage operations

rope and attachment types, their construction and their defects

inspection and servicing regimes for ropes and attachments

winder type and operations completing shaft installations

possible defects in winder equipment/installations

with trip and fault procedures and abnormal conditions

with site winder emergency procedures

equipment processes, technical capability and limitations

An assessor of this unit must satisfy the requirements of the NVR/AQTF or their successors; and Industry regulations for certification and licensing; and,

this unit is best assessed in the context of this sector’s work environment;

where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment may occur in a simulated environment provided it is realistic and sufficiently rigorous to cover all aspects of this sector’s workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills; and,

this unit must be assessed in compliance with relevant legislation/regulation and using policies, procedures, processes and operational manuals directly related to the industry sector for which it is being assessed; and,

assessment may be conducted in conjunction with the assessment of other Units of Competency; and,

assessment must confirm consistent performance can be applied in a range of relevant workplace circumstances; and,

assessors must demonstrate the performance evidence, and knowledge evidence as outlined in this Unit of Competency, and through the minimum years of current* work experience specified below in an Industry sector relevant to the outcomes of the unit; or,

where the assessor does not meet experience requirements a co-assessment or partnership arrangement must exist between the qualified assessor and an Industry subject matter expert. The Industry subject matter expert should hold the unit being assessed (or an equivalent unit) and/or demonstrate equivalence of skills and knowledge at the unit level. An Industry technical expert must also demonstrate skills and knowledge from the minimum years of current work experience specified below in the Industry sector, including time spent in roles related to the unit being assessed; and,

assessor and Industry subject matter expert requirements differ depending on the Australian Qualifications Framework Level (AQF) of the qualification being assessed and/or Industry Sector as follows:

*Assessors can demonstrate current work experience through employment within Industry in a role relevant to the outcomes of the Unit; or, for external assessors this can be demonstrated through exposure to Industry by conducting frequent site assessments across various locations.

**Where a unit is being delivered outside of a Qualification the first numeric character in the Unit code should be considered to indicate the AQF level

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit. Further information is available in the Resources and Infrastructure Industry Training Package Companion Volume.

Coal mining (Underground)

Metalliferous mining (Underground)