This unit describes a participant’s skills and knowledge required to move and position materials to form stockpiles in Civil construction, Coal and Metalliferous mining and Extractive.

This unit is appropriate for those working in operational or supervisory roles.

No licensing 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

works effectively with others to undertake and effective moving and positioning of materials to form stockpiles to meet all required outcomes including:

preparing for and organising work activities to meet all task requirements

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

using a range of communication techniques and aids to advise others of work activity and exclusion zones

demonstrates completion of moving and positioning of materials to form stockpiles that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

confirming and implementing barriers and signage

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

operating, steering, manoeuvring and positioning plant and equipment

inspecting stockpile structure

identifying and managing contaminants

conducting basic operational maintenance including servicing, lubrication and cleaning

process written records and reports

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of moving and positioning materials to form stockpiles through:

planning and organising skills to conducting stockpiling operations

problem solving skills to technical resources and infrastructure issues

awareness of site environmental requirements and constraints

experience with site product characteristics

use of pre-start, start-up, operating and shutdown procedures and techniques

awareness of hazardous goods procedures and consequences of spills

use of indicator readings

understanding of site operational system

knowledge of principles of contamination

use of stockpile management processes

use of recording and reporting processes

application of bund construction, drainage and stockpile maintenance procedures

awareness of wet and dry working procedures

application of environmental principles

use of isolation procedures principles

working knowledge of metallurgical and technical data

application of stockpile safety requirements and signage

working knowledge of stockpiling characteristics 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 must be assessed in the context of this sector’s work environment; 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.

Civil construction

Coal mining

Extractive

Metalliferous mining