Manage health and safety for an agricultural contracting workplace

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1 Page 1 of 5 Manage health and safety for an agricultural contracting workplace Level 5 Credits 6 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: develop or review a health and safety plan for an agricultural contracting workplace; implement the health and safety plan; account for accidents, near hits, and serious harm in the agricultural contracting workplace; and develop an emergency action plan for the agricultural contracting workplace. Subfield Domain Status Rural Contracting Agricultural Contracting Registered Status date 25 June 2007 Date version published 25 June 2007 Planned review date 31 December 2012 Entry information Recommended: Unit 21565, Manage agrichemicals in accordance with NZS 8409:2004; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills. Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard Accreditation Standard setting body (SSB) Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry. Infrastructure ITO Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0101 This AMAP can be accessed at Special notes 1 The following legislation and requirements apply to this unit standard: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act); Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995; Resource Management Act 1991; Guidelines for the Provision of Safety, Health and Accommodation in Agriculture (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1996); and

2 Healthy Work Managing Stress and Fatigue in the Workplace (Wellington, Department of Labour, 2003); both available from version 2 Page 2 of 5 Other requirements applicable to this unit standard may include but are not limited to: Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Tree Work Part 1: Arboriculture (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1994); and Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Tree Work Part 2: Maintenance of Trees Around Power Lines (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1996); and Approved Code of Practice for Safety and Health in Tree Work Part 3: River and Stream Operations (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1998); and A Guide to Safety with Chainsaws (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2006); and A Guide to Safety in Tree Felling and Crosscutting, (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2001); and Guidelines for Safe Above-Ground Fuel Storage on Farms (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2001); and Guarding Farm Machinery Tractor power take-offs and transmission machinery (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1984); and Guidelines for the Safe Handling, Transportation and Stacking of Large Hay Bales (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1995); and Approved Code of Practice for Roll Over Protective Structures on Tractors in Agricultural Operations (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2001); and Approved Code of Practice for the Management of Noise in the Workplace (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2002); and Approved Code of Practice for Operator Protective Structures on Self-Propelled Mobile Mechanical Plant (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1999); and Guidelines for the Prevention of Falls (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2000); and Approved Code of Practice for Excavation and Shafts for Foundations (Wellington: Department of Labour, 1995); all available from NZS 8409:2004 Management of agrichemicals, available from Operator Safety Manual for Earthmoving Machinery, 2006, Infrastructure ITO Ltd, Telephone ; Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management produced by Transit New Zealand, available from or equivalent specification as required by the road controlling authority on its network. Any legislation or other requirement superseding any of the above will apply, pending review of this unit standard. 2 Assessment against this unit standard must be based on evidence from a workplace context. 3 Definitions Agricultural contracting may include agrichemical application. Near hit is an accident or an incident that does not result in a reportable/serious harm injury.

3 Page 3 of 5 Elements and performance criteria Element 1 Develop or review a health and safety plan for an agricultural contracting workplace. 1.1 Responsibilities for the management of health and safety plan for an agricultural contracting workplace are identified in terms of the HSE Act. 1.2 A health and safety policy statement, applicable to a given workplace, is developed or reviewed in terms of the work carried out, in accordance with Guidelines for the Provision of Safety, Health and Accommodation in Agriculture and any other applicable requirements. 1.3 Employee's responsibilities in respect of the employer are outlined in accordance with the health and safety policy statement. 1.4 Employer's responsibilities in respect of the employee are outlined in accordance with the health and safety policy statement. 1.5 A health and safety plan for the workplace is developed or reviewed in terms of respective roles and responsibilities. Range includes but is not limited to hazard identification and control; communication; training and/or supervision; accounting for accidents, near hits, serious harm. Element 2 Implement the health and safety plan. 2.1 Hazards in the workplace are identified in accordance with the health and safety plan. 2.2 Employees are involved in hazard identification in accordance with the health and safety plan. 2.3 Hazards identified as significant in terms of the HSE Act are controlled in 2.4 Employees are informed of identified hazards and control procedures in 2.5 Implementation ensures employees receive training and/or supervision in

4 Page 4 of 5 Element 3 Account for accidents, near hits, and serious harm in the agricultural contracting workplace. Range evidence may be from actual or simulated situations. 3.1 A register of accidents, near hits, and serious harm is maintained in accordance with the health and safety plan. 3.2 All instances of serious harm are reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Service of the Department of Labour in accordance with the health and safety plan. 3.3 Accidents are investigated and remedial action is taken, in accordance with the health and safety plan. Element 4 Develop an emergency action plan for the agricultural contracting workplace. 4.1 Potential emergency situations are identified in accordance with the HSE Act. 4.2 Emergency procedures are determined in accordance with the HSE Act. 4.3 Employees are involved in identifying emergencies and developing the emergency plan action plan, in accordance with the HSE Act. Please note Providers must be 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 accredited by NZQA 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.

5 Page 5 of 5 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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.