Extractive Industries (Mining Administration Surface Extraction B Grade) (Level 5)
Course details
About the course
*This programme under development for 2020
If you wish to manage a quarry or alluvial operation with four or fewer staff you require a B Grade Quarry Managers Certificate.
Tai Poutini Polytechnic is offering the National Certificate in Extractive Industries (Mining Administration B Grade Surface Extraction) Level 5. On completion, this certificate will provide you with the knowledge, skills and unit standards to apply for your B Grade Quarry Managers Certificate.
For details of the additional statutory requirements to be met before Certificates of Competence can be awarded, candidates should refer to the Requirements of Holders of Certificates of Competence, under the Health and Safety in Employment (Mining Operations and Quarrying Operations) Regulations 2013.
* NZQA unit registration fees of $1.58 per credit apply.
The last date for entry onto the B Grade Quarry Manager is 31 December 2019, with the last date of assessment being December 2021.
You will be offered a place subject to meeting the entry and selection requirements and the availability of places on the programme.
Delivery
Enrolment in this qualification will require you to participate in structured training sessions, the completion of practical tasks on your worksite, and the completion of assessments to demonstrate your learning and application of knowledge.
This training will require a commitment from your employer to ensure your availability for the training sessions and to facilitate appropriate learning situations on your worksites.
The qualification is delivered over the period of a year and will require significant commitment from the learner to achieve the required outcomes.
Core Elements
- Explain the health and safety legislation, and supporting documents, applicable to an extractive site
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of dewatering, pump maintenance and setting ponds at an extractive site
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of procedures to minimise environmental impact at an extraction site
- Demonstrate and apply knowledge of the use of water at a surface extraction site
- Demonstrate knowledge of planning and managing extraction to minimise environmental impacts
- Demonstrate knowledge of construction and maintenance of roads within a surface extraction site
- Demonstrate knowledge of the maintenance of working surfaces at a surface extraction site
- Conduct safety checks before and after equipment use at an extractive site
- Prepare a safety inspection plan for extractive operations
- Carry out the risk management processes at an extractive site
- Conduct an incident investigation at an extractive site
PREREQUISITE
- Applicants must be currently working in the extractives industry or have industry experience
- Applicants for whom English is a second language must meet IELTS (or equivalent) Level 5.5 or above
About the provider
Tai Poutini Polytechnic (TPP), based on New Zealand’s spectacular West Coast and with campuses in Wanaka, Christchurch and Auckland, offers students exciting opportunities to get a head start in their career or take the next step on their learning journey.
TPP offers popular study options that meet local employment needs and are tailored to help people get into real jobs in the community or get ahead in their chosen career. With two West Coast campuses, in addition to other New Zealand locations, TPP makes the most of the opportunities on its doorstep.
The institute’s popular Outdoor Education programmes teach technical, leadership and teamwork skills on West Coast rivers and mountains along with a Ski Patrol programme based in Wanaka that makes the most of the South Island’s world-famous ski fields. A base on the West Coast also allows Jade and Hard Stone Carving students to get right to the cultural and historic source of their material. Likewise, Civil Plant students prepare for jobs in the roading, forestry and mining industries on purpose-built work sites in Greymouth and Auckland, while agriculture students have the use of the TPP Reefton farm.
These are just some of TPP’s many popular full-time, part-time or short programmes, which include business, trainee chef, tourism and hospitality, carpentry, automotive and engineering. All programmes are focused on industry expectations and tutors enjoy strong relationships with local businesses so learning is relevant and useful to the market. The institute’s aim is to get students into real jobs in the community and help create better futures for everyone.
West Coast students also have the option of living in TPP’s own student accommodation facilities. A home away from home while you’re studying. Tai Poutini Village offers 58 individual rooms and shared facilities for students. Village staff provide you with a living environment which encourages and supports the educational mission of the Polytechnic, supporting students in their chosen programme of study, and helping them to develop personally, socially and culturally.
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