Level 3 Credits 62
This qualification is designed for a weighbridge operator who works in the extractive industries.
This qualification can lead on to the National Certificates in Extractive Industries - Operations (
Levels 3 &
4).
Surface Extraction includes quarries, open cast coal and gold mines, lime mills, alluvial gold extraction, iron sands, and industrial minerals.
Underground Extraction includes metalliferous and coal underground mines and tunnels.
Pre-requisite: National Certificate in Extractive Industries - Introductory Skills
COMPULSORY: 42 Credits
Unit Standard
|
Description
|
Level
|
Credit
|
|
57 |
Provide customer service in given situations |
2 |
2 |
|
376 |
Employ customer service techniques for differing customer behaviours in a given situation |
3 |
2 |
|
1279 |
Write in plain English |
3 |
3 |
|
3483 |
Fill in a form |
1 |
2 |
|
8893 |
Carry out weighbridge operations for extractive industries |
3 |
10 |
|
9680 |
Communicate within a specified organisational context |
2 |
3 |
|
11815 |
Answer customer enquiries on the telephone in a wide range of contexts |
3 |
4 |
|
11816 |
Answer customer enquiries by mail, facsimile, and/or email in a wide range of contexts |
3 |
4 |
|
11818 |
Enhance work practices by the application of product and/or service knowledge |
3 |
4 |
|
17602 |
Apply hazard identification and risk assessment procedures in the workplace |
3 |
4 |
|
25880 |
Use simple maths to solve extractives related problems |
2 |
4 |
ELECTIVE 1: A minimum of 15 credits of which a minimum of 10 credits at Level 3 or above.
Unit Standard
|
Description
|
Level
|
Credit
|
|
2781 |
Manage and protect data in a personal computer system |
2 |
3 |
|
2784 |
Create and use a computer spreadsheet to solve a problem |
2 |
3 |
|
2786 |
Create and use a computer database to solve a problem |
2 |
3 |
|
8899 |
Plan storage for product processed at extractive sites |
4 |
8 |
|
8900 |
Clean surface extraction fixed and mobile production plant, equipment, and site, and maintain site |
2 |
5 |
|
8901 |
Make and spread stockpiles for an extractive site |
2 |
3 |
|
15664 |
Demonstrate knowledge of the geological nature of surface extraction sites |
3 |
5 |
|
19583 |
Demonstrate knowledge of products in a retail or distribution environment |
2 |
4 |
|
21153 |
Demonstrate knowledge of dewatering, pump maintenance, cleaning settling ponds at extraction sites |
3 |
12 |
|
25876 |
Describe the effects of an extractives site on the environment and related requirements and responsibilities |
3 |
4 |
ELECTIVE 2: A minimum of 5 credits at Level 3 or above from anywhere on the DAS.
