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Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Energy and Chemical Operations (Plant and
Machinery) (Level 3)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
60
NZSCED
030301
Engineering and Related Technologies>Process and Resource
Engineering>Chemical Engineering
DAS classification
282
Manufacturing > Energy and Chemical Plant
Qualification developer
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
October 2014
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the energy and
chemical plant industry with competent employees who have
attained the operational skills and knowledge required to work as
entry-level plant and machinery operators.
This qualification is suitable for individuals who wish to enter into
the industry or those already working as entry-level operators.
The qualification provides a credential that will support career
opportunities for graduates in a range of energy or chemical plant
contexts.
Graduates would have established standards of competent
performance to operate plant and machinery within a specific
energy or chemical plant context, under limited supervision.
Graduate profile
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
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Outcome Statement
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Education pathway
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maintain personal safety, contribute to the safety of others,
and comply with the health and safety requirements of an
operator in an energy or chemical plant context
comply with standard operating procedures in an energy and
chemical plant
operate and monitor the performance of a basic range of
plant and equipment used in an energy or chemical plant.
This is an entry-level qualification within the energy and chemical
plant industry and can lead to the New Zealand Certificate in
Energy and Chemical Operations (Boiler Operation) (Level 3)
[Ref: 2306] and/or the New Zealand Certificate in Energy and
Chemical Field Operations (Level 4) with strands in Process
Plant Equipment, Steam Plant, Geothermal Operation,
Petrochemical Operation, Petrochemical Station, and
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Petrochemical Transfer and Storage [Ref: 2307].
Employment pathway
Graduates of this qualification may gain employment as entrylevel operators in an energy or chemical plant.
With further work experience and study, graduates may gain
employment as boiler operators or control room operators.
An energy or chemical plant context may occur in
petrochemicals, agri-nutrients, power generation, dairy
processing, meat processing and wood fibre manufacturing or
other plants that operate with a combination of high temperature,
pressures, steam and/or chemicals in gas, liquid or solid form.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification will be awarded by an organisation which
either has programme approval and accreditation or an
approved industry training programme.
The certificate will display the title of the qualification; the logos
of the NZQF and PITO; and the name and/or logo of the
awarding body.
Evidence requirements for
managing consistency
All education organisations offering programmes leading to the
qualification must engage with arrangements for managing
consistency, including covering actual and reasonable related
costs.
Each education organisation is responsible for deciding what
specific evidence it will provide to demonstrate how well its
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes of the
qualification.
Evidence of the following must be provided:
• Student feedback on course delivery and qualification
achievement, their perception of the value of the training, and
suggestions for improvements
• Feedback from employers on the level of skills, knowledge and
behaviour demonstrated by graduates of the qualification
• Evidence of effective internal quality assurance systems
• Portfolios of work and/or assessment samplesdemonstrating
the range of student performance within a programme
TEOs can also provide any other relevant evidence that
supports the consistency review.
Credit transfer and recognition of
prior learning arrangements
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Organisations seeking approval to award the qualification are
expected to have Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) or
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) assessment processes in
place. Credit transfer will be automatic where assessment
standards are used for assessment within programmes of study
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or training leading to this qualification.
Minimum standard of achievement
and standards for grade
endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for the award of
the qualification will be the achievement of all outcomes. There
are no grade endorsements for this qualification.
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet regulatory
body or legislative requirements)
None.
Qualification conditions
Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for programme
structure
None.
Conditions for programme context
TEOs arranging training or delivering programmes towards this
qualification must ensure that the training arranged and
programmes of learning are kept up-to-date with regard to
amendments to, and replacements of, legislation and industry
standards applicable to the energy and chemical plant sector.
Other conditions
None.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
1
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against any of these
unit standards:
Optional
Maintain personal safety,
contribute to the safety of others,
and comply with the health and
safety requirements of an
operator in an energy or
chemical plant context
Credits 20
17602
18426
20645
21467
21468
21469
28284
2
Comply with standard operating
procedures in an energy and
chemical plant
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against these unit
standards:
Credits 20
3047
21459
21464
28157
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Optional
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3
Operate and monitor the
performance of a basic range of
plant and equipment used in an
energy or chemical plant
Credits 20
This outcome may be demonstrated
through assessment against any of these
unit standards:
Optional
3032
3060
3510
4553
21452
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Energy and Chemical
Plant (Process Operation) (Level 2) with optional strands in Petrochemical
Industry; Kraft Pulp and Chemical Operations; and Kraft Liquor
Evaporation [Ref: 1343].
Trainees currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualification may either complete the
requirements as specified below, or transfer their results to this replacement qualification.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2016. The
last date for award of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2018 at which time it will be designated
as discontinued.
It is the intention of Primary ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition
arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the Primary ITO
www.primaryito.ac.nz.
Republication information
Version 1 of this qualification was republished In February 2015 to update the Evidence requirements for
managing consistency
Version 1 of this qualification was republished in December 2014 to update the standards listed in the
specific conditions relating to the graduate profile.
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