Field           Engineering and Technology

 

Review of Extractive Industries Management standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Extractive Industries

Extractive Industries Management

24470, 24474-24476, 24478-24480, 24482, 24484, 24485, 24487, 26750-26759

 

MITO New Zealand Incorporated has completed the review of the standards listed above, which are coversheets for Australian Units of Competency.

 

Date new versions published                                                               August 2019

 

Summary

 

MITO New Zealand Incorporated undertook analysis of currently listed Extractive Industries Management unit standard coversheets and identified a number that are no longer being used and have not been awarded in four years or longer.  The decision was made to expire these units as they no longer align with industry need.

 

Main changes

 

 

Category D units will expire at the end of December 2019

 

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

 

Key to review category

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Engineering and Technology > Extractive Industries > Extractive Industries Management

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

24470

Assess ground conditions at an extractive site

3

4

D

24474

Handle reagents for transportation, storage, mixing, and use at an extractive site

2

5

D

24475

Operate heat exchangers that form part of a heating, cooling, or refrigeration system at an extractive site

2

3

D

24476

Operate raw material feed systems at an extractive site

2

4

D

24478

Cast ingots at an extractive site

3

3

D

24479

Conduct calcinations activities at an extractive site

3

2

D

24480

Conduct electrowinning/electro-refining operations at an extractive site

3

5

D

24482

Conduct gold room operations at an extractive site

3

10

D

24484

Conduct milling/grinding at an extractive site

3

15

D

24485

Conduct thickening and clarifying process at an extractive site

3

7

D

24487

Operate furnaces at an extractive site

3

3

D

26750

Operate programmable logic control systems at an extractive site

2

4

D

26751

Control operations in acid plant at an extractive site

3

3

D

26752

Handle, store, and use cyanide at an extractive site

2

5

D

26753

Treat and dispose of rejects and tailings at an extractive site

2

2

D

26754

Distribute tailings at an extractive site

2

2

D

26755

Monitor tailings dam environment at an extractive site

2

2

D

26756

Conduct filtering process at an extractive site

3

10

D

26757

Conduct pressure oxidation at an extractive site

3

15

D

26758

Conduct flotation process at an extractive site

3

15

D

26759

Supervise processing operations at an extractive site

5

10

D