BILD324 – Essential Safety Skills for PGD
Module code
BILD324
Module title
Essential Safety Skills for PGD
Prescription
To provide learners with working knowledge of essential safety responses, and how to apply them in given situations.
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
14
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 140
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Manage first aid and basic life support in an emergency situation Describe risks and safety measures for asbestos-related work in plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying contexts Describe the properties, hazards and mitigations of gas contaminated environments in plumbing, gas-fitting, or drain laying contexts Demonstrate the use of safety harness system when working at height
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this module is competency-based. In order to pass this module students must attempt and meet all the requirements of the competency-based assessments including carrying out all tasks in a safe manner and to industry standard
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- Study Guide Textbooks Skills quality assured competency-based assessment resources. Building Act 2004; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993; Fair Trading Act 1986; Privacy Act 1993; and all subsequent amendments and replacements. Health and Safety at Work Act 2015; Health and Safety at Work (Asbestos) Regulations 2016; Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016; Resource Management Act 1991; The following standards, which are available at http://www.standards.govt.nz: AS/NZS 1715:2009 Selection, use and maintenance of respiratory protective equipment, AS/NZS 1716:2012 Respiratory protective devices; The following code, which is available at http://www.worksafe.govt.nz/worksafe: WorkSafe New Zealand (2016) Approved Code of Practice for the Management and Removal of Asbestos; and all subsequent amendments and replacements.
- Content
- Assessment and management of people to provide first aid, in an emergency, and to provide basic life support. Friable and non-friable asbestos, ACOP asbestos related terms, respiratory entry, disease risk, risk perception and protection. Legal rights and responsibilities, safe working practices. Types of gasses and hazards, main properties of gasses, dangers of working where gas is present, and safe working practices when working with solvents. Fire prevention, eliminating sources of ignition, gas fire actions, exposure to toxic gases, notification requirements of gas incursion. Fall hazard terminology, personal equipment faults & non-compliance. Safety harness hazards, different safety harness systems, associated equipment & compliance. Checking a safety harness system, using a safety harness system, rescue planning.
