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Title / Establish and maintain effective working relationships as a floorman in a hydrocarbon drilling environment
Level / 3 / Credits / 6
Purpose / This standard comprises this cover sheet and Australian unit of competency DRTOG10B.
People credited with this standard are able to: establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues; establish and maintain relationships with visitors to the working environment; establish and maintain effective communications with colleagues; and carry out work handovers.
This standard covers the establishment and maintenance of effective working relationships by a floorman.
Classification / Drilling Industry > Drilling - Hydrocarbon
Available grade / Achieved
Australian Qualifications Framework Details
Unit of Competency Code / DRTOG10B
Unit of Competency Name / Establish and maintain effective working relationships
Developer / National Training Information Service
Explanatory notes
1The Australian unit of competency can be accessed from the Resource and Infrastructure Industry Skills Council Limited (RIISC) website using this link: DRTOG10BEstablish and maintain effective working relationships. It has been registered on New Zealand’s National Qualifications Framework (NQF) as part of the Mutual Recognition of Vocational Education and Training Qualifications between Australia and New Zealand, and has been endorsed by the NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation.
2Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
An MOU has been established between MITO and SkillsDMC (the Australian National Industry Skills Council for the Resources and Infrastructure sectors). The MOU outlines moderation in New Zealand, the granting of consent to assess against standards to providers in New Zealand, and the provision for participation of the NewZealand industry in the review of this standard. This document can be viewed at Further information relating to consent to assess against and moderation of this standard is outlined in MITO’s Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) 0114.
3All workplace practices must meet recognised codes of practice, and documented workplace health, safety and environmental procedures (where these exceed the code) for personal, product, workplace health, safety, and environmental matters, and the obligations required under current law including: the Health and Safety in Employment (HSE) Act 1992; HSE Regulations 1995; HSE (Mining Administration) Regulations 1996; Resource Management Act 1991; Conservation Act 1987; Environment Act 1986; Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act 1996; HSNO (Personnel Qualifications) Regulations 2001; and their subsequent amendments.
4Definitions
Codes of Practice refer to any issued code of practice approved by the Minister of Labour under Section 20 of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE) and any work carried out in accordance with that code.
Duty of care means taking all practicable steps to protect the health and safety of others in the workplace as required by the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Organisational and workplace procedures mean the documented methods for performing work activities and include health and safety, environmental and quality management requirements. They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, company procedures, manufacturer’s instructions and policy statements.
Standards refer to any New Zealand or Australian Standards that provide technical guidance and specifications. Standards may also be specified in Regulations.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 20 November 2006 / 31 December 2018
Review / 2 / 20 November 2014 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0114
This CMR can be accessed at
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)SSB Code 101542 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018