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Title / Administer helicopter landing operations on a petrochemical off-shore installation
Level / 4 / Credits / 4
Purpose / This unit standard is for people employed in the petrochemical industry on an off-shore installation.
People credited with this unit standard are, on a petrochemical off-shore installation, able to: identify helicopter operation and safety equipment and procedures; assess helicopter hazards and their consequences; use and interpret documentation and maintain reports for helicopter landing operations; and locate and explain emergency procedures and contingency plans for helicopter landings.
Classification / Petrochemical Industry > Petrochemical - Operation of Vehicles, Craft, and Equipment
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1Performance of the outcomes of this unit standard must comply with relevant site requirements and the following legislation and documents:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015;
AN6 Operation of Aircraft: Part III: International Operations: Helicopters (Montreal: International Civil Aviation Association, 2016), available at
HelicopterLanding Officer’s Handbook201410thEdition, available at
2This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment. While all evidence requirementsmust be met, it is noted that all range statements within this unit standard are indicative and dependent on enterprise and site specific equipment, procedures, and practices.
3Definition
Site requirements mean the site specific documented methods for performing work activities and include health, safety, environmental, and quality management requirements. They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify helicopter operation and safety equipment and procedures on a petrochemical off-shore installation.
Evidence requirements
1.1Equipment for routine helicopter operations is identified and explained in accordance with site requirements.
Rangesignalling equipment, loading and securing equipment, personal protective equipment, fire fighting equipment and personnel.
1.2Equipment for emergency helicopter operations is identified in accordance with site requirements.
Rangesurvival equipment, fire fighting equipment and personnel, platform strobe warning lights.
1.3Cabin safety officer pre-flight duties are identified and their purpose is explained in accordance with site requirements.
Rangebriefing notes, briefing video, cabin safety officer duties, passenger placement.
Outcome 2
Assess helicopter hazards and their consequences on a petrochemical off-shore installation.
Evidence requirements
2.1Helicopter operations are assessed to identify potential hazards and their controls.
Rangesuitability of freight and packaging, loading and securing criteria, helicopter operational limitations, helicopter safety checks, helicopter start up, passenger embarkation and disembarkation, ground aspects of helicopter landing and take off, emergency platform gas venting, wind direction, operation of cranes, defined safe approach area, simultaneous operations, emergency landing, ditching.
2.2Site hazards are described in terms of location and their potential effects on the safety of helicopter operations are assessed.
Rangepersonnel, process.
2.3Site requirements for the helicopter landing officer are identified and explained.
Rangeoperations procedures, radio procedures.
2.4Site requirements for control procedures are identified and explained.
Rangehelicopter operating area for routine and emergency landing and take off, passenger pre-flight briefing, helicopter start up/take off support, coordination of helipad and operations activities, passenger movements, communication with person in charge.
Outcome 3
Use and interpret documentation and maintain reports for helicopter landing operations on a petrochemical off-shore installation.
Evidence requirements
3.1General documentation and information are used for helicopter landings in accordance with site requirements.
Rangesafety data sheets, operations safety procedures, goods and passenger embarkation and disembarkation procedures, emergency communication, radio and telephone procedures, helicopter routine and emergency procedures, distress signal procedures, procedures for alert and search and rescue, international rules and procedures relevant to operation, equipment operating manuals, manufacturer’s information, manifests, weather reports, weather conditions.
3.2Helicopter landings are reported and recorded appropriately for the passengers and cargo carried in accordance with site and legislative requirements.
Rangewritten communication, memos, notes, letters, electronic mail, job cards, verbal communication, hazardous goods declarations, passenger manifests.
3.3Logging methods are identified and relevant documents are maintained in accordance with site requirements.
Rangereporting systems, log books, freight and passenger manifests, aircraft movement documents, weather conditions, visibility, off-shore checklist.
Outcome 4
Locate and explain emergency procedures and contingency plans for helicopter landings on a petrochemical off-shore installation.
Evidence requirements
4.1Knowledge of contingency planning and marshalling of resources is demonstrated.
Rangeemergency communications, first aid support and assistance, calling outside support, signalling distress, responding to alarm, informing search and rescue services, coordinating emergency situation as required, controlling engine and refuelling fires, applying crash fire equipment, implementing emergency procedures where applicable.
4.2Emergency procedures are located and explained in accordance with site requirements.
Rangesite emergency response procedures.
4.3The currency of staff and passenger safety training is confirmed.
Planned review date / 31 December 2018Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 6 February 1997 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 2 / 3 August 2000 / 31 December 2018
Review / 3 / 24 January 2002 / 31 December 2018
Review / 4 / 20 February 2009 / 31 December 2018
Rollover and Revision / 5 / 20 April 2017 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0079
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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 (CMRs). 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.
Comments on this unit standard
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Primary Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101558 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018