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Title / Perform safe working practices in an automotive workshop
Level / 2 / Credits / 2
Purpose / This unit standard is for people involved in any automotive workshop operation. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate safe working practices in an automotive workshop; demonstrate good housekeeping practices; and maintain safe working practices in an automotive workplace.
Classification / Motor Industry > Automotive Workshop Engineering
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and safety prerequisites / Basic First Aid Certificate course (St John/Red Cross) of no less than 16 hours or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1 The NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation Training Manual for the relevant trade lists the tools and workshop equipment covered in this unit standard.
2 Codes of Practice which relate directly to automotive industrial operations are published by the Department of Labour and Standards New Zealand.
3 Workplace safety is covered by legislation, and the requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act, 1992 and amendments must be followed.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate safe working practices in an automotive workshop.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The effects of an accident on the workplace operations are identified.
Range minor, major, long term, short term.
1.2 Codes of Practice and legislative requirements relating to automotive workshop and machine safety are identified according to the type and scope of the work carried out.
1.3 Appropriate protective clothing suitable for the job is selected and worn.
Range protection to the body, head, hair, eyes, ears, lungs.
1.4 Protective footwear, suitable for the job, is worn at all times.
1.5 Loose body accessory items are protected or removed when working in a workshop.
Range chains, rings, watches.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate good housekeeping practices.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Hazardous objects left on floors, stairs, and platforms are removed and stored or disposed of safely.
2.2 Dirty and wet floor surfaces are cleaned and dried so that the potential hazard is completely removed.
2.3 Materials that are projecting, poorly stacked, and placed incorrectly are relocated so as to not create a hazard.
2.4 Sharp and dangerous objects are removed from the work area.
Range broken glass, sharp metal, open containers of flammable liquid, fuel and oil soaked rags.
2.5 Hand tools and workshop equipment are put away in assigned places after use.
2.6 Oil and fuel soaked rags and overalls are not used near welding operations.
2.7 Work benches, work space, and machinery are kept clean and tidy.
2.8 Warning notices are displayed clearly at the site of hazards.
Outcome 3
Maintain safe working practices in an automotive workplace.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Personal actions do not promote or cause unsafe acts and unsafe conditions in a workshop.
Range behaviour, personal hygiene to prevent skin irritations, working alone, working above and below a fellow worker, no smoking near combustible areas and dangerous goods.
3.2 Workplace accidents are reported promptly to the employer.
3.3 Adequate room to work safely is established and maintained.
3.4 A safe escape route is established in case of emergencies.
3.5 Safe ventilation procedures, relative to the work, are carried out.
3.6 Suitable and sufficient lighting is used for repairs to be carried out safely.
3.7 Care is taken when manoeuvring a vehicle on and in the worksite, to avoid injury and damage.
3.8 The specific uses for each type of fire extinguisher are identified and the operating procedures followed.
Range CO2, dry powder, water-gas, hose reel.
3.9 Hand tools and workshop equipment are maintained in good working order, selected appropriately for the job, and used safely.
Range refer to explanatory note 1.
Replacement information / This unit standard and unit standard 16098 have been replaced by unit standard 21858.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 Assessment /Registration / 1 / 28 February 1993 / 31 December 2016
Review / 2 / 4 August 1995 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 3 / 30 October 1997 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 4 / 28 May 1998 / 31 December 2016
Review / 5 / 20 December 1998 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 6 / 13 March 2001 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 7 / 16 October 2003 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 8 / 25 July 2006 / 31 December 2020
Rollover / 9 / 19 November 2010 / 31 December 2020
Rollover / 10 / 22 August 2014 / 31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0014
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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)SSB Code 101542 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2014