HORT329 – Ground Duties
Module code
HORT329
Module title
Ground Duties
Prescription
The aim of this module is to develop student’s ability to carry out groundperson’s duties in arboriculture situations.
Programmes
- SX1702
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
4
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 40
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Secure site for arboriculture work
Support aerial crew members
Carry out general ground duties - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Theoretical face-to-face and online sessions including workbooks, lectures, workshops, group practical activities, discussion, independent learning, and assignments centred on project based learning.
- Content
- Codes of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management (COPTTM)Road signage use
- Safety features, barrier tapes, signage
- Excluding people from work area and potential dangers
- Communication methods, signals
General safety of climbers maintained
- Maintaining lines
- Refueling chainsaws, protecting climbing lines from contact of fuel, oil
Wearing appropriate personal protective equipment
- Working safely around people and machinery
- Stacking log wood, or cutting into firewood, stacking with brushwood butts facing one way for chipping or disposal
- Overnight site safety, and security
- Site clean up, sweep or blower in accordance with contract specifications - Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this module is mixed mode. Students must gain a minimum mark of 50% in the achievement-based assessments and meet all the requirements of the competency-based assessments including carrying out all tasks in a safe manner and to industry standard to be eligible for a final grade for this module. The final grade will be based on the marks from the achievement-based assessment tasks. Where there are only competency components, pass or fail will be awarded.
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- - Tutorial notes, exercises and readings, flexible, blended learning focus on content and material as projects for project based learning.
- Interactive Moodle platform
