National Vocational Certificate in Metallurgy (Hydro metallurgical Processing- Senior Operator) 5
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National Vocational Certificate in Metallurgy (Hydro metallurgical Processing- Senior Operator) 5

Credits for all the unit standards listed below are required.

Unit No. Unit Standard Title Level Credits
Unit ID: 1447 Control the leaching operation in a metallurgical
plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1529 Clarify a solution 2 6
Unit ID: 1425 Operate pipeline stations and equipment 3 6

Credits for all the unit standards listed below are required.

Unit No. Unit Standard Title Level Credits
Unit ID: 1458 Apply operational maintenance skills 2 10
Unit ID: 1461 Transfer bulk fluids into and out of storage facility 2 8
Unit ID: 1462 Conduct pump operations 2 4
Unit ID: 1489 Perform basic tests as part of metallurgical
operations		 3 12
Unit ID: 1490 Isolate and lock-out plant and equipment 3 10
Unit ID: 1491 Control and monitor automated plant and
machinery		 4 12
Unit ID: 1492 Control and monitor a metallurgical plant from a
control room		 4 15
Unit ID: 1493 Manage plant shutdown and restart 4 8
Unit ID: 1494 Decommission plant 4 6
Unit ID: 1495 Perform calibration checks on laboratory
equipment		 3 6
Unit ID: 1496 Monitor and coordinate waste and process water
treatment		 4 10
Unit ID: 1497 Apply the concept of motivation in a leadership
context		 4 6
Unit ID: 1498 Process and interpret data in the context of
metallurgical processing		 4 8
Unit ID: 1569 Perform metallurgical tests 3 6
Unit ID: 848 Develop procedures to safely control work
operations		 4 6
Unit ID: 849 Monitor procedures to safely control work
operations		 4 5
Unit ID: 850 Supervise the health, safety and welfare of an
employee new to the role in the workplace		 4 8
Unit ID: 851 Advocate and keep pace with improvements in
health and safety practice		 4 6
Unit ID: 852 Develop and maintain individual and
organisational competence in health and safety
matters		 4 8
Unit ID: 853 Develop and implement effective communication
systems for health and safety information		 4 7
Unit ID: 855 Conduct a health and safety risk assessment in a
workplace		 5 10
Unit ID: 858 Investigate and evaluate health and safety
incidents, accidents, and complaints in the
workplace		 5 8
Unit ID: 859 Promote a positive health and safety culture in
workplaces		 5 10
Unit ID: 860 Review health and safety procedures in
workplaces		 5 8

A minimum of 71 credits is required.

Unit No. Unit Standard Title Level Credits
Unit ID: 1531 Demonstrate mechanical awareness and plant
appreciation as part of mineral processing
operations		 2 20
Unit ID: 1539 Handle liquid cyanide safely in a metallurgical
plant		 3 7
Unit ID: 1557 Conduct dense medium separation 2 7
Unit ID: 1559 Conduct thickening and clarifying process in a
metallurgical plant		 3 6
Unit ID: 1561 Work safely with instruments that emit radiation 3 6
Unit ID: 1400 Attend to heat exchangers 2 8
Unit ID: 1410 Off-load reagents into a storage facility 3 5
Unit ID: 1417 Recover a mineral from ore by means of flotation 3 10
Unit ID: 1440 Recover metal by electrolytic precipitation 3 4
Unit ID: 1503 Demonstrate mechanical awareness and plant
appreciation as part of pyrometallurgy operations		 2 20
Unit ID: 1463 Operate compressors in a metallurgical plant 2 4
Unit ID: 1089 Sling regular loads and communicate during crane
operations		 3 20
Unit ID: 1093 Lift and place loads with truck-mounted crane 3 20
Unit ID: 1018 Carry out road construction and maintenance
activities using a rotary broom		 2 8
Unit ID: 1118 Lift, move and place loads with a forklift as part of
surface mining and quarrying operations		 2 5
Unit ID: 1119 Carry out surface mining and quarrying activities
using a service vehicle		 2 8
Unit ID: 1524 Distribute tailings 2 8
Unit ID: 1536 Perform size separation in a metallurgical plant 3 6
Unit ID: 1537 Control feed distribution by means of a mobile
system		 3 4
Unit ID: 1543 Separate material by means of a magnetic
separator		 3 8
Unit ID: 1548 Make up a heavy medium suspension in a
metallurgical plant		 2 6
Unit ID: 1555 Control medium density in a dense-medium
separation process		 3 8
Unit ID: 1563 Control the de-watering process in a metallurgical
plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1564 Control the dense medium separation process in a
metallurgical plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1399 Demonstrate knowledge of handling and storing
cyanide		 1 4
Unit ID: 1404 Make-up a sodium cyanide solution in a
metallurgical plant		 3 6
Unit ID: 1448 Conduct pipeline pigging 3 8
Unit ID: 1459 Operate and maintain conveyors at a metallurgical
plant		 2 8
Unit ID: 1524 Distribute tailings 2 8
Unit ID: 1535 Treat and dispose of rejects and tailings 3 12
Unit ID: 1536 Perform size separation in a metallurgical plant 3 6
Unit ID: 1537 Control feed distribution by means of a mobile
system		 3 4
Unit ID: 1538 Handle cyanide solids safely in a metallurgical
plant		 3 7
Unit ID: 1541 Neutralise cyanide spillage 3 8
Unit ID: 1543 Separate material by means of a magnetic
separator		 3 8
Unit ID: 1548 Make up a heavy medium suspension in a
metallurgical plant		 2 6
Unit ID: 1555 Control medium density in a dense-medium
separation process		 3 8
Unit ID: 1563 Control the de-watering process in a metallurgical
plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1564 Control the dense medium separation process in a
metallurgical plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1401 Determine relative density by means of a density
scale		 2 3
Unit ID: 1445 Control the flotation process in a metallurgical
plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1448 Conduct pipeline pigging 3 8
Unit ID: 1459 Operate and maintain conveyors at a metallurgical
plant		 2 4
Unit ID: 1525 Hand sort material in a metallurgical plant 1 2
Unit ID: 1538 Handle cyanide solids safely in a metallurgical
plant		 3 7
Unit ID: 1541 Neutralise cyanide spillage 3 8
Unit ID: 1551 Carry out acid treatment of carbon 2 8
Unit ID: 1552 Operate an x-ray sorter 2 2
Unit ID: 1558 Process lime products 3 14
Unit ID: 1402 Dispatch metallurgical process by-products 2 4
Unit ID: 1403 Adsorb a dissolved metal 3 7
Unit ID: 1407 Conduct aeration process 3 6
Unit ID: 1408 Conduct digestion operations 3 6
Unit ID: 1448 Conduct pipeline pigging 3 8
Unit ID: 1459 Operate and maintain conveyors at a metallurgical
plant		 2 4
Unit ID: 1466 Operate air-blower system 3 6
Unit ID: 1525 Hand sort material in a metallurgical plant 1 2
Unit ID: 1538 Handle cyanide solids safely in a metallurgical
plant		 3 7
Unit ID: 1541 Neutralise cyanide spillage 3 8
Unit ID: 1551 Carry out acid treatment of carbon 2 8
Unit ID: 1552 Operate an x-ray sorter 2 2
Unit ID: 1558 Process lime products 3 14
Unit ID: 1402 Dispatch metallurgical process by-products 2 4
Unit ID: 1403 Adsorb a dissolved metal 3 7
Unit ID: 1407 Conduct aeration process 3 6
Unit ID: 1408 Conduct digestion operations 3 6
Unit ID: 1411 Off-load organic reagents into a storage facility 3 5
Unit ID: 1412 Regenerate organic solvent 3 5
Unit ID: 1413 Regenerate resin 2 6
Unit ID: 1414 Strip base metals from titanium blanks in an
electro-winning process		 3 3
Unit ID: 1415 Neutralise waste streams in a metallurgical plant 2 3
Unit ID: 1416 Operate a demineralisation plant 3 10
Unit ID: 1418 Reclaim and treat water in a metallurgical plant 3 8
Unit ID: 1419 Produce sulphuric acid by means of absorption 2 5
Unit ID: 1420 Clean sulphur dioxide gas 2 3
Unit ID: 1421 Dry sulphur dioxide gas by means of absorption 2 4
Unit ID: 1422 Maintain the catalyst in a sulphur dioxide converter 2 3
Unit ID: 1423 Replace stellar filter candles 2 4
Unit ID: 1424 Operate a drying plant 3 10
Unit ID: 1426 Conduct precipitation operations 2 7
Unit ID: 1430 Strip precious metals from carbon 3 5
Unit ID: 1431 Extract metal from a solution by means of solvent
extraction		 3 5
Unit ID: 1432 Absorb chlorine gas in a metallurgical plant 3 8
Unit ID: 1434 Conduct electrometallurgy operations 3 8
Unit ID: 1435 Conduct elution processes 3 12
Unit ID: 1436 Shut-down a sulphur dioxide gas system for
maintenance		 3 10
Unit ID: 1437 Monitor and control the sulphuric acid production
process		 3 15
Unit ID: 1438 Generate sulphur trioxide gas by means of a
catalytic converting process		 3 8
Unit ID: 1439 Conduct and monitor solvent extraction process 3 8
Unit ID: 1441 Regenerate carbon by means of a regenerator kiln 3 4
Unit ID: 1442 Control the carbon adsorption process in a
metallurgical plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1443 Control the drying operation in a metallurgical
plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1444 Control the elution process in a metallurgical plant 4 15
Unit ID: 1445 Control the flotation process in a metallurgical
plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1446 Control the process of uranium recovery from
solution in a metallurgical plant		 4 15
Unit ID: 1511 Produce metal bar by means of a casting process 3 12
Unit ID: 1516 Operate furnaces 4 20
Unit ID: 1517 Load a charge into a furnace 3 8
Unit ID: 1466 Operate air-blower system 3 6

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