National Vocational Certificate in Metallurgy (Junior Operator) 3
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National Vocational Certificate in Metallurgy (Junior Operator) 3

Credits for all the unit standards listed below are required.

Unit No. Unit Standard Title Level Credits
Unit ID: 1478 Apply hazard identification and risk assessment
procedures in the workplace		 3 5
Unit ID: 1479 Control workplace hazardous substances 3 7
Unit ID: 1480 Demonstrate knowledge of regulatory
requirements pertaining to process plant
operations		 2 5
Unit ID: 1481 Demonstrate knowledge of interlock and shut
down sequence		 3 3
Unit ID: 1482 Use and maintain portable engineering power
tools		 2 4
Unit ID: 1483 Transfer fluids by means of a pump 3 6
Unit ID: 1484 Operate auxiliary plant and equipment 3 10
Unit ID: 1485 Conduct sampling in a metallurgical process 2 4
Unit ID: 1486 Request materials, tools and equipment as part of
process plant operations		 3 8

 All the unit standards listed below are required.

Unit No. Unit Standard Title Level Credits
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: 1406 Operate fluid mixing equipment 3 6
Unit ID: 1409 Handle reagents safely in a metallurgical plant 2 6
Unit ID: 1504 Conduct dispatch operations 3 6
Unit ID: 1505 Bulk package and store product 3 8
Unit ID: 1509 Remove airborne dust by means of a bag filter 2 3

A minimum of 25 credits is required

Unit No. Unit Standard Title Level Credits
Unit ID: 1532 Operate a tailings disposal system 3 10
Unit ID: 1533 Break oversize rock 3 8
Unit ID: 1534 Conduct stacker operations 3 5
Unit ID: 1535 Treat and dispose of rejects and tailings 3 12
Unit ID: 1538 Handle cyanide solids safely in a metallurgical
plant		 3 7
Unit ID: 1539 Handle liquid cyanide safely in a metallurgical
plant		 3 7
Unit ID: 1540 Maintain grinding medium load in a mill 3 8
Unit ID: 1541 Neutralise cyanide spillage 3 8
Unit ID: 1542 Reline a mill within scope of own responsibility 3 12
Unit ID: 1543 Separate material by means of a magnetic
separator		 3 8
Unit ID: 1559 Conduct thickening and clarifying process in a
metallurgical plant		 3 6
Unit ID: 1407 Conduct aeration operations 3 6
Unit ID: 1408 Conduct digestion operations 3 6
Unit ID: 1410 Off-load reagents into a storage facility 3 5
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 electrode 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: 1417 Recover a mineral from ore by means of
flotation		 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: 1434 Conduct electrometallurgy operations 3 8
Unit ID: 1506 Control water quality in a cooling system 3 6
Unit ID: 1507 Handle bulk oxygen safely in a metallurgical
plant		 2 4
Unit ID: 1508 Off-load liquefied gas into a storage facility 3 6
Unit ID: 1510 Remove airborne pollutants by means of a
scrubber		 3 4
Unit ID: 1511 Produce metal bar by means of a casting
process		 3 12

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