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Describe, install and test plumbing systems in boats
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work, or intend to work, as boatbuilders.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe, install and test
simple plumbing systems in boats.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
21 November 2008
Date version published
21 November 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Boating Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0136
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in
accordance with company procedures.
2
All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented worksite
health and safety procedures (where these exceed code) for personal, product, and
worksite health and safety, and must meet the obligations required under the Health
and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and subsequent and delegated legislation.
3
All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented worksite
environmental procedures (where these exceed code) for personal, product, and
worksite environmental matters, and must meet the obligations required under the
Resource Management Act 1991, including Resource Management (Marine
Pollution) Regulations 1998, and subsequent and delegated legislation.
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All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
5
Regulatory requirements may include complying with relevant legislation, local,
national or international, and may include compliance with survey standards and/or
ISO standards. Potential ISO standards may include: ISO 15083:2003 Small craft –
Bilge-pumping systems, ISO 9093-2:2002 Small craft – Seacocks and through-hull
fittings.
6
Definitions
Job requirements, requirements that may or may not be specified but require correct
choices to achieve including: following safety and workplace procedures and meeting
generally accepted trade practice standards.
Manufacturer’s specifications, written or drawn specifications or instructions that
determine how equipment should be installed or used.
7
This unit standard is intended to address vessels under approx 16m and include
flexible hose connections. For rigid pipework installation on vessels larger than
approx 16m refer to unit standard 9938.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe simple plumbing systems used in boats.
Range
system types – toilet, freshwater, bilge, fire, ballast, fuel, sewage, engine water
intake, LPG gas.
Performance criteria
1.1
Plumbing and pipework are described in terms of system type.
1.2
Pipework, hose types, and connection systems are described in terms of
system use and suitability.
Range
1.3
Fittings are described in terms of their purposes and installation methods.
Range
1.4
plastic plumbing types (proprietary and generic), copper, other
materials, hoses.
sleeves, bends, reducers, gate valves, filters, sight glasses,
through-hull fittings, non-return valves, vents.
System testing processes are described according to job requirements.
Range
tests – liquid systems, gas systems;
finding leaks – in accordance with survey, regulatory, or other
requirement.
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Element 2
Install and test simple plumbing systems in boats.
Range
at least one skin fitting, one pump (electric, bilge, or other), and associated hose
or piping system.
Performance criteria
2.1
Plumbing system is planned and components specified to suit job requirements
and manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
materials, pipe, hose, adhesives, sealants, fastenings.
2.2
Plumbing system is installed in accordance with job requirements.
2.3
Installation is tested in accordance with job requirements.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter–institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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
Please contact the Boating Industry Training Organisation training@bia.org.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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