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Install pipework in boats
Level
3
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe pipework and
associated tools and accessories, and carry out pipework installation. They
are able to work under supervision.
This unit standard is for people who work, or intend to work, as marine
engineers or boatbuilders.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
7 May 1997
Date version published
20 March 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2012
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
Company procedures – the documented procedures for the machine and/or worksite.
2
This unit standard does not cover the installation of pipework for flammable gases.
3
Evidence of the elements of this unit standard must be presented across the
following contexts:
a materials – stainless steel, steel, aluminium, plastic, copper.
b applications – plumbing, hydraulic, pneumatic, bilge, fire fighting.
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The following apply to the performance of all elements of this unit standard:
a All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in
accordance with company procedures.
b 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.
c 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, and subsequent and
delegated legislation.
d All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
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This unit standard can be assessed off job.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe pipework and associated tools and accessories.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pipe materials are matched with their applications.
1.2
Pipework tools are identified in terms of their purposes in boatbuilding pipework
installation.
1.3
Fittings and accessories are identified in terms of their purposes and installation
methods.
Range
1.4
sleeves, bends, reducers, expansion valves, line tap valves,
service valves, driers, filters, sight glasses.
Types of joints are matched with materials and requirements for disassembly.
Range
glued, threaded, pressed, clamped, swaged, expansion,
temperature.
Element 2
Carry out pipework installation.
Performance criteria
2.1
Materials requirements are determined in accordance with job requirements.
Range
materials – pipe, adhesives, fastenings.
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Pipework is cut, bent, fabricated, joined, and sealed in accordance with
company requirements.
2.3
Installation meets company requirements for resource usage.
2.4
Installation meets programme schedule and design requirements.
2.5
System is tested for leaks in accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.6
tests – liquid, gas, pressure.
Installation is confirmed in accordance with company procedures and
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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