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Title
Strip and polish hard floors
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for people in the cleaning industry.
People credited with this standard are able to: prepare to scrub,
strip and polish hard floors; scrub, strip and polish hard floors;
and complete job-related tasks.
Classification
Cleaning and Caretaking > Cleaning Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 1570, Buff hard floors, Unit 17270, Polish a hard floor with
a high speed polisher, Unit 17265, Machine scrub hard floors,
or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this standard must comply
with the requirements of:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Equipment and cleaning agents must be used in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations.
3
Definitions
Dustrol may also be called a static mop or dust mop. While the technical applications
vary between each of these, the principles are the same. The purpose is to remove
dust from the floor without creating dust showers.
Flat mop is a type of microfibre mop and can be used in a wet or dry condition.
Mop refers to either a string/cotton, sponge or microfibre type, or a flat mop.
Industry best practice refers to any enterprise and/or establishment requirements,
practices, policy, procedures, methods and protocols which are in accordance with
applicable legislation, regulations and New Zealand Standards.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to scrub, strip and polish hard floors.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Selected equipment is clean and in working condition.
Range
scrubbing machine, scouring pad, scrubbing pad, polishing pad,
wringer buckets, mops, dispensers, polisher, squeegee, wet
vacuum cleaner, isolating transformer or residual current device
(RCD).
1.2
Equipment is safety checked and non-operational and/or damaged equipment is
reported in accordance with industry best practice.
1.3
Warning signs are displayed in accordance with industry best practice.
Range
at least one of – signs, barriers, cordons.
1.4
Floor is checked and made ready for stripping, scrubbing and polishing by the
removal of loose soil and dust in accordance with industry best practice.
1.5
Provision of ventilation ensures comfort and safety of cleaner and public in
accordance with industry best practice.
1.6
Dangers of working with electrical equipment in wet conditions are identified,
and precautions are taken at all times.
Range
1.7
dry hands during equipment operation, use of isolating transformer
or RCD.
Cleaning solution is prepared in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations.
Outcome 2
Scrub, strip and polish hard floors.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Polished floor is stripped and dried in accordance with industry best practice.
Range
stripping solutions are applied, floor is machine stripped of all
polish build-up, rinsing of floor removes all signs of stripping
solution and polish residue, floor is dried removing stripping
solution and polish residue.
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2.2
Floor is sealed using appropriate polymer sealer in accordance with industry
best practice.
Range
2.3
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area to be sealed is polished and dustrolled, sealant is applied.
Appropriate polish is applied to floor in accordance with industry best practice.
Range
prepared floor is sealed and soil free, polish is applied, application
of polish over area is complete, floor is polished after polish has
stabilised, repetition of polish application and polishing is
continued to meet requirements.
Outcome 3
Complete job-related tasks.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Task is completed without damage or risk to cleaner, public, furniture, fixtures,
or fittings.
3.2
Equipment is cleaned, checked and stored in accordance with industry best
practice
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 17265 were
replaced by unit standard 29391.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 April 2000
31 December 2014
Revision
2
8 February 2001
31 December 2014
Review
3
27 February 2006
31 December 2014
Review
4
18 October 2012
31 December 2018
Review
5
21 April 2016
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0004
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
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