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Maintain horticultural property structures
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in horticulture.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare and paint wooden
and metal surfaces of horticultural property structures; carry out elementary
repairs and maintenance to a water supply on a horticultural property; and
repair minor damage to building cladding.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Production Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
25 July 2006
Date version published
25 July 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 19, unit
standard 21, unit standard 796, and unit standard 799.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Workplace procedures refer to verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
the worksite and equipment.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare and paint wooden and metal surfaces of horticultural property structures.
Range
wooden surfaces include but are not limited to – timber cladding on building
walls, doors, greenhouses, glasshouses, shadehouses, windows, fences;
metal surfaces include but are not limited to – frames and chassis for machines
and equipment, metal casements, roofs, flashing, guttering, spouting;
evidence is required for two wooden and two metal surfaces.
Performance criteria
1.1
Surfaces are prepared for painting.
1.2
Paint is applied uniformly and without spillage or undue wastage of materials.
1.3
Equipment is cleaned after use to restore it to usable condition, and materials
are correctly resealed and stored.
1.4
The site is tidied so that other work can proceed unimpeded.
Element 2
Carry out elementary repairs and maintenance to a water supply on a horticultural
property.
Performance criteria
2.1
A range of water pipe joins is completed according to manufacturer’s directions.
Range
polyethylene and PVC piping.
2.2
A washer is fitted to a tap, ball valve or simple drinking assembly according to
manufacturer’s directions.
2.3
Water leaks are identified and repaired.
Element 3
Repair minor damage to building cladding.
Range
one type of each of – weatherboard, galvanised iron sheets, building panels.
Performance criteria
3.1
Repair tools are used safely and without damage.
3.2
Replacement cladding is secure, weather resistant, and united with existing
cladding in a uniform way without hazardous snags.
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3.3
Tools are cleaned, maintained, and stored in accordance with workplace
procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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 Primary Industry Training Organisation via their website
www.primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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