NZQA Expiring unit standard
18986 version 6
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Title
Select and use scientific equipment
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to select and
use scientific equipment.
Classification
Science > Science - Core
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Scientific equipment refers to items of equipment used for any of –
 measurement: distance, volume, mass, time, temperature, voltage, current,
resistance, pH
 heating: solid, liquid
 population studies: population size, population density, population diversity
 identifying: rocks, minerals, or cells
 locating: focal point of a concave, convex mirrors, or lenses.
2
Assessment for this unit standard is to be in practical situations, with the candidate
observed using the equipment.
3
Where laboratory work is involved, learners’ health and safety practices must comply
with AS/NZS 2243.1: 2005 Safety in laboratories – Planning and operational aspects,
AS/NZS 2243.10:2004 Safety in laboratories - Storage of chemicals and safety
procedures for Code of Practice for School Exempt Laboratories, available at
http://www.chemteach.ac.nz.
4
Legislation and regulations applicable to this unit standard includes:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996
Hazardous Substances (Exempt Laboratories) Regulations 2001.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select and use scientific equipment.
Range
six items of scientific equipment including at least two that are used for
measurement.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
18986 version 6
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Evidence requirements
1.1
The equipment selected is appropriate for the task.
1.2
The equipment is operated in a safe and correct manner.
1.3
Measurements are taken with appropriate degrees of accuracy in terms of task
and item of equipment.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
26 February 2002
31 December 2012
Review
2
23 August 2005
31 December 2012
Review
3
30 November 2010
31 December 2012
Rollover
4
20 October 2011
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
5
20 September 2012
31 December 2016
Rollover
6
22 May 2014
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016