NZQA registered unit standard
26690 version 3
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Title
Construct item(s) to meet production needs for a performance
context from a given brief
Level
1
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
practical requirements of item(s) to be constructed for a
specified performance context from a given brief; investigate
construction methods relevant to the item(s) and its use in the
performance; and construct item(s) to meet the production
needs for a specified performance context.
Classification
Performing Arts General > Performing Arts Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Construction plan means a documented plan identifying the materials, tools and
techniques required to construct the items.
Production needs means the requirements of such aspects as: the script; the setting,
style or period of the production; the design; the performers. The production needs
to be met by the item(s) must be outlined in the given brief.
2
Candidates being assessed against this unit standard must demonstrate safe
working practices at all times. These may include but are not limited to safe working
practices in situations involving – working at heights, working with electricity, lifting,
securing equipment safely, replacing and storing equipment, use of tools, use of
supplied safety equipment. Evidence of this may be provided by a teacher/tutor
attestation or candidate’s reflective statement. A useful reference for safe working
practice is the Entertainment Technology New Zealand publication A Guide for Safe
Working Practices in the New Zealand Theatre and Entertainment Industry, 2011,
which can be accessed at http://www.etnz.org.
3
Legislation
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
4
Range
Item(s) may include but are not limited to – props, mask, puppet, set items, costume
prop(s), cultural prop(s).
Specified performance context may include but is not limited to a performance
scenario or an excerpt from – theatre, dance, kapa haka, music performance,
performance art, fashion show. The context the candidate is being assessed in must
be specified by the teacher/tutor.
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA registered unit standard
26690 version 3
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify practical requirements of item(s) to be constructed for a specified performance
context from a given brief.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Brief is analysed to determine the practical requirements for the item(s).
Range
how, where, and by whom the item(s) will be used in the
performance.
Outcome 2
Investigate construction methods relevant to the item(s) and its use in the performance.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Construction methods are identified in terms of the practical requirements of the
item(s) and the production needs of the specified performance context.
may include – flexibility, weight, texture, transparency.
Range
2.2
Construction plan is developed for item(s) that meets the requirements of the
brief.
Outcome 3
Construct item(s) to meet the production needs for a specified performance context.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Constructed item(s) meets the requirements of the developed construction plan
and the production needs for a specified performance context.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 November 2010
N/A
Revision
2
17 July 2014
N/A
Rollover
3
16 July 2015
N/A
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26690 version 3
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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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016