NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
Fair boat surfaces
Level
3
Purpose
25155 version 2
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Credits
4
This unit standard is intended to be used by people involved in
the specialist filling and fairing sector of boat construction.
People credited with this unit standard are able to check filled
boat surfaces prior to fairing, and shape filler to achieve a fair
surface.
Classification
Boating Industries > Boatbuilding
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in
accordance with company procedures.
2
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.
3
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.
4
All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
5
Surface filling in the context of this unit standard is for the purposes of achieving
surface fairness, as opposed to localised spot filling on nail and screw holes.
6
Assessment must include establishing fairness and filling appropriately an entire non
fair convex boat hull or deck surface exceeding 10m 2.
7
Definitions
Company procedures, documented or accepted procedures in the workplace where
the unit standard is being assessed.
Job requirements, requirements that may or may not be specified but require correct
choices to achieve including: following safety and workplace procedures and meeting
generally accepted trade practice standards.
NZ Marine and Composites Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101812
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
25155 version 2
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Manufacturer’s specifications, include instructions that may apply to quantities, ratios,
temperatures, humidity, application rate, ventilation, material handling, taking
specified safety precautions, and application method.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Check filled boat surfaces prior to fairing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Cured filler is checked for hardness in accordance with job requirements and
manufacturer’s specifications.
1.2
Extent of surface non fairness is determined using battens and/or patterns and
marked in accordance with job requirements.
Outcome 2
Shape filler to achieve a fair surface.
Range
may include – long boards, hand tools and/or power equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Filler is shaped in accordance with job requirements.
2.2
Filler is progressively checked during shaping using battens, and highs and
lows are identified in accordance with job requirements.
2.3
Finished surface is fair in accordance with job requirements.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 25113, and unit
standard 25156 have been replaced by unit standard
29235.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 November 2008
31 December 2018
Review
2
15 October 2015
31 December 2018
NZ Marine and Composites Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101812
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
25155 version 2
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0136
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 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.
NZ Marine and Composites Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101812
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016