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Determine repair requirements for inboard power plants and power
trains
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify faults with inboard
power plants and power trains and their causes; establish the technical
viability of repair; and establish repair action with customers.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
27 August 1997
Date version published
20 March 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Prerequisites: Unit 11778, Install and test custom power
plants and power trains; and Unit 11783, Maintain, repair
and recondition inboard engine systems; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Boating Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0136
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Special notes
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Glossary of terms used in this unit standard
Company procedures – the documented procedures for the machine and/or worksite;
Power plant – the engine (petrol or diesel) and its subframe, plus ancillary equipment
and systems, including water jacketed manifolds and exhaust systems, coolers (heat
exchangers, intercoolers, oil coolers, gearbox coolers), raw water pumps, charging
systems, drives (hydraulic and electric), refrigeration system, engine controls and
instrumentation, steering system (mechanical, hydraulic, and electronic), and fuel
system;
Power train – includes flywheel damper, clutch, gearbox (mechanical and hydraulic
reverse production), propeller shaft, and propulsion device (propeller, jet unit, or drive
line system).
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Range
3
The following apply to the performance of all elements of this unit standard:
a All required equipment must be set up, started up, operated, and shut down in
accordance with company procedures.
b All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
c All communications made in relation to this unit standard must be made in
accordance with company procedures for content, recipient, timing, and method.
d All activities must comply with any policies, procedures, and requirements of the
organisations involved; the ethical codes and standards of relevant professional
bodies; the cultural requirements of the organisations and individuals involved; and
any relevant legislative and/or regulatory requirements, which can include but are
not limited to: the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource
Management Act 1991, Fair Trading Act 1986, Consumer Guarantees Act 1993,
and subsequent and delegated legislation.
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This unit standard can be assessed on job and off job in combination.
power plants – diesel and petrol.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify faults with inboard power plants and power trains and their causes.
Range
faults – internal to engine and external to engine.
Performance criteria
1.1
Analysis of customer-reported complaints enables the nature of the faults to be
verified.
1.2
Testing and inspection activities enable the location of faults to be isolated.
1.3
Causes of faults are identified and verified in accordance with manufacturers’
trouble-shooting guides.
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1.4
Preventions of repeat failures are determined in accordance with
manufacturers’ operating specifications.
Element 2
Establish the technical viability of repair.
Performance criteria
2.1
Cleaning and measuring activities enable components to be assessed in
accordance with manufacturers’ re-useability guides.
2.2
The availability of required parts and components is established in accordance
with company procedures.
2.3
Required repairs are confirmed as being within the capability of the company to
provide.
Range
2.4
Required repairs are costed in accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.5
from own resources and/or by outwork and/or subcontracting.
costs – parts, machining, labour, outwork, haul-out fees, storage.
Costing of alternative actions to remove faults and prevent repeat failure is
carried out in accordance with company procedures.
Range
actions – replace, recondition.
Element 3
Establish repair action with customers.
Performance criteria
3.1
Negotiation with customers includes discussion of all options and information
relevant to the customer’s decision.
Range
3.2
options – repair or replace;
information – potential for repeat failure, implications for insurance
value.
Estimates and quotations regarding time and cost are supplied in accordance
with company policy.
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3.3
Agreed action is quantified, and documented to company and customer
requirements.
Range
3.4
terms – nature and extent of the work to be done; time and cost
factors; the effects of intended work on boat performance; the
nature of existing defects not subject to current work; the type and
amount of protection to be provided for the boat’s equipment
(including electrical and electronic equipment); fittings, furnishings,
and surfaces; insurance requirements during repair.
Agreed action meets the requirements of legislation and/or survey requirements
and/or insurance requirements and/or warranty requirements.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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 Boating Industry Training Organisation training@bia.org.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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