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Demonstrate knowledge of quality control for production trailer boats
Level
4
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: quality control in
a trailer boat workshop and warranty requirements for trailer boats; and to
identify external quality standards.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2006
Date version published
27 October 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
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.
Special notes
1
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 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.
c
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.
d
All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
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The following industry standards may be relevant to this unit standard:
European Union Recreational Craft Directive (94/25/EC);
ISO (International Standards Organisation) standards for small craft, examples
include:
ISO standard 7840: 2004, Small craft – Fire resistant fuel hoses, ISO standard
10087: 2006, Small craft – Craft identification coding system;
- a full list of all available small craft ISO standards is available at http://www.iso.org/;
ABYC (American Boat and Yacht Council) rules, http://www.abycinc.org;
USL (Uniform Shipping Law) code of Australia, http://www.nmsc.gov.au/;
NMMA (National Marine Manufacturers Association) voluntary boat certification
program (USA), http://www.nmma.org/certification/programs/boats/;
MIA (Marine Industry Association of New Zealand voluntary compliance code ‘CPC
code’ – available from the MIA, http://www.nzmarine.com/home.php;
Maritime New Zealand rule 40a, 40c, and 40d
http://www.maritimenz.co.nz/rules/rules_legislation.asp.
3
Quality in the trailer boat context is primarily related to the process and procedures
used in trailer boat construction that ensure consistency of the product and
compliance with relevant industry standards.
4
Workplace practice means that the performance criteria are interpreted in
accordance with the accepted process (quality) measurement in the workplace where
the unit standard is being assessed against.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe quality control in a trailer boat workshop.
Performance criteria
1.1
Concept of quality is described in accordance with workplace practice.
1.2
Features of a quality control system are described in accordance with
workplace practice.
Range
intended purpose of control system, documentation of procedures,
standards and specifications, measurement.
1.3
Quality control measurement checks through each manufacturing process are
described in accordance with workplace practice.
1.4
Measures to correct non-compliance of quality are described in accordance with
workplace practice.
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Element 2
Describe warranty requirements for trailer boats.
Performance criteria
2.1
Typical warranty conditions are described in accordance with workplace
practice.
Range
2.2
relating to the structure, and installations performed by the
manufacturer.
Typical warranty claims are identified in accordance with industry precedents.
Range
may include dealer or workplace examples.
Element 3
Identify external quality standards.
Performance criteria
3.1
The purpose of the CPC compliance code is identified in terms of safety and
marketing.
3.2
The purposes of ISO standards are identified according to their relevance to
small craft and trailer boat construction.
Range
limited to identifying how an ISO standard might apply to trailer
boat construction.
3.3
The requirements for trailer boats to operate commercially are identified in
terms of the function of Maritime New Zealand.
3.4
Other codes or standards are identified in accordance with their relevance to
production trailer boats.
Range
includes but is not limited to – Recreational Craft Directive
(94/25/EC) – for European CE mark, ABYC rules, NMMA rules,
USL code.
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.
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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 info@bia.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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