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Install internal and external boat hardware fittings
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select the required internal
and external boat hardware and fastenings; locate installation position; and fit
hardware and test installation against specifications.
This unit standard is applicable to boats constructed in timber, fibrereinforced composites (FRC), or metal.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
7 May 1997
Date version published
17 October 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2010
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
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Glossary
Company procedures refers to the documented procedures for the machine and/or
worksite.
Hardware refers to items manufactured from metal or plastic which can be attached
to a boat’s external or internal fabric by the use of adhesives and/or mechanical
fastenings, and which have no permanently fixed power sources.
2
This unit standard does not cover the installation of power plant, electrical, electronic,
or safety equipment; or the attachment of any associated drive systems to hardware.
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Evidence of the elements of this unit standard must be presented across the
following contexts:
a
external hardware includes but is not limited to – winches, bollards, tracks,
bright work, chainplates, push pits, deck fittings, hatches, windows, ports,
watertight doors and openings, ventilation hardware.
Evidence is required for three.
b
internal hardware includes but is not limited to – door and locker hardware,
fiddles, grab rails, accommodation, bathroom and head hardware, headlining,
fittings associated with lights, appliances, floor coverings and furnishings.
Evidence is required for three.
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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, and subsequent and
delegated legislation.
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, and subsequent and
delegated legislation.
d
All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
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This unit standard can be assessed off job.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Select the required internal and external boat hardware and fastenings.
Performance criteria
1.1
Hardware and fastenings are selected in accordance with job requirements and
intended end use.
1.2
Selected fastenings are compatible with hardware and substrate materials, and
meet job requirements for durability and appearance.
Element 2
Locate installation position.
Performance criteria
2.1
Installation position is located in accordance with job requirements.
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2.2
Position is checked as not compromising the boat’s structural integrity, and as
being suitable for installation as defined by manufacturer’s specifications and
instructions.
2.3
Where a departure from the intended installation position is required, the
situation is reported in accordance with company procedures.
Range
2.4
examples of departures include – requirement to change the
location, provision of additional strengthening, filleting, or
hardware.
Surfaces are prepared in accordance with job requirements and joinery
manufacturer’s specifications and instructions.
Range
cutting, grinding, removing peel ply, cleaning, coating.
Element 3
Fit hardware and test installation against specifications.
Performance criteria
3.1
Hardware and fastenings are installed in accordance with job requirements
and/or hardware manufacturer’s specifications and instructions.
3.2
Completed installation provides a watertight contact between hardware and
substrate.
3.3
Completed installation does not interfere with other boat systems or weaken the
boat’s structure.
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.
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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 training@bia.org.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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