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Plank a boat framework
Level
4
Credits
20
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select planking materials;
prepare timber for fitting and fixing; fit and fix timber to a framework; and
make planking watertight.
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
1
The credit value of this unit standard has been calculated on the basis that people
seeking credit have acquired competence in the use of relevant hand and power
tools.
2
Evidence of the elements of this unit standard may be presented across the following
contexts:
planking systems – carvel, clinker, double diagonal, triple planking.
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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.
4
This unit standard can be assessed on job.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Select planking materials.
Range
timber, fastenings.
Performance criteria
1.1
Timber is selected to meet job requirements.
Range
1.2
requirements – moisture content, species, dimensions, defects.
Fastenings are selected to meet job requirements.
Range
adhesives, nails, screws, staples, rivets, rooves, dowels, bolts.
Element 2
Prepare timber for fitting and fixing.
Performance criteria
2.1
Timber is cut to size so that it can be fixed to frames in accordance with job
requirements, and fair lines can be achieved to design requirements.
2.2
Timber pieces are pre-shaped in accordance with job requirements for jointing
to adjacent pieces.
Range
jointing – scarving, spiling, butt strapping.
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2.3
Timber is pre-coated to job requirements.
Range
sealing, priming.
Element 3
Fit and fix timber to a framework.
Performance criteria
3.1
Framework is faired to job specifications and tolerances for fair lines.
3.2
Timber is fitted and fixed in accordance with job requirements for fastening type
and location.
Range
fastenings – adhesives, nails, screws, staples, rivets, rooves,
dowels, bolts.
3.3
All joint surfaces are in contact with each other.
3.4
Timber is fitted and fixed to relieve all stress that could potentially open up the
joints.
Element 4
Make planking watertight.
Range
by caulking or gluing.
Performance criteria
4.1
Materials are selected and prepared in accordance with job requirements and
manufacturer’s specifications and instructions.
4.2
Materials are applied to job requirements and in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications and instructions.
4.3
Water tightness is established using visual methods.
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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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