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Plank and glass sheathe a mould or boat
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select planking and
sheathing materials for boatbuilding; prepare planking for fitting and fixing; fit
and fix timber to a framework; and sheath planking with FRC.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
21 November 2008
Date version published
20 March 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
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
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.
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4
All work practices must meet documented worksite quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions.
5
Definitions
Company procedures – documented or accepted procedures in the workplace where
the unit standard is being assessed.
FRC – Fibre Reinforced Composite means glass sheathing that may be non
structural on outside only or may be structural glass on the inside and outside of a
hull.
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.
Job specifications – either written or verbal definition of the job used for assessment.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Select planking and sheathing materials for boatbuilding.
Range
timber, FRC, fastenings.
Performance criteria
1.1
Planking is selected to meet job requirements and job specifications.
Range
1.2
FRC materials are selected to meet job requirements.
Range
1.3
may include – timber, plywood, cedar, other synthetic sheet
materials;
timber requirements include – moisture content, species,
dimensions, defects.
resins, hardeners, reinforcements, fillers.
Fastenings are selected to meet job requirements.
Range
may include – adhesives, nails, screws, staples.
Element 2
Prepare planking for fitting and fixing.
Performance criteria
2.1
Planking is cut to size in accordance with job requirements.
2.2
Planking is joined in accordance with job requirements.
Range
scarfing, spiling, butt strapping.
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2.3
Planking is pre-coated to job requirements.
Range
sealing, priming, laminating.
Element 3
Fit and fix timber to a framework.
Performance criteria
3.1
Framework is faired to job specifications.
3.2
Planking is fitted and fixed in accordance with job requirements.
3.3
Planking joint surfaces contact with each other in accordance with job
requirements.
Element 4
Sheathe planking with FRC.
Performance criteria
4.1
Substrate to be sheathed is prepared in accordance with job requirements.
Range
fairing, filling, primer coats applied.
4.2
Resin and fillers are mixed in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications
and instructions.
4.3
Materials are applied to job requirements, and in accordance with
manufacturer’s specifications and instructions.
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.
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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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