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Maintain and repair marine electrical systems and equipment
Level
5
Credits
20
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess marine electrical
maintenance and repair requirements; carry out maintenance and repairs;
recommission systems and equipment; and complete documentation.
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
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 work practices must meet documented company quality management
requirements. These include documentation of activities, events, and decisions;
b All communications made in relation to this unit standard must be made in
accordance with company procedures for content, recipient, timing, and method;
c All activities must comply with any policies, procedures, and requirements of the
organisation/s involved; the ethical codes of relevant professional bodies; and any
relevant legislative and/or regulatory requirements, including the Health and Safety
in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Employment Relations
Act 2000, Goods and Services Tax Act 1985, Maritime Transport Act 1994, Fair
Trading Act 1986, and the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, and subsequent and
delegated legislation.
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Evidence of the elements of this unit standard must be presented across the
following contexts:
a systems – AC/DC generation, distribution and reticulation systems; electrical
vessel control and monitoring systems;
evidence is required for one.
b equipment – pumps, generators, batteries, and electrical equipment attached to
other systems, such as engines;
evidence is required for one.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Assess marine electrical maintenance and repair requirements.
Performance criteria
1.1
Inspection of the equipment or system establishes all maintenance and repair
action required to achieve operational fitness in accordance with manufacturer’s
and/or regulatory requirements.
1.2
Maintenance and repair requirements are matched with manufacturer’s and/or
regulatory requirements.
Range
maintenance schedules, type and amount of repair.
1.3
Comparison of repair requirements with company’s capability establishes
requirements for outwork.
1.4
Maintenance and repair requirements are estimated in terms of materials and
time required.
1.5
Comparison of the predicted maintenance and repair cost establishes the cost
effectiveness of the proposed repair.
Element 2
Carry out maintenance and repairs.
Performance criteria
2.1
Maintenance activities are carried out in accordance with manufacturer’s
instructions, company procedures and regulatory requirements.
2.2
Repair methods are selected and carried out in accordance with manufacturer’s
instructions and company procedures.
2.3
Repairs carried out restore equipment and systems to operational fitness in
accordance with manufacturer’s requirements.
2.4
Inspections are obtained in accordance with company procedures and/or
regulatory requirements.
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2.5
Maintenance and repairs are completed within negotiated time frames.
Element 3
Recommission systems and equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Equipment is tested to verify operational fitness in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions, company procedures and regulatory requirements.
3.2
Equipment and/or systems are recommissioned to operational status.
3.3
Sea trials are carried out in accordance with owner’s and/or boatbuilders
requirements.
Element 4
Complete documentation.
Performance criteria
4.1
Documentation is completed in accordance with regulatory and/or
manufacturer’s requirements and company procedures.
Range
labels, work cards, release notes, log books, service certification,
regulatory certification.
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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