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Determine method of construction for metal boatbuilding
Level
7
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify available metal
boatbuilding construction options, and select construction methods.
This unit standard is applicable to boat builders working in aluminium or
steel.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Boatbuilding
Status
Registered
Status date
7 May 1997
Date version published
20 March 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 6409, Establish costs, prices, and
conditions for providing products and/or services for a
small business, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge
and skills.
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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The following applies to the performance of all elements of this unit standard:
a 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, which can include but are not
limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and the Resource
Management Act 1991, 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 boat media – timber, fibre-reinforced composites (FRC), aluminium, or steel.
Evidence is required for one.
3
This unit standard can be assessed off job.
4
The credit value of this unit standard has been calculated on the basis that people
seeking credit have acquired knowledge and understanding of the boatbuilding
processes and procedures involved.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify available metal boatbuilding construction options.
Range
construction options include but are not limited to – build right way up or
inverted, modularisation, sequence of hull component construction, use of
subcontracting.
Performance criteria
1.1
Available construction options are identified in relation to boat characteristics.
Range
1.2
Available construction options are identified in relation to production
requirements.
Range
1.3
boat characteristics – dimensions, weight, structural
characteristics, power source.
production requirements – site dimensions and facilities, launching
facilities, available personnel and equipment, time targets,
workload on other jobs.
Available construction options are identified in relation to the requirements of
subcontractors.
Element 2
Select construction methods.
Performance criteria
2.1
Selected method enables boats to be constructed within specified timeframes.
2.2
Selected method enables boats to be constructed within budget.
2.3
Selected method enables boats to be constructed to specifications.
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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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