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Plan and carry out demolition work on site
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan and carry out
demolition work on site; and complete work operations on site.
Subfield
Construction Trades
Domain
Carpentry
Status
Registered
Status date
25 January 2008
Date version published
25 January 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0048
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definitions
Plant is used as in the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 to mean
appliances, equipment, fittings, furniture, implements, machines, machinery, tools,
vehicles, plus parts, controls, and anything connected.
Site documents refer to any official documentation for the site, and may include
consents, working drawings, plans and specifications, reports, producer statements,
any relevant industry standards, or any other documentation critical to the
construction process.
Work site practice refers to the documented procedures specific to a work site which
set out the standard and required practices of that work site.
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For all on site unit standards the practical assessment evidence must be provided in
the context of commercial business construction operations, in the workplace, under
normal workplace conditions.
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Credit for this unit standard indicates compliance with industry practice. Industry
practice refers to the ability to work unsupervised, demonstrating knowledge and
skills that reflect the productivity, uniformity, finish quality and material economies
currently accepted within industry.
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes: Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992 and Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Building Act 2004;
Building Regulations 1992 and Building (Forms) Regulations 2004;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
New Zealand Building Code;
Approved Code of Practice for Demolition, available from Department of Labour
(http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/11.shtml).
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Plan demolition work on site.
Performance criteria
1.1
Demolition work is identified from site documents.
1.2
Inspection of area to be demolished is carried out.
Range
1.3
existing services, structural components to be removed, personal
and public safety, waste disposal, site access.
Demolition plan is prepared in accordance with the required demolition work.
Element 2
Carry out demolition work on site.
Performance criteria
2.1
Existing structural components are supported prior to demolition work taking
place.
Range
load bearing walls, posts, beams, columns, bracing elements.
2.2
Demolition work is carried out in accordance with demolition plan.
2.3
Debris and waste are disposed of in accordance with demolition plan and
Building Consent Authority requirements.
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Element 3
Complete work operations on site.
Performance criteria
3.1
All operations are safely completed; workplace, tools, plant and equipment are
cleaned; and tools, plant and equipment are stored in accordance with work site
practice.
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 Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
national.office@bcito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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