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Level 4
Credits 3
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to install sound control systems in buildings on site, and complete work operations on site.
Subfield Construction Trades
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Carpentry
Registered
25 January 2008
25 January 2008
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2012
Open.
Replacement information
Accreditation
This unit standard replaced unit standard 18731.
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
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Special notes
1 Definitions
A sound control system is a system designed for the reduction of unwanted sound in a building by acoustic planning and detailing measures.
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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2 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.
3 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.
4 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;
Resource Management Act 1991;
New Zealand Building Code.
Element 1
Install sound control systems in buildings on site.
Performance criteria
1.1 Sound control systems are identified and installed in accordance with site documents and manufacturer’s instructions.
Element 2
Range one of
– walls, ceilings, floors.
Complete work operations on site.
Performance criteria
2.1 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.
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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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