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Demonstrate knowledge of making and placing concrete
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the principles of
concrete mix design and manufacture; explain features of concrete
admixtures; explain the methods of calculating quantities of concrete; and
describe factors relevant to the placing and finishing of concrete.
Subfield
Construction Trades
Domain
Carpentry Theory
Status
Registered
Status date
25 January 2008
Date version published
25 January 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 13047 replaced unit
standard 611.
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
1
Credit for this unit standard indicates compliance with industry practice. Industry
practice refers to the ability to demonstrate knowledge that reflects the uniformity,
finish quality and material economies currently accepted within industry.
2
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;
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Resource Management Act 1991;
New Zealand Building Code;
NZS 3604:1999 Timber Framed Buildings and NZS 3109:1997 Concrete
construction, available from Standards NZ (http://www.standards.co.nz).
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain the principles of concrete mix design and manufacture.
Performance criteria
1.1
Concrete is described in terms of its ingredients.
Range
water, cement, aggregates, admixtures.
1.2
Proportions of the ingredients are described in terms of workability and
maximum strength.
1.3
Ingredients are described in terms of batching and mixing.
1.4
Slump and compression testing of concrete is described.
Element 2
Explain the features of concrete admixtures.
Performance criteria
2.1
Admixtures are described in terms of their classification.
Range
water reducers, accelerators, expanders, retarders, air entrainers,
super plasticisers, colouring agents, corrosion inhibitors, fibre
reinforcing.
Element 3
Explain the methods of calculating quantities of concrete.
Performance criteria
3.1
Methods of calculating quantities of set concrete are described, and accurate
sample calculations performed in accordance with industry practice.
3.2
Methods of calculating quantities of ingredients for site mixed concrete are
described, and accurate sample calculations performed in accordance with
industry practice.
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Element 4
Describe factors relevant to the placing and finishing of concrete.
Performance criteria
4.1
Transport of concrete is described in terms of factors that need to be
considered.
Range
4.2
distance, time, method.
Factors relevant to the placing and finishing of wet concrete are described in
terms of its final condition.
Range
compaction, maximum density, screed and float, surface finish.
4.3
Methods of building in services and fixings are described in terms of their
placement and protection.
4.4
Concrete joints are described in terms of their formation and installation.
Range
4.5
Curing of concrete is described in terms of time and treatment.
Range
4.6
expansion joints, construction joints, isolation joints, contraction
joints, shrinkage joints.
ponding, covering, curing compound.
Procedures for maintaining health and safety requirements when placing and
finishing concrete are described.
Range
work methods, identification of hazards and controls.
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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