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Demonstrate knowledge of construction subcontractors’ work and main
contractor’s responsibilities
Level
3
Credits
1
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the work of
construction subcontractors on building sites and explain the main
construction contractor’s responsibilities to the subcontractor.
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 13052 replaced unit
standard 616.
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, available from Standards NZ
(http://www.standards.co.nz).
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the work of construction subcontractors on building sites.
Performance criteria
1.1
Work of subcontractors is described in terms of their activities and
responsibilities on site.
Range
1.2
excavator, block and bricklayer, reinforcing steel fixer, roofer,
structural steel fabricator, plumber, drainlayer, joiner, glazier,
window installer, electrician, interior plasterer, interior decorator,
painter, solid plasterer, specialist coatings applicator, scaffolder,
tiler, concrete placer, floor sander, insulation installer, metal
worker, floor covering contractor, suspended ceilings contractor,
proprietary partitions contractor, lift installer, fire protection
contractor, data technician, concrete cutter.
Subcontractors’ health and safety responsibilities are described in terms of the
main contractor’s safety requirements.
Element 2
Explain the main contractor’s responsibilities to subcontractors.
Performance criteria
2.1
Responsibility and work required of main contractor is described in terms of
subcontractor’s needs.
Range
work prior to arrival, cutting and framing required, ‘making good’
after work, temporary protection, site cleanliness, coordination of
activities, monitoring of performance in relation to specifications,
and health and safety requirements.
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.
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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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