NZQA registered unit standard
20742 version 3
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Title
Explain installation procedures and supervise installation of
proprietary ceiling and wall systems for a medium building
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
installation procedures for proprietary ceiling systems, and
proprietary wall systems in medium buildings; and supervise
the installation of proprietary ceiling and wall systems for a
medium building.
Classification
Construction Trades > Carpentry Theory
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
A construction site operation may form part of an organisation’s activities or it may
constitute a complete organisation.
Contract documentation refers to plans and drawings, contract drawings, work or
product specifications relating to the specified construction site operation.
Medium buildings are light to medium weight commercial or industrial buildings up to
three levels above ground which utilise commercial or industrial materials,
construction techniques, and services.
Specifications refer to documented instructions (oral, written, graphic) and may
include any of the following: manufacturer’s specifications, recommendations or
technical data sheets; material specifications; specifications from a specialist source
such as an architect, designer, engineer or a supervisor; site or work-specific
requirements.
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.
2
Practical elements of this unit standard may be assessed on the basis of evidence of
demonstrated performance in the workplace or in simulated work situations designed
to draw upon similar performance to that required in a workplace.
3
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 (Forms) Regulations 2004;
Resource Management Act 1991;
New Zealand Building Code.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
20742 version 3
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the installation procedures for proprietary ceiling systems in medium buildings.
Range
suspended and frame ceiling systems, sound and fire rated ceilings.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Features of proprietary ceiling systems are described in terms of their function.
1.2
Installation of proprietary ceiling systems is described in accordance with
contract documentation and manufacturers’ specifications.
Outcome 2
Describe the installation procedures for proprietary wall systems in medium buildings.
Range
sound and fire rated walls.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Features of proprietary wall systems are described in terms of their functions.
2.2
Installation of proprietary wall systems is described in accordance with contract
documentation and manufacturer’s specifications.
Outcome 3
Supervise the installation of proprietary ceiling and wall systems for a medium building.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Work activities are planned for the installation of proprietary ceiling and wall
systems.
3.2
Preparation of the construction site operation for the installation of proprietary
ceiling and wall systems as specified in contract documentation and
manufacturers’ specifications is supervised.
3.3
Work methods of site personnel are supervised in accordance with work site
practice.
Range
3.4
contractors, sub-contractors, employees.
Installation methods are in accordance with contract documentation and
manufacturers’ specifications.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
20742 version 3
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31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
22 September 2004
December 2013
Rollover and
Revision
2
12 December 2008
December 2013
Review
3
15 April 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0048
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016