NZQA Expiring unit standard
7182 version 6
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Title
Clean hard furniture, fixtures and fittings
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for people entering the cleaning industry.
People credited with this standard are able to: prepare to clean
hard furniture, fixtures, and fittings; clean hard furniture,
fixtures, and fittings; polish furniture, fixtures, and fittings; and
complete job-related tasks.
Classification
Cleaning and Caretaking > Cleaning Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this standard must comply
with the requirements of:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Fixtures and fittings do not include computers or other information technology
devices.
3
Equipment and cleaning agents must be used in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations.
4
Definition
Industry best practice refers to any enterprise and/or establishment requirements,
practices, policy, procedures, methods and protocols which are in accordance with
applicable legislation, regulations and New Zealand Standards.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to clean hard furniture, fixtures, and fittings.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Equipment selected is suitable for method of cleaning to be used.
Range
1.2
Selected equipment is clean and in working order.
Range
1.3
may include – dusters, cloths, buckets, cleaning agent, spray
bottle, gloves.
Evidence of four is required.
may include – dusters, cloths, buckets, cleaning agent, spray
bottle, gloves.
Evidence of four is required.
Warning signs are displayed in accordance with industry best practice.
Range
at least one of – signs, barriers, cordons.
Outcome 2
Clean the hard furniture, fixtures, and fittings.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Dust is removed without creating dust showers in accordance with industry best
practice.
2.2
Damp wiping leaves surface soil and mark free in accordance with industry best
practice.
2.3
Spot-treatment removes all stubborn marks and soil in accordance with industry
best practice.
2.4
Surfaces are wiped free of solution in accordance with industry best practice.
2.5
Soiled solution is disposed of in accordance with the Resource Management
Act 1991.
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Outcome 3
Polish furniture, fixtures, and fittings.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Polish is applied to and removed from selected surfaces in accordance with
manufacturer's recommendations.
3.2
Appearance of buffed surface is smear and mark free in accordance with
industry best practice.
Outcome 4
Complete job-related tasks.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Task is completed without risk or damage to cleaner, public, furniture, fixtures,
or fittings.
4.2
Equipment is cleaned, checked and stored in accordance with industry best
practice.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 1563, unit standard
1565, unit standard 1566, unit standard 1569, unit
standard 17263, and unit standard 17264 have been
replaced by unit standard 28350 and unit standard
28352.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 August 1996
31 December 2014
Review
2
27 April 2000
31 December 2014
Revision
3
8 February 2001
31 December 2014
Review
4
27 February 2006
31 December 2014
Review
5
18 October 2012
31 December 2017
Review
6
17 July 2014
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0004
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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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 (CMR). 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.
Careerforce
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