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Demonstrate knowledge of boatbuilding methods
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
building framed boats covered with timber; demonstrate knowledge of metal
boatbuilding; and demonstrate knowledge of boatbuilding in fibre-reinforced
composites (FRC).
This unit standard is for people who are entering, or wishing to enter, the
boating industry and provides a context for further learning.
Subfield
Boating Industries
Domain
Marine Sales and Services
Status
Registered
Status date
28 March 2001
Date version published
20 March 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Boating Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0136
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
This unit standard can be assessed off job.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of building framed boats covered with timber.
Performance criteria
1.1
Methods of constructing framed boats covered with timber are explained in
terms of the tools used.
Range
1.2
Timber covering systems are identified from samples and/or pictures.
Range
1.3
methods – sawn and bent frames, inverted and upright
construction, use of temporary and/or integral frames;
tools – adze, draw knife, compass plane.
carvel, clinker, double diagonal, triple planking.
Fastening systems are identified from samples and/or pictures, and are
matched to timber covering systems.
Range
nailing, riveting or roving, clenching, screwing, dowelling, bolting.
1.4
Advantages and disadvantages of timber covering and fastening systems are
identified in terms of their end uses.
1.5
Explanations of waterproofing and protection systems establish their purposes.
Range
1.6
caulking, metal skinning.
Explanations of terminology establish its traditional use.
Range
spiling, stopwater, stealer, bearding line, rabbet.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of metal boatbuilding.
Range
aluminium and steel.
Performance criteria
2.1
Explanations of traditional metal boat construction methods establish their
similarities with and differences from modern methods.
Range
2.2
riveting and welding, plate beating and rolling.
Uses of metal boats are identified in terms of their operating environment.
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2.3
Characteristics of metal boats are identified in terms of their advantages and
disadvantages in comparison with timber-covered boats.
Range
characteristics – size, availability of materials, weight, buoyancy,
durability, modular construction.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of boatbuilding in FRC.
Performance criteria
3.1
Methods of constructing FRC boats are explained in terms of the equipment
used.
Range
methods – hand and machine depositing, internal moulding,
external moulding;
equipment – fibre resin deposit guns, vacuum machines, fibre wet
out machines, freezers, heaters.
3.2
Explanation of the construction environment for FRC boats establishes the
requirements for the control of temperature, humidity, and contamination.
3.3
Characteristics of FRC boats are identified in terms of their advantages and
disadvantages in comparison with boats constructed of timber and metal.
Range
characteristics – size, weight, anti-corrosion properties, buoyancy,
durability, modular construction, colour, surface finish.
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.
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 Boating Industry Training Organisation training@bia.org.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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