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ROAD TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
Cost a road transport service vehicle
level:
4
credit:
2
planned review date:
July 2009
sub-field:
Commercial Road Transport
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify the
variable and fixed cost components of a vehicle used in a
road transport operation and develop a costing system for a
road transport service vehicle.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the NZ Motor Industry Training
Organisation (Incorporated).
special notes:
Definitions
A road transport operation may form part of a road transport
organisation or it may constitute a complete organisation;
Vehicle may be a single vehicle or a combination vehicle.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Identify the variable and fixed cost components of a vehicle used in a road transport
operation.
Range:
includes but is not limited to – Road User Charges, fuel, wages and salaries,
tyres, repairs and maintenance (both scheduled and unexpected), depreciation
and interest, overheads, insurance.
performance criteria
1.1
Costs identified are consistent with historical data and/or industry surveys.
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element 2
Develop a costing system for a road transport service vehicle.
Range:
per kilometre, per hour, per day, per month.
performance criteria
2.1
Costing system reflects the aggregation of identified cost components.
Range:
fixed costs, running or standing costs, variable costs.
2.2
Costing system includes a process for the review of the costing constants and
the updating of data.
2.3
Costing system is evaluated on two assignments, one biased for time, one
biased for distance.
2.4
Calculations are checked and accurate.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0092
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
which can
be
accessed at
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