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Demonstrate knowledge of cable construction, applications and
cablemaking processes
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
cable construction and applications, and demonstrate knowledge of
cablemaking processes.
Subfield
Cablemaking
Domain
Cable Products and Testing
Status
Registered
Status date
21 April 1998
Date version published
20 November 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2008
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0134
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definitions
Extra low voltage is up to 32 volts AC, 115 volts DC;
Low voltage is 33 volts AC up to 1 kV AC, 116 volts DC up to 1.5 kV DC;
Medium voltage is 1 kV AC up to 33 kV AC;
High voltage is 33 kV AC up to 170 kV AC;
Extra high voltage is above 170 kV AC.
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Reference is made to the following types of international standards:
New Zealand Standards (NZS);
Australian Standards (AS);
Combined Australian and New Zealand Standards (AS – NZS);
British Standards (BS);
Underwriters Laboratory (UL);
Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker (VDE);
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International Standards Organisation (ISO);
International Electrical Commission (IEC).
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Competenz unit designation is CP1.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of cable construction and applications.
Performance criteria
1.1
The principal components of cable products are identified, and their primary
purpose is described.
Range
1.2
The principal types of cable construction are identified.
Range
1.3
types include – extra low voltage, low voltage, medium voltage,
high voltage, data, communications, automotive, appliance, fibre
optic, aerial. Evidence is required for ten types.
Applications for cable products are identified, and their principal characteristics
are described.
Range
1.5
types – single core, multi-core, pair, multi-pair, armoured,
screened.
The principal types of cable products are identified.
Range
1.4
principal components – conductor, insulator, sheath.
applications include – aerial, submarine, underground, building,
appliance, automotive, data. Evidence of six applications is
required and a principal characteristic of each.
Generic materials used in cable construction are identified.
Range
materials include – copper, aluminium, steel wire, polyethylene,
polyvinyl chloride (P.V.C.), elastomers, nylon, paper, petroleum
jelly, metallic and non-metallic tapes, fillers, optic fibre, fibreglass,
wax. Evidence is required for six materials.
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Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of cablemaking processes.
Performance criteria
2.1
The principles of cablemaking processes are described.
Range
2.2
processes include – wire drawing, conductor assembly, extrusion,
cable assembly, cable packaging, cable testing.
The purpose of international standards, and the requirement to meet these
standards in cable manufacture are described.
Range
international standards include – NZS, AS, AS – NZS, BS, UL,
VDE, ISO, IEC.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 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.
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 Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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