NZQA registered unit standard
26944 version 1
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Title
Record information and produce kitchen or bathroom design
calculations
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for experienced people working in the area
of kitchen or bathroom design and planning.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: record
kitchen or bathroom measurements; record kitchen or
bathroom information; produce kitchen or bathroom design
calculations; and check kitchen or bathroom design
calculations.
Classification
Design > Kitchen and Bathroom Design
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
References
Homes without barriers: A guide to accessible house (Wellington: BRANZ, 2001),
available at http://www.branz.co.nz.
Compliance document for New Zealand Building Code, Clause G1, Personal
Hygiene, available at http://www.dbh.govt.nz.
2
Legislation that applies to this unit standard includes – Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
3
Definitions
Worksite requirements – refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures which
are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – company specifications and
procedures, work instructions, manufacturer’s specifications, product quality
specifications, legislative requirements.
Client – refers to the person who has commissioned the design brief.
Kitchen or bathroom design brief – refers to the design parameters agreed between
the kitchen or bathroom designer and the client.
4
Evidence is required of a minimum of two different kitchen or bathroom design
calculations.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26944 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Record kitchen or bathroom measurements.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The area to be measured is identified in accordance with the kitchen or
bathroom design brief.
1.2
The measuring instruments are selected to meet the requirements of the
kitchen or bathroom area to be measured.
Range
measuring instruments may include but are not limited to – rule,
tape measure, laser measure.
Outcome 2
Record kitchen or bathroom information.
Range
recording may include but is not limited to – drawing, video, photographs.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The area, details, objects, and spaces in the kitchen or bathroom are identified
in accordance with the kitchen or bathroom design brief.
2.2
Viewing positions are selected in terms of angles, distance and height.
2.3
Equipment required to record the information is selected in accordance with the
kitchen or bathroom design brief and worksite requirements.
2.4
Physical parameters of the kitchen or bathroom are measured in accordance
with the kitchen or bathroom design brief and worksite requirements.
2.5
Information and measurements are recorded and meet the requirements of the
kitchen or bathroom design brief.
2.6
Kitchen or bathroom measurements are checked in terms of previous surveys
and the immediate survey.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26944 version 1
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Outcome 3
Produce kitchen or bathroom design calculations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Calculation needs are identified in accordance with the kitchen or bathroom
design brief.
calculation needs may include but are not limited to – material
strength, quantity, structure.
Range
3.2
Preliminary calculations are completed in accordance with the kitchen or
bathroom design brief and worksite requirements.
Outcome 4
Check kitchen or bathroom design calculations.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The level of accuracy of the calculations is established in accordance with the
requirements of the kitchen or bathroom design brief.
4.2
The calculations conform to the kitchen or bathroom design brief.
4.3
The outcome of the kitchen or bathroom calculations is approved by the client in
accordance with worksite requirements.
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 2069, unit
standard 2070, unit standard 2099 and unit standard
2104.
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0073
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26944 version 1
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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 (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
info@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