NZQA registered unit standard 1595 draft version 6
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Title Operate a central heating system
Level
Purpose
4 Credits 6
This unit standard is for people working as building or school caretakers.
People credited with this standard are able to: operate a central heating system; and complete end of heating season maintenance on a boiler or a furnace.
Classification Cleaning and Caretaking > Caretaking
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;
Smoke-free Environments Act 1990;
Approved Code of Practice for the Design, Safe Operation, Maintenance and
Servicing of Boilers , Occupational Health and Safety, 2005;
Health and Safety Code of Practice for Schools , Ministry of Education, 2005.
2 For assessment against this standard a trainee must demonstrate competence in one of the following: coal-fired furnaces, gas-fired boilers, oil-fired boilers up to a capacity of 200 horsepower; and complete seasonal maintenance of the system.
3 Equipment and cleaning agents must be used in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
4 Definition
Industry best practice refers to enterprise or establishment or facility requirements, practices, policy, procedures, methods and protocols which are in accordance with applicable legislation, regulations and New Zealand Standards.
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Outcome 1
Operate a central heating system.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Fuel supplies are obtained which meet manufacturer’s recommendations for type of boiler or furnace.
1.2 Boiler or furnace is checked prior to igniting in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
1.3
1.4
Ignition is completed in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations
Boiler or furnace is cleaned in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations
Range daily, weekly, end of season.
1.5 Boiler or furnace is operated in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations
1.6 Ignition problems are identified, and remedial action is taken immediately on detection.
1.7 Boiler or furnace is maintained in operating condition throughout the season in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations.
Outcome 2
Complete end of heating season maintenance on a boiler or a furnace.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Boiler or furnace is cleaned in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.
2.2 Boiler or furnace is checked, and problems requiring action are noted in accordance with industry best practice.
Planned review date 31 December 2017
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Review
1
2
26 May 1994
31 August 1996
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
Review
Revision
3
4
27 April 2000
8 February 2001
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
Review 5 27 February 2006 31 December 2012
Review 6 18 October 2012 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0004
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
Comments on this unit standard
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