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Maintain and disestablish temporary civil works sites
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: undertake maintenance of
site; remove temporary buildings and works; and clean up site.
Subfield
Civil Works and Services
Domain
Civil Construction Works
Status
Registered
Status date
25 September 2006
Date version published
25 September 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0101
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The following legislation and regulations must be complied with: Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992; Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995; and
Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Assessment against this unit standard must take place in a workplace environment.
Assessment parameters will be dependent on company and site specific equipment,
procedures, and practices. Practices must reflect industry best practice and comply
with legislative requirements.
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Definitions
Company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the
company. They include legislative and regulatory requirements which may apply
across the company or to a specific site. Requirements are documented in the
company’s health and safety plans, traffic management plans, contract work
programmes, quality assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents.
Contract specifications include plans, diagrams, and special technical conditions.
They do not include special administrative conditions.
4
Work on gas, telecommunications and power services should be carried out under
supervision of the relevant service provider.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Undertake maintenance of site.
Performance criteria
1.1
Gates, barricades, and fencing are maintained in accordance with contract
specifications and company requirements.
1.2
Site grounds are maintained in accordance with contract specifications and
company requirements.
1.3
Services are maintained in accordance with company and service provider
requirements.
Range
water, electricity, telephone, sewer and/or septic storage,
stormwater.
1.4
Site buildings, accessories, and ablutions are maintained in accordance with
company requirements.
1.5
Storage facilities are maintained in accordance with company requirements and
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.
Element 2
Remove temporary buildings and works.
Performance criteria
2.1
Equipment and accessories are removed in accordance with company
requirements.
2.2
Services are disconnected in accordance with service provider requirements.
2.3
Temporary constructions are dismantled and removed in accordance with
company requirements.
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2.4
Temporary drains and sumps are disconnected and filled in accordance with
service provider requirements.
Element 3
Clean up site.
Performance criteria
3.1
Waste and unwanted materials are cleared and removed from site in
accordance with contract specifications and company requirements.
3.2
Tools and equipment are cleaned, maintained, and transported away from site
in accordance with company requirements.
3.3
Site area is restored to its specified condition in accordance with contract
specifications and company requirements.
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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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