NZQA registered unit standard
27154 version 1
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Title
Complete survey requirements for the setout of medium buildings
Level
5
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to
perform surveying for the accurate setout of a medium building;
use surveying instruments for the setout of a medium building;
use survey data to provide other building site information; and
establish base data and prepare a contour plan.
Classification
Construction > Construction Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Medium buildings are light to medium weight commercial or industrial buildings up to
three levels above ground which utilise commercial or industrial materials,
construction techniques, and services.
Site documents refer to any official documentation for the site, and may include
consents, contract, working drawings, plans and specifications, reports, producer
statements, any relevant industry standards, or any other documentation critical to
the construction process.
2
This unit standard may be assessed using a simulation.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes: Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992 and Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to perform surveying for the accurate setout of a medium building.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Types of survey required for medium buildings are identified and responsibilities
are determined.
Range
1.2
boundary survey, construction control survey, progressive
surveying.
A site plan showing levels is prepared according to the constraints of the site.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27154 version 1
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1.3
Briefing notes on the requirements for the boundary survey and the construction
control survey are prepared and the level of accuracy established.
1.4
Measuring and recording systems are selected in accordance with site
requirements.
Outcome 2
Use surveying instruments for the setout of a medium building.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Surveying instrument is set up and adjusted in accordance with manufacturer’s
instructions.
Range
dumpy level, theodolite, laser.
2.2
Requirements for accuracy of measurements are established in accordance
with site requirements.
2.3
Surveying instrument is used to take measurements for a run of levels in
accordance with site documents and manufacturer’s instructions.
Range
2.4
setting up over a survey mark, using survey marks and profiles,
taking linear and angular measurements, turning 90 degree
angles, finding ground levels, changing station, setting levels,
controlling verticality.
Surveying instruments are checked for accuracy in accordance with
manufacturer’s instructions.
Outcome 3
Use survey data to provide other building site information.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Calculations and drawings are prepared in accordance with tolerances
stipulated in site documents.
Range
reduced levels, contour plans, volumes.
Outcome 4
Establish base data and prepare a contour plan.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The site is represented on a plan grid pattern in accordance with site
documents.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
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NZQA registered unit standard
27154 version 1
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4.2
Grid heights are calculated from spot levels and a contour plan is drawn with
contour heights at set levels in accordance with site documents.
4.3
Plans and cross sections are plotted and drawn to scale, and gradient is
determined in accordance with site documents.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 10925.
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 March 2011
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0048
This AMAP 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, 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 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.
Consent 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 the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
national.office@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