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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of cost estimation processes for a building
project
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
methods of measurement; build up rates for measurement
items; obtain and use quotations; apply overheads, profit, and
on-cost items to built-up rates; collate all priced components
into a submission; and research building material market rates
and conditions.
Classification
Construction > Construction Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Estimating at this level covers the completion of initial preliminary estimates and the
build up of costings and prices for tendering purposes.
2
Assessment of this unit standard can be by simulation and/or observation.
3
Trades to which this standard applies include but are not limited to - concreting,
carpentry, excavation, painting.
4
Estimating at this level is limited to domestic and light commercial construction.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify methods of measurement.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Industry standard methods of measurement are identified in terms of trades.
Range
1.2
trades - concreting, carpentry, excavation, painting, fixing metal
windows and doors, roofing.
Measurement methods are explained in terms of application.
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Organisation
SSB Code 101562
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Outcome 2
Build up rates for measurement items.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Measurement items are separated into pricing components.
Range
2.2
components - labour, materials, plant, overheads, margins,
equipment.
Labour, material, and related items are selected and applied to these
components to build up schedule rates.
Outcome 3
Obtain and use quotations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Quotations are obtained from material or service suppliers.
3.2
Quotes are assessed against, and selected to meet, project requirements.
Outcome 4
Apply overheads, profit, and on-cost items to built-up rates.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The principles of overheads, profit requirements, and on-cost items are
classified and explained in terms of application to schedule rates.
4.2
These principles are used in the formation of built-up schedule rates.
Outcome 5
Collate all priced components into a submission.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Priced items are collated to establish a submission that meets industry
requirements.
5.2
The submission complies with contractual requirements.
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Outcome 6
Research building material market rates and conditions.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Market rates of materials and equipment are investigated in terms of cost,
availability, and conditions of sale or hire.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
27155.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 March 1997
31 December 2016
Revision
2
10 December 1997
31 December 2016
Revision
3
27 October 1999
31 December 2016
Revision
4
7 June 2000
31 December 2016
Review
5
20 March 2003
31 December 2016
Revision
6
19 July 2004
31 December 2016
Review
7
18 March 2011
31 December 2016
Rollover
8
15 August 2013
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0048
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
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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.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
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