NZQA Expiring unit standard
9660 version 7
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Title
Assess expenditure for a building project
Level
5
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare
preliminary cost estimates; compile a cost plan for a project;
and prepare cashflow statements to satisfy financial
requirements.
Classification
Construction > Construction Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Assessing expenditure at this level covers the completion of elemental cost plans for
uncomplicated structures to provide clients with an accurate preliminary costing.
2
Preparation of cashflows at this level covers the analysis of a construction project to
provide clients with sufficient information to enable them to arrange their financial
requirements in general terms.
3
Assessment of this unit standard can be by simulation and/or observation.
4
Industry requirements referred to in this unit standard comprise company policies,
procedures, and codes.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare preliminary cost estimates.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Methods of preparing estimates are explained in terms of area, cubic, and unit
cost applications.
1.2
Preliminary estimate systems are evaluated, selected, and applied to give a
complete costing in terms of information available.
1.3
Preliminary estimates are given in terms that indicate what is included and what
is excluded.
Range
may include but is not limited to - GST, furnishings, whiteware,
landscaping, site development, professional fees.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
9660 version 7
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Outcome 2
Compile a cost plan for a project.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Elemental cost plan concepts are researched and explained in terms of industry
requirements.
2.2
Relevant cost plan documentation is identified, assembled, and interpreted in
terms of industry requirements.
2.3
Documentation costs are evaluated according to industry requirements, and
pricing procedures are applied to all items.
2.4
Total priced items are assembled with other costing input to formulate and/or
cost plans that meet client's requirements.
Outcome 3
Prepare cashflow statements to satisfy financial requirements.
Range
overall costings, monthly costings.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The purpose of cashflows are identified and matched to the client's
requirements.
3.2
Forms of cashflows are identified and matched to client's requirements.
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
7 June 2000
31 December 2016
Review
4
20 March 2003
31 December 2016
Revision
5
19 July 2004
31 December 2016
Review
6
18 March 2011
31 December 2016
Rollover
7
15 August 2013
31 December 2016
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
9660 version 7
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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
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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016