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Title
Draw sketches and interpret electricity supply service plans
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to produce
freehand electricity supply service sketches and interpret
electricity supply service plans.
Classification
Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment.
2
Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the
safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop.
3
Performance and work practices in relation to the outcomes and evidence
requirements must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act
1992, and any regulations and codes of practice recognised under that statute; the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; and the Resource Management Act
1991. Electricity supply industry codes of practice and documented industry
procedures include the Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) Wellington:
Electricity Engineers’ Association. A full list of current legislation and industry codes
is available from the Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation, PO Box 1245,
Hamilton 3240.
4
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all outcomes and
evidence requirements in this unit standard.
5
‘Industry requirements’ include all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’
specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace
policies, procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements
relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
6
This unit standard covers production and interpretation of engineering sketches used
within the electricity supply industry. ‘Sketches’ include but are not limited to cable
location plans, as builts, standard enterprise drawings, existing underground services
plans, overhead line designs, reticulation designs.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Produce freehand electricity supply service sketches.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Site to be sketched is identified and measured.
1.2
Sketches are produced.
1.3
Site dimensions and related notes are recorded.
Outcome 2
Interpret electricity supply service plans.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Plans are analysed and interpreted.
2.2
Resources required to implement plan are identified.
2.3
Plan dimensions are scaled.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28193.
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
27 April 2001
31 December 2016
Review
2
22 October 2003
31 December 2016
Review
3
21 August 2009
31 December 2016
Review
4
20 March 2014
31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0120
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.
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
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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.
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016