NZQA registered unit standard
10512 version 5
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Title
Joint electricity network overhead conductors
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret the
scope of work for jointing electricity network overhead bare and
covered conductors; prepare electricity network overhead
conductors for jointing; joint electricity network overhead
conductors.
Classification
Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Distribution Networks
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 and the candidate will be
assessed as not yet competent.
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 subsequent amendments, and any regulations, codes of practice
recognised under that statute, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the
Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments, electricity
supply industry codes of practice and documented enterprise procedures. These
include, Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity
Engineers’ Association.
A full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from:
Infrastructure Supply Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 1245
HAMILTON.
4
The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all outcomes and
evidence requirements in this unit standard.
5
Definitions
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.
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
10512 version 5
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Asset owner refers to the owner of an electricity supply network that takes its point of
supply from Transpower NZ, and delivers electricity to industrial, commercial and
residential customers.
Asset owner standards are the approved documented work site methods for carrying
out work on an electrical supply network to the standard required by the asset owner.
6
Assessment of practical skills against the outcomes in this standard requires three
practical observations from three different workplace activities.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Interpret the scope of work for jointing electricity network overhead bare and covered
conductors.
Range
aluminium, aluminium alloy, copper.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Conductor is identified.
Range
1.2
Joint is selected.
Range
1.3
size, type.
rating, size, type.
Jointing method is determined.
Outcome 2
Prepare electricity network overhead conductors for jointing.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Covering is removed if required.
2.2
Conductor is cleaned.
2.3
Conductor strands are prepared.
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
10512 version 5
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Outcome 3
Joint electricity network overhead conductors.
Range
aluminium, aluminium alloy, copper.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Compression joint is completed.
Range
3.2
non tension, tension.
Mechanical joint is completed to manufactured specifications or employers
procedures.
may include but is not limited to – bolted, clamped, lugged,
wedged pressure, insulation piercing connectors (IPC).
Range
3.3
Joint is visually inspected.
Range
3.4
mechanical and electrical.
Conductor is re-insulated if required.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 June 1997
31 December 2016
Review
2
27 April 2001
31 December 2016
Review
3
22 October 2003
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
4
20 June 2008
31 December 2016
Review
5
20 March 2014
N/A
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, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can
report credits from assessment against assessment 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 assessment standards.
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
10512 version 5
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against assessment 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 Consent and Moderation Requirement (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.
Comments on this assessment standard
Please contact the Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation at
qualifications@infrastructureito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this
unit standard.
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101813
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016