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Title
Install structure mounted electrical equipment in the electricity
supply industry environment
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret the
scope of work for installing structure mounted electrical
equipment; install structure mounted electrical equipment; and
report on structure mounted installation work; in accordance
with industry requirements.
Classification
Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply - Distribution Networks
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 10526, Operate ground and structure mounted electrical
equipment associated with electric lines or cables up to 66kV;
or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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 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, Parts 1-3. A
full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from:
Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 1245
HAMILTON.
4
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.
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Structure mounted electrical equipment includes but is not limited to transformers,
switch gear, reclosers, airbreak switches, fuses, sectionalisers.
6
Structures are above ground and include poles, and substation gantry.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Interpret the scope of work for installing structure mounted electrical equipment in
accordance with industry requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Pole type and size are established.
Range
1.2
Structure arrangement is established.
Range
1.3
crane, manual, winch.
Pole setting arrangements are established.
Range
1.5
angle, equipment support, intermediate, termination.
Installation method is established.
Range
1.4
composite, concrete, height, length, steel, strength, wood.
anchoring, blocking, compaction, depth, guying.
Underground services are checked and located.
Range
gas, power, sewer, telecommunication, water.
Outcome 2
Install structure mounted electrical equipment in accordance with industry requirements.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Hardware is selected to match scope of work.
Range
2.2
includes but is not limited to – braces, conductor attachments,
cross arms, insulators, signs, step bolts.
Hardware and equipment are attached.
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Outcome 3
Report on structure mounted installation work in accordance with industry requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – electric line history, test reports and results,
service report, work report.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Reported information is complete, concise, and legible.
3.2
Information is recorded in the required format and filed within the scheduled
time-frame.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 12298 have been
replaced by unit standard 28113.
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
Rollover and
Revision
3
25 October 2007
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.
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
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
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