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Describe non-electric fence types and components
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe
fencing wire types and their applications; describe non-electric fences and
the material used in their construction; describe fabricated netting used in
fence construction; and describe fence support materials.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Fencing
Status
Registered
Status date
22 August 2008
Date version published
22 August 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 24836 replaced unit
standard 19126.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Product use manuals are available from manufacturers and should be consulted in all
teaching and training situations.
2
Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify and describe fencing wire types and their applications.
Range
may include but is not limited to – 4mm galvanised high tensile (HT), 4mm mild
steel (MS); 3.15mm galvanised HT and MS; 2.5mm galvanised HT; 2.7mm
aluminium; fabricated netting; barbed wire, stainless steel;
evidence is required for at least six.
Performance criteria
1.1
Wire types are identified and described in terms of the sources of information
regarding breaking strains.
Range
1.2
manufacturer’s publication, label on roll of wire.
The applications of wire types are identified and described in terms of stock
type, stock containment, injury to stock, damage by stock, and environmental
effects.
Element 2
Describe non-electric fences and the material used in their construction.
Range
multi-wire, wire and batten, post and rail.
Performance criteria
2.1
Non-electric types of fences are identified in terms of their uses.
2.2
Fences are described in terms of their structures, components, and purpose of
components.
Element 3
Describe fabricated netting used in fence construction.
Range
evidence is required for at least three types of fabricated netting.
Performance criteria
3.1
Fabricated netting in fencing is described in terms of the frequency of stay
wires.
3.2
Fabricated netting in fencing is described in terms of the number of wires
required.
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Element 4
Describe fence support materials.
Performance criteria
4.1
Fence support materials are identified and described in terms of their primary
functions.
Range
4.2
strainers, angles, posts, battens, rails.
Staples, nails, and bolts are described and matched with support material.
Range
staples – galvanised, post, batten, barbed, plain, diamond point,
slice point, hot dip, aluminium;
nails – galvanised, flathead, jolthead, 100mm, 150mm;
bolts for – rails, wooden gates.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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