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Select fencing support materials
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: compare and describe
fence support materials, and match with purpose and design of the fence;
and select support materials with regard to soil types and fence design.
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.
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
Merchant Grades – these grades are available from Fencing Suppliers and timber
merchants.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe fencing support materials.
Performance criteria
1.1
Fence support materials are described in terms of their purpose.
Range
1.2
strainers, angles, posts, battens, rails, steel standard.
Staples and nails are described and matched with support material.
Range
staples – post, batten, barbed, plain; nails – galvanised, flathead,
jolthead.
Element 2
Compare fencing support materials, and match with purpose and design of the fence.
Performance criteria
2.1
Posts, strainers, angles, battens, and rails are identified in terms of their
function.
2.2
Common wooden post configurations and Merchant Grades are identified and
described in terms of their features and uses.
Range
2.3
Other fencing material types of strainers, angles, and posts are identified and
compared against wooden post configurations for suitability for purpose.
Range
2.4
configurations – round, half round, quarter round;
hazard classification – ground retention, above ground retention.
steel, fibreglass, concrete.
Material types are matched to the purpose and design of fence.
Element 3
Select support materials with regard to soil types and fence design.
Performance criteria
3.1
Soil types are identified and compared for strength and post holding
capabilities.
Range
3.2
sand, silt, clay, peat, rock, gravel.
Material length and diameter are selected to match soil conditions.
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3.3
Fencing material selection is justified in terms of fence design and its
compatibility with soil types.
3.4
Rot and rust resistant materials are identified and selected according to regional
and environmental conditions.
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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