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Install fencing wire
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select, run out, and set
line wires; pre-stress, tension, and terminate line wires; and staple line wires.
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
Manuals relating to the safe use of equipment are available from manufacturers and
should be consulted in all teaching and training situations.
2
The double loop joining knot is regarded as an inferior knot for joining wire.
Manufacturers’ recommendations should be consulted in choosing knots appropriate
to wire types.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
4
Industry procedures refer to the procedures stated in the following publication –
Fencing the Proven Way, Fletcher Building Holdings Limited, 2006, available at
http://www.wiremark.co.nz, or 0800 PACWIRE.
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Personal protection equipment suitable for the task is selected and used according to
manufacturer’s specifications and Health and Safety in Employment Act
requirements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Select, run out, and set line wires.
Performance criteria
1.1
Wire size and type are selected according to fence design.
1.2
Wires are drawn from wire dispenser along entire fence without kinking or
damage to galvanising.
1.3
Wire is positioned and attached to primary posts according to fence design.
Element 2
Pre-tension, tension, and terminate line wires.
Performance criteria
2.1
Termination knots are positioned according to assembly type to avoid ‘knock up’
or ‘knock slack’.
2.2
Wire is pre-tensioned using chain wire strainers on face side of fence and
without damaging wire.
2.3
Wire is joined or tied off according to industry procedures.
2.4
Wire tension is uniformly set according to industry procedures.
2.5
Wires are tensioned and terminated according to industry procedures.
2.6
Tension is retained when chain wire strainers are released.
Element 3
Staple line wires.
Performance criteria
3.1
Line wires are positioned according to fence purpose and design.
3.2
Post staples are driven and skewed with minimum wire clearance, and without
binding wire to post.
3.3
True staple loading is maintained to all primary and secondary posts.
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3.4
All remaining rise and footed posts are stapled first, and subsequent posts
stapled until fence is completed.
3.5
Bent or protruding staples are removed and replaced.
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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