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Install fence netting
Level
3
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: run out, join, and set up
netting; tension and terminate netting; and staple netting.
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
The double loop joining knot is regarded as an inferior knot for joining wire.
Manufacturer’s 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
Personal protection equipment appropriate to the task is selected and used
according to manufacturer’s specifications and Health and Safety in Employment Act
requirements.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Run out, join and set up netting.
Performance criteria
1.1
Netting is rolled out along entire fence line without damage in a controlled
manner.
1.2
Netting ends are joined with no protrusions.
1.3
Netting is prepared with wider wire spacings at the top of the fence, allowing
unrestricted straining and adjustment before termination.
1.4
Termination knots are positioned according to assembly type to avoid ‘knock up’
or ‘knock slack’.
Element 2
Tension and terminate netting.
Performance criteria
2.1
Netting clamps are placed on netting against stay wire, and secured to prevent
slip or wire damage.
2.2
The pre-termination line check is completed prior to final tensioning.
2.3
Netting is tensioned according to manufacturer’s instructions and with no
vertical distortion.
2.4
Line wires are terminated and tension is retained when netting clamps are
removed.
Element 3
Staple netting.
Performance criteria
3.1
The netting height is positioned according to fence design.
3.2
Staples are skewed with minimum wire clearance, and with true staple loading
maintained to all primary and intermediate posts.
3.3
Ground clearance is maintained in a uniform manner.
3.4
Wire is stapled to post without damage in accordance with post loading.
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3.5
Netting section requiring alteration is identified and the required adjustment is
achieved.
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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