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Select materials, and install angle posts
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select angle post, block,
stay, foots, and footing wire; and install angle posts.
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, unit standard 24838, and unit
standard 24839 replaced unit standard 19130.
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
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Select angle post, block, stay, foots, and footing wire.
Performance criteria
1.1
Weak and damaged materials are identified, and selected materials are rot
resistant.
1.2
Selection of angle post, block, stay, foots, and footing wire are consistent with
fence design and use.
Element 2
Install angle posts.
Performance criteria
2.1
Personal protection equipment appropriate to the task is selected and used
according to manufacturer’s specifications and Health and Safety in
Employment Act requirements.
2.2
The angle post is true to given height + or – 10mm, plumb to 20mm maximum
lay back at final loading.
2.3
The foot is installed in accordance with ground conditions to meet final fence
loading, and angle post is firmly rammed.
2.4
Angle end of stay is positioned centre of angle post width, in accordance with
contour.
2.5
Angle head trimmed in proportion with angle diameter and maximising bearing
surface, trim cuts of equal length, and all chainsaw marks removed.
2.6
The stay angle bisects the angle of the fenceline.
2.7
The mortice depth is at 15mm, and size matches stay end.
2.8
Block end of stay is positioned in centre of block’s length and width, and the
stay end face and block face fit square to each other, with block positioned
square to stay and horizontally positioned to ensure solid bearing surface.
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.
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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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