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Install poles and rails for yards
Level
4
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to install poles, and install
and nail rails for yards.
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
Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health
and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Personal protection equipment appropriate to the task is selected and used in
accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Install poles for yards.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pole positions are marked out in accordance with the yard plan.
Range
one of – peg, paint.
1.2
Poles are laid out in accordance with the planned sequence of installation and
without risk of injury to self or other people.
1.3
A hole for the pole is opened manually, at a depth consistent with the size of
pole, without risk of injury to self or other people.
Range
one of – bore, dig.
1.4
Pole is positioned and braced in the hole in accordance with intended use, and
the yard plan.
1.5
The pole is firmly secured in the hole.
Range
one of – earth compaction, cement.
Element 2
Install and nail rails for yards.
Performance criteria
2.1
Rails are installed in accordance with the plan with consistent spacings
throughout the entire length of the yard.
2.2
Rail joins are on alternate posts where possible, butted neatly or mitred, to
maximise strength.
2.3
Rails are fixed with galvanised nails at each post and joined with nails skewed
in opposing directions as near to edge as is practical.
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.
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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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