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Plan, design, and prepare for installation of on-farm fencing
Level
5
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: determine client’s
requirements for on-farm fencing and assess personal options prior to job
acceptance; plan and design on-farm fencing; estimate cost of fencing job,
provide a written quote or estimate, and confirm acceptance with client; and
prepare the site and order delivery of fencing materials in preparation for
fence installation.
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
Assessment
The fence plan and design assessed in element 2 should be the same plan which is
quoted and installed in elements 3 and 4.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Determine client’s requirements for on-farm fencing and assess personal options prior to
job acceptance.
Performance criteria
1.1
Communication with client determines job requirements.
Range
1.2
distance to job, timeframe for completion, soil type, size of job,
type of fences, type and number of stock.
Assessment of client’s job requirements identifies the candidate’s own
capability, availability to meet client’s deadlines, and personal preference for
undertaking and completing the job.
Element 2
Plan and design on-farm fencing.
Range
may include but is not limited to fencing for – horses, sheep, cattle, deer, bulls;
others – pigs, dogs, ostrich, llama;
evidence is required of fencing for at least two types of stock.
Performance criteria
2.1
Fencing needs are identified in terms of the whole farm operation.
Range
2.2
type of stock, stock movement around property, access.
Site characteristics are evaluated in terms of their influence on fence design.
Range
includes but is not limited to – topography, hazards, utilities,
waterways.
2.3
Fence design is completed in accordance with client’s requirements, site
characteristics, and the Resource Management Act 1991.
2.4
Fencing materials are evaluated and selected in accordance with fence design
and client’s budget.
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Element 3
Estimate cost of fencing job, provide a written quote or estimate, and confirm acceptance
with client.
Performance criteria
3.1
Full cost of fencing job and contingencies are estimated in accordance with
fence design.
Range
materials, travel, labour.
3.2
Profit margin for the fencing job is calculated and compared with costs to
determine commercial viability of fencing job.
3.3
Written costings and allowance for contingencies are communicated to client in
a timely manner, and in accordance with client’s requirements.
3.4
Confirmation of acceptance of the job is completed and communicated to the
client in a courteous and professional manner, and in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Element 4
Prepare the site and order delivery of fencing materials in preparation for fence installation.
Performance criteria
4.1
Site access is established or arranged to allow materials to be delivered and
fence to be installed.
4.2
Site hazards are identified and communicated to other people on site in
accordance with Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
4.3
Utility providers are contacted and arrangements made for their temporary
location and identification, if required.
4.4
Delivery of fencing materials is arranged in conjunction with the timing of fence
installation.
4.5
Communication with client and other affected parties is maintained in a
courteous and professional manner.
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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