NZQA registered unit standard
3270 version 4
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Title
Establish and deliver water supplies for fire fighting
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
3
This unit standard applies to the establishment of water
supplies from its source (both pressure fed and static), to and
from pumps up to the point of delivery.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
water supplies for fire fighting; select and connect hoses and
waterway equipment; and recommission equipment after use.
Classification
Fire and Rescue Services > Fire and Rescue Services Generic Fire Fighting
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Compliance with the fire and rescue service provider’s Health and Safety policy and
procedures is mandatory.
2
Definition
Fire and rescue service provider’s requirements refer to policies and procedures on
safety and operation set down by each fire and rescue service employer or host
organisation.
3
Assessment against this unit standard may take place under real or practical
simulated conditions.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify water supplies for fire fighting.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Available water sources are identified in accordance with the fire and rescue
service provider’s requirements.
Range
static, reticulated, mobile.
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1.2
Suitability of available water sources is assessed for fire fighting purposes in
accordance with the fire and rescue service provider’s requirements.
Range
1.3
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access, quantity, quality.
Methods of improving water supply quantity are identified in accordance with
the capacity of the available pumping equipment and the fire and rescue service
provider’s requirements.
Outcome 2
Select and connect hoses and waterway equipment, and deliver water supplies.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Selection and connection of hoses and waterway equipment allows water to be
supplied from the water source to and from pumps in accordance with the fire
and rescue service provider’s requirements.
a minimum of four of – hose diameter, length, type, pressure
and/or flow requirements, friction loss.
Range
2.2
A portable dam is set up in accordance with the fire and rescue service
provider’s requirements.
Outcome 3
Recommission equipment after use.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Site is restored and equipment is recommissioned in accordance with the fire
and rescue service provider’s requirements.
3.2
Documentation is completed in accordance with the fire and rescue service
provider’s requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 March 1995
31 December 2012
Review
2
27 May 1998
31 December 2012
Review
3
25 March 2004
31 December 2012
Review
4
21 January 2011
N/A
Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101902
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
3270 version 4
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Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0039
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (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 granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Consent 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 Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation
info@frsito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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Organisation
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