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Demonstrate knowledge of evaluating substrate in the flooring industry
Level
2
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this standard are able to: identify job and specifications;
describe the process for examining substrate; and describe the process of
evaluating substrate conditions for laying flooring.
Subfield
Construction Trades
Domain
Flooring
Status
Registered
Status date
22 September 2004
Date version published
23 April 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0175
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Performance of the elements of this unit standard must comply with the following
legislation and guides: The Building Act 2004; Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, and its subsequent amendments; A Guide to Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992 (2003 – 2nd edition), published by the Department of Labour and available
at http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz.
2
Workplace procedures are all authorised instructions, processes and work practices
carried out in the workshop, factory, shop and worksite.
3
Candidates will be expected to carry out the activities required in this unit standard
under supervision or in a simulated situation.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify a flooring job and specifications.
Performance criteria
1.1
Prospective flooring job is identified from the job sheet in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Range
1.2
includes but is not limited to – client name, location, access, area,
environment.
Flooring job specifications are identified from the job sheet in terms of client’s
requirements.
Element 2
Describe the process for examining flooring substrate.
Performance criteria
2.1
Types of equipment required to examine flooring substrate are identified.
Range
2.2
Process of examining substrate is described in terms of the requirements of the
job and the workplace procedures.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – moisture meters, hygrometer,
levels, string lines, straight edges.
examination may include but is not limited to – surface condition,
moisture level, surface contaminants, soundness, trueness.
Process for recording the results of the examination is described in terms of
workplace procedures.
Element 3
Describe the process of evaluating substrate conditions.
Performance criteria
3.1
Process of evaluating the examination of substrate conditions is described in
terms of workplace procedures.
3.2
Process for recording the results of the evaluation are described in terms of
workplace procedures.
Range
report format, content.
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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 Building and Cosntruction Industry Training Organisation
info@bcito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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