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Identify flooring design trends
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify flooring design
trends, and identify design and construction techniques that may apply to the
built environment and their relationship to the flooring industry.
Subfield
Construction Trades
Domain
Flooring
Status
Registered
Status date
26 March 2007
Date version published
26 March 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
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
Range of buildings – new, existing, residential, commercial.
2
Legislation, codes and International agreements that apply to this unit standard
include – the New Zealand Building Code; Agenda 21; Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992; Resource Management Act 1991; and their subsequent
amendments.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify flooring design trends.
Performance criteria
1.1
Design trends are identified in terms of selection and use of flooring materials
and products in respect to building décor and functionality.
1.2
Design trends are identified in terms of their impact on customer selection,
product match to purposes and integration with associated décor.
Element 2
Identify design and construction techniques that may apply to the built environment and
their relationship to the flooring industry.
Range
may include but is not limited to – passive and active solar design, colour,
texture, building shape.
Performance criteria
2.1
Design and construction techniques used to enhance the built environment are
identified and described in terms of their impact on the flooring industry.
2.2
Impacts are described in terms of budgetary constraints and regulatory
requirements.
Range
regulatory requirements may include but are not limited to those
related to the Resource Management Act 1991, New Zealand
Building Code, the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Agenda 21.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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.
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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 Construction Industry Training Organisation
info@bcito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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