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Title
Install external insulation (duct work) to plans and specifications
under supervision
Level
2
Credits
1
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work, or intend to work, in
the heating, ventilation and air conditioning sector of the
engineering industry. People credited with this unit standard
are able, under supervision, to: read work site documents for
installing external insulation for duct work; procure materials;
and fit the insulation.
Classification
Mechanical Engineering > Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Work site documents include contracts, drawings and any documented installation for
the mechanical service to be installed.
2
All work site practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
safety procedures and safety plans (where these exceed code) for personal and work
site safety, and obligations required under current legislation.
3
Installation programme refers to any documented programme for installing the
system (eg, a construction programme).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to install insulation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials required for job match work site documents and supervisor’s
instructions.
1.2
Quantities of materials requisitioned and received are checked against inventory
and verified with supervisor.
1.3
Setting out of job is in accordance with work site documents and supervisor’s
instructions.
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SSB Code 101571
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Installation of insulation is coordinated with other trades and confirmed with
supervisor.
Range
building, water, gas, electricity, and plumbing.
Outcome 2
Fit insulation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Insulation is positioned and secured in accordance with work site documents
and supervisor’s instructions.
2.2
Installation of insulation is completed without unplanned cost or waste.
2.3
Installation of insulation is completed so that control instructions and
identifications can be read.
2.4
Installation meets installation programme schedule requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 3241 have been
replaced by unit standard 26333.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place
before the expiry date set out below.
Status and review information
Expiring date
16 July 2010
Date version published
16 July 2010
Expiry date
31 December 2016
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0013
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016