NZQA registered unit standard
26333 version 1
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Title
Install external insulation to pipe-work and ducting for heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning systems
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
3
This unit standard is intended primarily for use in the training of
personnel in the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
(HVAC) industry and covers installation of external insulation to
pipe-work and ducting for HVAC systems.
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare to
install insulation, and fit insulation.
Classification
Mechanical Engineering > Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Reference
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Definitions
Company practice refers to operational procedures put in place by the candidate’s
employer. These include site safety procedures, equipment operating procedures,
job procedures, quality assurance, and procedures for the purchase, handling and
disposal of equipment and components.
Industry practice refers to safe and sound practices generally accepted by competent
trade persons within the HVAC industry.
Specifications include technical standards, documented operating and maintenance
procedures or instructions for the system, installation drawings, manufacturers’ data,
installation instructions, installation programme schedules, material schedules, and
site instructions.
3
Range
a
All evidence must comply with the relevant provisions of the Health and Safety
in Employment Act 1992.
b
Evidence of three jobs is required.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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26333 version 1
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This unit standard is one of six designed to cover installation of HVAC systems,
HVAC control systems, pipe-work, ducting, and insulation, the others being Unit
3236, Install stainless steel pipe-work for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
systems; Unit 3239, Install duct-work for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
systems; Unit 3244, Install control components for heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning systems; Unit 26327, Install pipe-work and ducting for heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning systems under supervision; and Unit 26334, Install
pipe-work for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to install insulation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials on site are verified against specifications.
Range
quantities, material type, wall thickness, outer finishings.
1.2
Setting-out of job is in accordance with specifications and industry practice.
1.3
Installation of insulation is coordinated with other trades in accordance with
company practice.
Range
building, water, gas, electricity, plumbing.
Outcome 2
Install external insulation to pipe-work and ducting for HVAC systems.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Insulation is positioned and secured in accordance with specifications.
2.2
Installation of insulation is completed without unplanned cost or waste.
2.3
Installation of insulation is completed so that all control instructions and
identifications are readable.
2.4
Installation is completed within the time frame specified.
Replacement information
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
This unit standard replaced unit standard 3241 and unit
standard 3242.
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
26333 version 1
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Status and review information
Registration date
16 July 2010
Date version published
16 July 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
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.
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 Competenz at qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016