NZQA registered unit standard
26332 version 1
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Title
Integrate heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems
components
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
30
This unit standard is intended primarily for use in the training of
personnel in the heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
(HVAC) industry and covers integration of HVAC systems
components.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for
integration of HVAC systems; integrate HVAC equipment and
components; and test and fill systems.
Classification
Mechanical Engineering > Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Reference
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Definitions
Air conditioning and ventilation systems include large central air conditioning
systems, ducted constant-flow rate and variable-flow rate air conditioning systems,
packaged and split air conditioning, heat pumps, supply and extract ventilation
systems, fume ventilation, and industrial ventilation systems.
Chilled water systems include plain water, brine and glycol systems.
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.
Hot water heating systems include low, medium and high temperature systems.
Industrial liquids may include acids, alkalis, detergents, printing inks, and food
products.
Industry practice refers to safe and sound practices generally accepted by competent
trade persons within the HVAC industry.
Integrate means to install components and check details to ensure that they relate
correctly to each other to form a functioning system, and that components are
installed to conform to system principles for correct operation.
Potable hot and cold water systems include commercial, industrial or institutional
systems larger than domestic systems.
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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.
Steam and condensate systems include systems that use gas, coal, oil, or electricity
as fuel sources for the heating system components.
Systems for gases include medical gases, LPG, CNG, oxygen, acetylene,
compressed air, and natural gas.
3
Assessment of this unit standard will only be completed after commissioning of the
system shows no faults with the integration of equipment and components.
4
Range
a
All evidence must comply with the relevant provisions of the Health and Safety
in Employment Act 1992.
b
HVAC systems – evidence is required of a hot water heating system, a chilled
water system, an air conditioning and ventilation system, and one from –
industrial liquids, potable hot and cold water systems, steam and condensate
systems, systems for gases.
c
Evidence may be gathered by the candidate over several work sites and may
need to be spread between several time periods. There typically will be jobs
where part of the job is completed in conjunction with other HVAC personnel.
The evidence relates to the candidates own specific work, not work jointly
performed with other team members, except where the other team member is
checking or assessing the candidate.
5
This unit standard is one of two designed to cover integration of HVAC systems
components, the other being Unit 26328, Integrate heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning systems components under supervision.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare for integration of HVAC systems.
Evidence requirements
1.1
System installation drawings are checked against the work site and confirmed
as suiting the site conditions, or modifications are arranged as necessary.
1.2
Equipment and components are procured in accordance with company practice
and checked against specifications.
1.3
Integration of system is coordinated with other trades in accordance with
company practice.
Range
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Outcome 2
Integrate HVAC equipment and components.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Components and equipment are positioned in accordance with specifications
and industry practice.
2.2
Installation of equipment and components occurs in the sequence laid down in
specifications and in accordance with industry practice.
2.3
Integration of equipment and components complies with specifications and
industry practice.
Outcome 3
Test and fill systems.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Tests are carried out and recorded in accordance with specifications and
industry practice.
Range
3.2
equipment and component operational tests, system integrity (no
leaks) tests.
Systems are filled, flushed, water treated or purged where appropriate, in
accordance with specifications and industry practice.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 3199, unit
standard 3200, unit standard 3201, unit standard 3202,
unit standard 3203, unit standard 3204, and unit
standard 3205.
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.
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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.
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