NZQA registered unit standard
26334 version 1
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Title
Install pipe-work for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning
systems
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
25
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 pipe-work for HVAC
systems.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to
install pipe-work; install pipe-work for HVAC systems; and test
pipe-work.
Classification
Mechanical Engineering > Heating, Ventilating, and Air
Conditioning
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 2679, Join metals using the torch brazing
and soldering processes, and Unit 2690, Weld steel pipe using
the oxyacetylene welding process.
Explanatory notes
1
It is assumed that candidates are certified for the particular type of pipe welding
performed under evidence requirement 2.2.
2
Reference
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
3
Definitions
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.
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Range
a
All evidence must comply with the relevant provisions of the Health and Safety
in Employment Act 1992.
b
Competence must be demonstrated in the installation of steel, copper, plastic
pipes.
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.
d
Evidence of one or more jobs with a minimum combined total pipe length of 150
linear meters is required.
5
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 26333, Install
external insulation to pipe-work and ducting for heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning systems.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to install pipe-work.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials on site are verified against specifications.
1.2
Setting-out of job is in accordance with specifications and industry practice.
Outcome 2
Install pipe-work for HVAC systems.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Hangers are installed to structural and seismic standards in accordance with
specifications and industry practice.
2.2
Pipes are cut, assembled, and joined in accordance with specifications and
industry practice, and if applicable, purged.
2.3
Hangers and pipes are installed and spaced in accordance with specifications
and industry practice.
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2.4
Installation is completed without unplanned cost or waste.
2.5
Installation is completed so that all control instructions and identifications are
readable.
2.6
Installation is completed within the time frame specified.
Outcome 3
Test pipe-work.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Tests confirm that pipe-work meets operational requirements in accordance
with specifications.
3.2
Test record is produced and accepted by inspecting authority in accordance
with specifications.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 3234, unit
standard 3235, and unit standard 3237.
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.
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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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