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Erect metal features in landscape work
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in landscaping.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe metals and their
protective coatings used in landscape features; provide foundations, fixings,
and services for metal features; and install metal features on prepared
foundations.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Landscape
Status
Registered
Status date
25 September 2006
Date version published
25 September 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Workplace procedures refer to verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
the worksite and equipment.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
3
Any work carried out in playground areas must comply with the New Zealand
Standard: NZS 5828:2004 Playground equipment and surfacing, available from
http://www.standards.co.nz.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe metals and their protective coatings used in landscape features.
Performance criteria
1.1
Types of metals used in landscape features are described in terms of their
characteristics and typical landscape uses.
Range
1.2
steel, cast iron, aluminium, brass, bronze, cast aluminium, copper,
lead.
Protective coatings are described in terms of the metals to which they are
applied and the characteristics of the protection provided by each coating.
Range
galvanising (hot and cold), painting, powder coating, plating.
Element 2
Provide foundations, fixings, and services for metal features.
Performance criteria
2.1
Foundations are constructed to size, height, and location as shown on drawings
using methods and materials identified in the site specification.
2.2
Fixings to secure features to foundations are located as shown in drawings or to
the feature manufacturer's specification.
Range
2.3
Services to the metal feature are installed in accordance with site drawings and
specification, and their connection is undertaken by a qualified person.
Range
2.4
to include bolts, brackets, ties.
water, electricity, residual current device, specialist services
specified for the feature.
Methods used to install metal features which are fixed in place by poured
concrete enable the work to be undertaken in accordance with workplace
procedures without damage to the feature, injury to the installer, or danger to
others.
Range
lifting and placing, bracing to line and height, protection of feature
finishes, placing, finishing, and curing of concrete.
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Element 3
Install metal features on prepared foundations.
Performance criteria
3.1
Tools and equipment are selected from a given range, and used in accordance
with workplace procedures to achieve a specified outcome without damage to
materials, injury to the operator, or danger to others.
Range
adjustable spanner, torsion wrench, lifting appliances, ropes,
slings or strops, clamps, shackles.
3.2
Lifting, placing, stabilising, and fixing of metal feature are undertaken in
accordance with workplace procedures without damage to feature, injury to
workers, or danger to others.
3.3
Installed feature is adjusted to line, level, perpendicular, or grade to conform
with the requirements of the drawings and specification for the work.
3.4
Devices which define areas of danger when work is accessible to the public are
used in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
barrier, lights, warning signs.
3.5
Surface finish of the feature is checked, and any damage is made good using
methods and materials approved by the designer or manufacturer.
3.6
Surplus material is removed, and site is left in a condition which enables further
work to be undertaken unimpeded in accordance with workplace procedures.
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 Primary Industry Training Organisation www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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