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Describe and install lighting used in landscape work
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in landscaping.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the types of
lighting and switching used in landscape work, and identify and carry out
landscape lighting work which may be undertaken by people not registered
as electricians.
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.
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and the Resource Management Act 1991.
All electrical work undertaken should be supervised by a registered electrician. All
electrical work should comply with the Electricity Regulations 1997.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the types of lighting and switching used in landscape work.
Performance criteria
1.1
Power sources for lighting used in landscape work are identified, and lighting
powered by each source is described in terms of its characteristics and common
uses.
Range
1.2
The characteristics of light provided by a range of different bulb types and
accessories are identified, and the positive and negative features of each in
landscape lighting are listed.
Range
1.3
may include but are not limited to – standard incandescent,
fluorescent, tungsten, and halogen lamps; LED's (light emitting
diodes); coloured lamps and filters; reflectors.
The range of lighting effects used in landscaping is identified and described in
terms of the characteristics and applications of each effect.
Range
1.4
240 volt, low voltage, solar.
flood, feature or spot, backlighting, hidden, underwater, up lighting,
down lighting.
The range of switching systems used in landscape lighting is identified, and the
advantages and disadvantages of each are defined, with the common
applications of each listed.
Range
manual; time controlled; noise, light, or heat sensitive, motion
sensitive, pressure sensitive.
Element 2
Identify and carry out landscape lighting work which may be undertaken by people not
registered as electricians.
Performance criteria
2.1
The range of work which may be done by people not registered as electricians
in laying cables for landscape lighting is identified, and the characteristics of the
work are listed and applied on a given landscape site.
Range
excavation of trenches, laying out of cable runs, placement of
cable protection, backfilling and consolidation of cable trenches.
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2.2
The range of work which may be done by people not registered as electricians
in establishing landscape lighting units is identified, and the characteristics of
the work are listed and applied on a given landscape site.
Range
establishing foundations and fixing points; installing posts, poles,
and standards; fixing brackets and fittings; providing covers and
shelters for control units; making connections within the site
system if supervised by a registered electrician; low voltage
systems and solar systems.
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.
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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