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Identify design applications and requirements of lighting used in
landscape work
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit is intended for people preparing to develop landscape design
proposals for residential sites. People credited with this unit standard are
able to: identify the design implications for use of lighting in landscape work;
identify the characteristics and design requirements of lighting systems used
in landscape work; and document examples of applications of lighting used in
landscape work.
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
Landscape design covers the development of design solutions for simple, single
occupier residential sites.
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2
Design enterprise standards and/or procedures may include but are not limited to
quality assurance, documentation, security, communication, health and safety,
ethics, interpersonal behaviour and design practice image. An acceptable standard
would be comparable to ISO9000 certified enterprises and /or organisations, and
those standards set by an incorporated professional or trade body such as
Landscape Industries Association of New Zealand or New Zealand Institute of
Landscape Architects.
3
Legislation relevant to the client’s needs and requirements may include but is not
limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Building Act 2004,
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Fair Trading Act 1986, Privacy Act 1993, and the
Resource Management Act 1991.
4
Design work requiring certification will need to be undertaken by a registered
engineer.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify the design implications for use of lighting in landscape work.
Performance criteria
1.1
Lighting applications used in landscape work are described in terms of their
functions.
Range
1.2
Controls placed on the use of lighting in landscape work are described in terms
of their design implications.
Range
1.3
safety, general illumination, specialist lighting.
regulatory controls, supply or distribution authority requirements,
territorial authority requirements.
Sources of information on lighting and lighting design are described in terms of
the type of information provided.
Range
manufacturer’s and/or creator’s promotional material, displays and
shows, design resource catalogues and related publications,
existing installations.
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Element 2
Identify the characteristics and design requirements of lighting systems used in landscape
work.
Performance criteria
2.1
Factors to be considered in selection of lighting systems in landscape work are
described.
Range
2.2
Factors governing design of lighting systems are listed and sources of design
information for each factor determined.
Range
2.3
power source and related approvals, desired illumination result,
reticulation, control, operational requirements and costs.
system types, type and coverage of illumination, installation
specifications, reticulation and control methods, operational
requirements.
Installation requirements for at least two landscape lighting systems are
described in terms of their implications for design and project implementation.
Range
documentation, specialist installers, site supervision.
Element 3
Document examples of applications of lighting used in landscape work.
Performance criteria
3.1
Examples selected for documentation show design applications which have
been recognised by landscape trade and/or professional organisations as
representative of standards they support.
3.2
Procedures adopted, and standards achieved, in documentation of design
application examples comply with design enterprise requirements.
3.3
Documentation demonstrates understanding, and application, of lighting used in
a landscape design project.
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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