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Set out landscape site and site features from drawings
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in landscaping.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: confirm site details and
establish required protection; establish liaison with parties affected by work to
be done; arrange site services required for completion of work; remove
unwanted material from the site; set out site features; establish profiles and
make final set out of site features; and establish peg lines for contouring and
features not requiring profiles.
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.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 1001, unit
standard 1002, and unit standard 1003.
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.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Confirm site details and establish required protection.
Performance criteria
1.1
Site boundaries are located and checked against details shown on drawings.
1.2
Existing services are located and protected from damage in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Range
1.3
gas, electricity, telephone, water, sewerage, drainage, data
cables.
Features to be retained are located and protected from damage in accordance
with workplace procedures and local authority regulations for protection.
Element 2
Establish liaison with parties affected by work to be done.
Range
client’s neighbours, local authorities, power, gas and telephone companies
where applicable.
Performance criteria
2.1
Parties affected are advised of work which may inconvenience them.
Range
2.2
work on boundaries; disruption of services; work generating noise,
dust or other nuisance.
Work process and activity areas are agreed with relevant parties.
Range
process – timing of work, maintenance of access, disruption of
routines and services, transport of materials and waste to and
from the site;
areas – storage areas, work areas.
Element 3
Arrange site services required for completion of work.
Performance criteria
3.1
Approvals for temporary connections to existing services are obtained where
required.
3.2
Temporary connections are arranged in accordance with workplace procedures.
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3.3
Access to site for materials and equipment is arranged in accordance with
workplace procedures to avoid damage to site elements.
Range
site elements may include but are not limited to – kerbs, footpaths
and driveways; buildings; site features such as trees, services.
Element 4
Remove unwanted material from the site.
Performance criteria
4.1
Hand tools are used in accordance with workplace procedures, to clear
unwanted vegetation, structures, and materials.
Range
4.2
may include but is not limited to – axe, wrecking bar, saw,
wheelbarrow, shovel, hammers, grubber.
Light equipment is used, in accordance with workplace procedures, to clear
unwanted vegetation, structures, and materials.
Range
two of – chainsaw, light tractor with loader, light excavator,
concrete breaker.
4.3
Cleared debris is removed from site using safe loading and transport methods,
and is disposed of in a manner approved by the Local Authority.
4.4
Agrichemicals are applied to control weeds, if required, in accordance with
workplace procedures.
4.5
Site is left in a condition which allows further work to be undertaken unimpeded
in accordance with workplace procedures.
Element 5
Set out site features.
Performance criteria
5.1
Site boundaries are confirmed by location of survey pegs.
5.2
Site features are set out using boundary lines and existing site features as
reference points.
5.3
Location of site features is established using a range of measuring equipment
and techniques.
Range
may include but is not limited to – measuring tape, measuring
techniques on flat and steep sites, 3:4:5 triangle and automatic
level to establish right angles, pegging to mark feature
dimensions, checking measurements.
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Element 6
Establish profiles and make final set out of site features.
Performance criteria
6.1
Profile pegs are established to allow room to work between profile and feature,
and are located to accommodate set out for significant elements of the feature.
Range
6.2
corners, ends, intermediate reference points.
Reference datum for site levelling work is established in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Range
reference point specified in drawings, set point on existing site
feature.
6.3
Automatic level is located, levels are taken, and reliability of readings is ensured
by checking procedures.
6.4
Set up procedure is repeated at change points when instrument must be moved
to establish levels on a steep site.
6.5
Water-filled hose is used to establish levels in accordance with workplace
procedures.
6.6
Heights of features calculated relative to level datum are transferred to profile
pegs with an accuracy of + or – 10 mm in 10 m, and are clearly marked.
6.7
Profile boards are fixed securely to profile pegs with top edge at marked height
in accordance with workplace procedures.
6.8
Final dimensions of site feature are set out clearly on profile boards.
6.9
Set out is checked to ensure that accuracy is within + or – 10 mm in 10 m for
dimensions and squaring diagonals.
6.10
Centre and springing points are used to establish set outs for round or elliptical
shapes.
6.11
Set out for curved work avoids flat or unequally curved sections.
Element 7
Establish peg lines for contouring and features not requiring profiles.
Performance criteria
7.1
Key point pegs are located by measurement from reference points using
dimensions shown on drawings.
Range
reference points at – ends of features, ends of straight runs, centre
or springing points of curved runs.
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7.2
Pegs located between key point pegs are to line required to establish feature as
shown on drawings.
7.3
Finished heights established on pegs for reference during contouring or
construction of feature are accurate to + or – 5 mm in 5 m.
7.4
Tools and equipment used in measuring and levelling activities are kept in
efficient working condition in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
clean; adjusted and serviced to manufacturer's requirements;
protected from damage during storage, transport, and use.
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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