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Construct timber features in landscape work
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in landscaping.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the requirements
for timber landscape features; use hand and portable tools in timber
construction; and build timber landscape features.
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, Building Act 2004, and the Building (Forms)
Regulations 2004.
3
Any work carried 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
Identify the requirements for timber landscape features.
Range
garden and retaining walls, pergolas and seats, fences and screens, decks and
walkways, shelters and storage features.
Performance criteria
1.1
Timber and associated material requirements for given landscape work are
calculated from drawings and specifications, selected and ordered using
accepted methods.
Range
timber by lineal measure, dimension, grade, moisture content,
preservation requirement and species; associated material by
size, type, weight or number and finish.
1.2
Timber landscape features requiring consent under the Building Act 2004 and
the Building (Forms) Regulations 2004 are listed.
1.3
Methods suitable for use in the construction of the defined range of timber
features are shown to a given scale in clearly labelled freehand drawings.
Range
jointing details, fixings and anchorages, finishes.
Element 2
Use hand and portable power tools in timber construction.
Performance criteria
2.1
Hand and portable power tools are selected and used to achieve a specified
outcome without damage to materials, injury to the operator or danger to others.
Range
2.2
may include but are not limited to – portable power saw, electric
drill, handsaw, spirit level, square, drill bits, chalk line, wood chisel,
residual current device (RCD), screwdriver, nail punch, chainsaw,
hammer, sledge hammer, automatic level, power post hole borer,
string line, straight edge, adjustable spanner, smoothing plane,
power nailing gun.
Tools and equipment are maintained in efficient condition.
Range
clean, sharp, adjusted to manufacturer's recommendations,
lubricated, undamaged.
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Element 3
Build timber landscape features.
Range
garden and retaining walls, pergolas and seats, fences and screens, decks and
walkways, shelters and storage features.
Performance criteria
3.1
Consent to undertake construction activities are obtained from the local
authority before work requiring consent is started.
3.2
Materials used meet the specified requirements of the work undertaken.
3.3
Features are located and constructed to dimensions shown on drawings for the
work.
3.4
Construction methods used produce the standard of work required by the
specification and the construction details shown in the drawings.
3.5
Associated work required for the completion of the timber feature is undertaken
in accordance with the drawings and specification.
Range
backfilling, drainage, water proofing, finish to surrounding ground.
3.6
Surface preservation applied meets the requirement of the site specification in
material quality and application standard.
3.7
Devices which define areas of danger are used when work is accessible to the
public.
Range
3.8
may include but are not limited to barriers, lights, warning signs.
The site is maintained and left in a condition that enables further work to be
carried out unimpeded.
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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