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Plan and manage earthwork requirements for a landscape project
Level
5
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: define the earthwork requirements for a landscape proposal; identify
and manage the implications of the work; and plan to oversee the completion
of the earthwork.
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.
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.
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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.
5
Case studies may be used as the basis for assessment against this unit standard.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Define the earthwork requirements for a landscape proposal.
Performance criteria
1.1
Documentation providing data to determine earthwork requirements is
assembled and interpreted in accordance with design enterprise standards.
Range
1.2
details of site as existing, proposal for landscape work, access
details.
Procedures used to determine the nature and extent of earthwork to be
completed comply with design enterprise standards.
Range
material to be moved – specification of material types, calculation
of quantities;
methods to be adopted – movement, storage, removal from site,
bringing to site.
1.3
Documentation describing earthworks provides direction for contractor in
accordance with design enterprise standards.
1.4
Documentation provides costings in the format required for inclusion in project
estimates.
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Element 2
Identify and manage the implications of the work.
Performance criteria
2.1
Implications of the identified earthwork are determined and documented in
accordance with design enterprise procedures.
Range
2.2
implications may include but are not limited to – land stability,
changes to natural drainage patterns, disruption of services,
inconvenience to site occupiers, inconvenience to neighbours,
consent and approval requirements, temporary service
requirements, sustainability.
Strategies for the management of identified implications are defined in
accordance with design enterprise procedures.
Element 3
Plan to oversee the completion of the earthwork.
Performance criteria
3.1
Procedures developed to oversee the completion of the earthwork are in
accordance with design enterprise standards.
3.2
Supervision requirements are documented in a manner suitable for reference by
the designer’s site supervisor.
3.3
Procedures for overseeing the work are communicated in project documentation
in accordance with design enterprise standards.
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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