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Title
Complete glass and electrical work for a neon sign
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
40
This unit standard is for people with some experience in the
signmaking industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: lay out work
for a neon sign; and prepare the glass, and fit electrical
components for a neon sign.
Classification
Graphic Arts > Signmaking
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
All work practices shall meet the requirements of relevant legislation, including Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Electricity Regulations
1997, and the requirements of industry codes of practice and documented enterprise
procedures in respect to health, safety, and environmental matters. For this unit standard
the following standard also applies – AS/NZS 3832:1998 Electrical installations – Coldcathode illumination systems.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
This unit standard is
Lay out work for a neon sign.
expiring
Evidence requirements
Outcome 1
1.1
Job requirements are determined from patterns and specifications.
1.2
Transfer of design layout is to heat resistant cloth or paper and conforms to
specifications.
1.3
Placement of joins complies with specifications.
1.4
Position of electrodes complies with specifications and AS/NZS 3832.
Outcome 2
Prepare the glass, and fit electrical components for a neon sign.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Heated glass is bent to form shape consistent with pattern and specifications.
2.2
Electrodes are attached to comply with specifications, AS/NZS 3832, and
Electricity Regulations.
2.3
Transformer loadings of neon sections complies with specifications.
2.4
Sections of glass tubing are connected in accordance with specifications.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 1050, unit standard
1052, unit standard 1056, and unit standard 1057 have
been replaced by unit standard 27580.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 April 1995
31 December 2014
Review
2
25 March 1996
31 December 2014
Revision
3
31 January 1997
31 December 2014
Revision
4
9 March 1999
31 December 2014
Revision
5
12 December 2000
31 December 2014
Review
This
unit standard
is
7
23 January 2009
31 December 2014
expiring
8
19 January
2012
31 December 2014
6
16 December 2003
31 December 2014
Reinstatement
9
16 April 2015
31 December 2019
Rollover
10
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
Rollover and
Revision
Review
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0005
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016