NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
Manufacture timber stairs
Level
4
2532 version 9
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Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set out
stairs; manufacture exterior straight flight stairs, handrails, and
balustrades; and manufacture interior stairs, handrails, and
balustrades.
Classification
Joinery > Stairs and Other Joinery Trade Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All workplace practices must comply with current legislation, codes of practice, and
documented site safety procedures for personal, product, and worksite safety.
2
Legislation and regulations relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to
– Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Health and Safety in Employment
Regulations 1995.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
This unit standard is
Evidence requirements
expiring
1.1
The type of stair is identified
from the working drawings.
Set out stairs.
1.2
On-site measurements are confirmed in accordance with workplace practice.
1.3
Materials quantities are determined and an order placed in accordance with
workplace practice.
1.4
The stairs are set out to conform to the working drawings and the specifications.
Outcome 2
Manufacture exterior straight flight stairs, handrails, and balustrades.
Range
may include but are not limited to – housed string, cut string, undercarriages;
evidence of one is required.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
2532 version 9
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Timber is machined to conform to the set-out and joints are worked in
accordance with workplace practice.
2.2
Stair is assembled and finished in accordance with workplace practice.
2.3
Handrails and balustrades are machined and assembled to conform to the
working drawings.
Outcome 3
Manufacture interior stairs, handrails, and balustrades.
Range
may include but are not limited to – straight flight, quarter turn, quarter turn with
winders, dog-leg, open well; closed string, cut string, and under carriages;
evidence of one is required.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Timber is machined to conform to the set-out and joints are worked in
accordance with workplace practice.
3.2
Stair is assembled and finished to the job specifications or in accordance with
workplace practice.
3.3
Handrails and balustrades are machined and assembled to conform to the
working drawings.
3.4
Protective measures to ensure workplace safety are employed in accordance
with workplace practice.
This unit standard is
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 2531, and unit standard
25160
have been replaced by unit standard 28220.
expiring
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
2532 version 9
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 August 1995
31 December 2018
Review
2
16 August 1995
31 December 2018
Review
3
16 August 1995
31 December 2018
Revision
4
21 October 1997
31 December 2018
Revision
5
20 December 1999
31 December 2018
Revision
6
16 June 2005
31 December 2018
Review
7
23 January 2009
31 December 2018
Review
8
24 October 2014
31 December 2018
Rollover
9
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0073
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.
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016