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Acquire and prepare new sites for the installation of
telecommunications equipment and systems
Level
6
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who acquire and prepare new sites for
telecommunications equipment and systems.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
– locate, acquire, and access new sites; and
– prepare new sites for the installation of telecommunications equipment
and systems.
Subfield
Telecommunications
Domain
Telecommunications - Service Delivery
Status
Registered
Status date
28 July 1995
Date version published
21 November 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
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)
ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0003
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Complementary unit standard – Unit 4906, Evaluate and prepare existing sites for
major installations of telecommunications equipment.
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Definition
Telecommunications equipment and systems – audio, studio, transmission,
microwave, microphone, links, broadcasting transmitters and receivers, aerial
systems (towers, equipment on towers, cables, dishes, relays), antennas, intercom
systems, high frequency antennas, PABX (private automatic branch telephone
exchange) systems, PA (public address) systems, satellite stations (dishes, wiring,
shelters), switches.
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References
Resource Management Act 1991 and its subsequent amendments and
replacements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Locate, acquire, and access new sites.
Performance criteria
1.1
Physical location of sites meets the current and planned operational
requirements of the equipment specification and purpose and customer
expectations.
Range
1.2
Site acquired for installation is secure and safe.
Range
1.3
fire, water, electricity, sewage, gas.
Permit and legal requirements are met.
Range
1.5
physical security of equipment, personnel and facilities, internal
and external sites, all types of telecommunications equipment
listed in special notes.
External supporting services are readily accessible to authorised personnel.
Range
1.4
operational requirements – weather, day and or night, vehicular,
legal right of access, external services supporting operational
performance, resources, site planning;
equipment – telecommunications equipment being installed (see
General Range), plant used for the installation;
customer expectations – what, where, how, by when information
detailed in customer job specification and selected equipment
details.
council, access permission, leases, Resource Management Act,
environmental legislation and or negotiations.
Site location and layout options are developed and agreed with the customer.
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Element 2
Prepare new sites for the installation of telecommunications equipment and systems.
Performance criteria
2.1
Prepared sites are accessible, available, and ready for installation of equipment
and systems.
2.2
Developed site plans show the location of equipment, plant, machinery,
structures, and building services.
Range
2.3
equipment – telecommunications equipment being installed (see
special notes), plant used for the installation;
structures partitions, buildings, frames, towers and fences;
building services – telephones, utilities, air conditioning, acoustics,
waste disposal, electrical, access requirements.
Site preparation and construction comply with security and safety plans and
safety regulations.
Range
security and safety plans – developed during site location and
includes equipment, plant, personnel, and internally (electronic)
stored information;
safety regulations – by-laws, equipment usage and handling,
personnel considerations.
2.4
Sub-contractors, supplies, services, materials, and resources comply with
project and development plans and specifications, and are available at
commencement of installation.
2.5
Regular customer reporting is established and maintained throughout site
preparation phase.
Range
weekly, fortnightly, monthly.
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 ElectroTechnology Industry Training Organisation (ETITO)
reviewcomments@etito.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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