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Demonstrate knowledge of the processes for approving documentation
and completing inspections for small buildings
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
This unit standard is for Building Control Surveyors who are required to know
the processes for approving documentation and completing inspections for
small buildings. People credited with this unit standard are able to
demonstrate knowledge of the process for: approving small building Project
Information Memorandum (PIM) and consents against acceptable solutions;
and completing small building consent inspections against acceptable
solutions.
Subfield
Compliance and Law Enforcement
Domain
Building Control Surveying
Status
Registered
Status date
25 January 2008
Date version published
17 October 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standards 22699 and
22700.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0046
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Compliance with the following legislation, regulations, and codes is required:
Building Act 2004
Privacy Act 1993
Electricity Act 1992
The Building Code
Building (Forms) Regulations 2004.
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Definitions
Small buildings are small-scale, lightweight buildings, generally of non-specific
design, and of domestic scale with lightweight framing and/or concrete or concrete
masonry construction.
Quality management system (QMS) refers to a formal management system that
establishes policy and objectives (and ways of achieving them) in order to direct and
control an organisation with regard to quality.
District plan means an operative plan approved by a Territorial Authority under
Schedule 1 of the Resource Management Act 1991; and includes all operative
changes to such a plan (whether arising from a review or otherwise).
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Reference documents:
The Building Code Compliance Documents
http://www.dbh.govt.nz/building–code–compliance–documents;
Building Officials – Building Act 2004 overview
http://www.dbh.govt.nz/bofficials-buiding-act-2004-overview.
Elements and Performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the process for approving Project Information Memorandums
(PIM) and building consents for small buildings.
Performance criteria
1.1
Documents required for submitting a building consent and PIM are identified in
terms of the requirements of the Building Act 2004 and Building Code.
1.2
Resource information that supports the building consent and PIM approval
process is identified and described in terms of its source and function.
Range
resource information includes but is not limited to – Building Act
2004 and Building Code.
1.3
Process for approval is described in terms of tasks required to be completed in
accordance with the quality management system (QMS).
1.4
Process for documenting PIM and building consent is described in accordance
with the QMS.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the process for completing building consent inspections for
small buildings.
Performance criteria
2.1
Documents required for completing a building inspection are identified in terms
of the requirements of the Approved Building Consent documents, Building Act
2004, Building Code, and Compliance Documents.
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2.2
Information that supports the building inspection process is identified and
described in terms of its source and function.
Range
2.3
information may include but is not limited to – building consent,
building plan(s), relationship to resource consent, engineer’s
report, ground bearing test results, propriety product information,
producer statement, energy certificates, applicator certificates,
warranties, producer statement – PS4 – construction review.
Components that require visual checks during the inspection process are
identified and described in terms of their compliance requirements with the
Building Code and District Plan.
Range
components include but are not limited to – building materials,
construction, bulk and location requirements, climate and hazard
zone requirements, moisture content, critical distances and
boundaries.
2.4
The process for carrying out small building inspections against acceptable
solutions is described in terms of tasks required to be completed.
2.5
The process for documenting building inspections is described in accordance
with the QMS.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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.
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 Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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