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Demonstrate knowledge of fire safety requirements in the Building Code
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for Building Control Surveyors and those who require
knowledge of the Building Code. People credited with this unit standard are
able to demonstrate knowledge of the objectives, functional requirements,
and performance measures of: Clause C1 – Outbreak of Fire, Clause C2 –
Means of Escape, Clause C3 – Spread of Fire, and Clause C4 – structural
stability during fire, in the Building Code.
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.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
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
The Building Code
Building (Forms) Regulations 2004.
2
The scope of buildings assessed within this unit standard fall generally within the
coverage of NZS 3604:1999 Timber Framed Buildings, NZS 4229:1999 Concrete
masonry buildings not requiring specific engineering design, NZS 3109:1997
Concrete construction http://www.standards.co.nz/default.htm. Please note other
standards are referenced in the Building Code Handbook.
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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.
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All activities must comply with: any policies, procedures, business protocols, and
requirements of the organisation/s involved; and ethical codes and standards of
relevant professional bodies.
Elements and Performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the objective, functional requirements, and performance
measures of Clause C1 – outbreak of fire in the Building Code.
Performance criteria
1.1
The objective of Clause C1 – Outbreak of Fire is described in terms of the
Building Code.
1.2
The functional requirements of Clause C1 – Outbreak of Fire are described in
terms of the Building Code.
Range
1.3
solid, liquid, gaseous.
The performance measures relating to Clause C1 – Outbreak of Fire are
described in terms of the Building Code and applied to a given scenario.
Range
services, installation.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the objectives, functional requirements, and performance
measures of Clause C2 – Means of Escape in the Building Code.
Performance criteria
2.1
The objectives of Clause C2 – Means of Escape are described in terms of the
Building Code.
Range
2.2
safeguarding individuals, facilitating fire rescue.
The functional requirements of Clause C2 – Means of Escape are described in
terms of the Building Code.
Range
time, safe places, facilitating fire rescue.
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2.3
The performance measures relating to Clause C2 – Means of Escape are
described in terms of the Building Code and applied to a given scenario.
Range
open paths, exit ways, escape routes.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the objectives, functional requirements, and performance
measures of Clause C3 – Spread of Fire in the Building Code.
Performance criteria
3.1
The objectives of Clause C3 – Spread of Fire are described in terms of the
Building Code.
Range
3.2
The functional requirements of Clause C3 – Spread of Fire are described in
terms of the Building Code.
Range
3.3
firecells, sleeping spaces, household units within the same or
adjacent buildings.
adjacent units and property, protection systems, fire service
requirements.
The performance measures relating to Clause C3 – Spread of Fire are
described in terms of the Building Code and applied to a given scenario.
Range
fire rating, sleeping spaces, adjacent units, concealed spaces, fire
suppression systems, fire separations, external walls and roofs,
fire safety systems, fire resistance, firecells, interior surface
finishes, travel distances, number of occupants, fire hazard,
household units, penetrations, automatic smoke control, air
conditioning and mechanical ventilation, environmental.
Element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of the objectives, functional requirements and performance
measures of Clause C4 – Structural Stability During Fire in the Building Code.
Performance criteria
4.1
The objectives of Clause C4 – Structural Stability During Fire are described in
terms of the Building Code.
4.2
The functional requirements of Clause C4 – Structural Stability During Fire are
described in terms of the Building Code.
Range
safeguard individuals, facilitating fire rescue and fire fighting,
avoidance of collapse and consequential damage to adjacent
household units or property.
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4.3
The performance measures relating to Clause C4 – Structural Stability During
Fire are described in terms of the Building Code and applied to a given
scenario.
Range
fire resistance, fire load, fire intensity, fire hazard, building height,
fire controls, fire-fighting, household units.
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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