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Assess building consent applications for medium and large buildings
Level
6
Credits
50
Purpose
This unit standard is for Building Control Surveyors who assess building
consent applications for the service elements of medium and large buildings.
People credited with this unit standard are able to complete the lodgement
and assessment process of Project Information Memorandums (PIM) for
medium and large buildings and complete the lodgement and review process
of building consent applications for medium and large buildings.
Subfield
Compliance and Law Enforcement
Domain
Building Control Surveying
Status
Registered
Status date
23 January 2009
Date version published
23 January 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 7228.
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
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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
The Building Code
Building (Forms) Regulations 2004.
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Assessment against this unit standard must be a minimum of two new projects, and
two alterations for medium and/or large buildings.
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Definitions
Medium buildings are light to medium weight commercial or industrial buildings up to
three levels above ground which utilise commercial or industrial materials,
construction techniques, and services.
Large buildings are high-rise, large and complex buildings of more than three levels
above ground levels, and/or complex specialist structures of large spans or volume,
such as stadiums, theatres, and manufacturing venues.
The Building Code includes referenced standards and supporting documents
included in the New Zealand Building Code Handbook.
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/compliance-docs-get-copies;
The Building Code Handbook
http://www.dbh.govt.nz/UserFiles/File/Publications/Building/Compliance–
documents/handbook.pdf;
Building Officials – Building Act 2004 overview
http://www.dbh.govt.nz/bofficials-buiding-act-2004-overview.
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The scope of this unit standard includes the building structure, envelope, heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing and drainage, water supply, fire
safety and egress, and one other service from the following list: lifts; escalators and
travelators; industrial liquid waste; hazardous materials and processes; emergency
power supply; smoke extraction systems; escape route pressurisation.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Complete the lodgement and assessment process of Project Information Memorandums
(PIM) for medium and large buildings.
Performance criteria
1.1
Documentation required for lodging a PIM for medium and large buildings is
reviewed in terms of the requirements of the QMS.
1.2
Process for lodging the PIM is completed in accordance with the QMS.
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1.3
PIM documentation for medium and large buildings is reviewed in accordance
with the QMS.
Range
approval may be required from other affected statutory bodies and
network utility operators to ensure that the consent is not in breach
of other statutes or regulations.
1.4
PIM information is supplied in accordance with the District Plan and relevant
site conditions.
1.5
Documents are managed and stored in accordance with the Building Act 2004
and the QMS.
Element 2
Complete the lodgement and review process of building consent applications for medium
and large buildings.
Performance criteria
2.1
Documentation required for lodging building consents for medium and large
buildings is reviewed in terms of the requirements of the QMS.
2.2
Building consent applications process for medium and large buildings is
completed in accordance with the QMS.
2.3
Building consent application documentation for medium and large buildings is
reviewed for compliance with the Building Code and the QMS.
2.4
Building consents are approved or rejected in accordance with the QMS.
Range
2.5
approval includes but is not limited to – consent conditions,
allocate inspections, invoice for Building Act levies, Building
Control Authority (BCA) fees and charges, issuing a Building
Consent certificate and approved documents.
Rejection includes but is not limited to – request for further
information.
Evidence of at least one approval and one rejection is required.
Documents are stored in accordance with the Building Act 2004 and 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.
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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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