NZQA registered unit standard 6453 version 5
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Title Demonstrate knowledge of infrastructure civil works
Level
Purpose
2 Credits 3
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: civil works plant, equipment, and activities; and effects of adverse weather on civil works.
Classification
Available grade
Infrastructure Works > Infrastructure Civil Works
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Assessment against this unit standard may take place in a workplace and/or provider environment.
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of civil works plant, equipment, and activities.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Civil works activities are put into sequence and described.
Range demolition, earthworks, erection and construction of structures, erection of signs, excavation, foundations, pavements and surfacings, road marking, site clearing, site preparation, services.
1.2 Uses of civil works plant are identified and described.
Range bulldozer, excavator, backhoe, wheeled loader, scraper, grader, self-propelled roller, off road truck.
1.3 Uses of civil works equipment are identified and described.
Range at least three of the following
– lifting gear and attachments, scaffolding, wheelbarrows, ladders, safety barricade, compressed air power tools, electric power tools, leads, safety equipment, adjustable props.
1.4 Survey and set-out equipment is identified and the importance of control points to civil works activities explained.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard
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6453 version 5
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Procedures for detecting and reporting defects in plant, materials, and activities are identified and explained.
2.1
2.2
2.3
Outcome 2
Explain effects of adverse weather on civil works.
Evidence requirements
Effect of adverse weather on construction materials is explained.
Effect of adverse weather on work area including road surfaces is explained.
Effect of wind, dust, heat, and ice on machine operation is explained.
Range downstream effects of further machine usage, wear and tear.
2.4 Effect of adverse weather on civil works environments is explained.
Range includes but is not limited to
– pollution of watercourse, dust nuisance, slip.
Planned review date 31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 30 July 1996 N/A
Revision
Review
2
3
9 March 1999
30 May 2000
N/A
N/A
Review 4 25 September 2006 N/A
Review 5 18 February 2011 N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0101
This AMAP 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, 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 granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 6453 version 5
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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.
Consent 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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Infrastructure ITO
SSB Code 101813
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020