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Demonstrate knowledge of gas use and equipment in a commercial
environment
Level
4
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
gas use in a commercial environment and the application of commercial gas
equipment.
Subfield
Gas Industry
Domain
Gas Marketing, Business and Administration
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2006
Date version published
20 November 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2008
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard is intended for, but is not limited to, workplace assessment. The
range statements relate to enterprise specific equipment, procedures, and
processes.
2
For performance criterion 2.4, declarations of gas appliances may be searched on
the Energy Safety Service website: http://www.ess.govt.nz/product/search.asp.
3
It is recommended that candidates have credit for Unit 11329, Demonstrate
knowledge of the New Zealand gas industry before undertaking assessment against
this unit standard.
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Definition
Commercial environment refers to consumers in the reticulated market who use gas
for commercial purposes including cogeneration, commercial, and industrial use, but
excluding residential and petrochemical use. It generally includes appliances with an
input of less than 250 MJ/h.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of gas use in a commercial environment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Gas use is described using examples for each application.
Range
1.2
Gas use is compared with the use of competing energy sources in terms of
availability, reliability, efficiency, safety, and economy.
Range
1.3
applications – space heating, water heating, process heating,
cooking, cooling, dehumidifying, drying, steam raising,
cogeneration, pool heating.
electricity, coal, solar, wood, fuel oil.
Gas use is described in terms of pricing systems.
Range
wholesale gas, transmission, network, measurement, tax.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the application of commercial gas equipment.
Range
equipment – input of less than 250 MJ/h.
Performance criteria
2.1
Equipment is described in terms of types of application.
Range
2.2
application – space heating, water heating, process heating,
cooking, cooling, dehumidifying, drying, steam raising,
cogeneration, pool heating.
Company product or service is compared with a competitor’s to identify
advantages and disadvantages.
Range
comparison includes but is not limited to – warranties, initial price,
operating cost, safety, efficiency, appearance, ease of operation,
service, availability, technical, installation, reliability.
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2.3
Development of commercial gas equipment is described in terms of trends.
Range
2.4
trends may include but are not limited to – new technology,
customer requirements.
Commercial gas equipment is described in terms of compliance.
Range
may include but is not limited to – declaration of appliance as
checked on the Energy Safety Service website, application for
intended purpose.
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.
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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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