NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Negotiate and schedule cleaning contracts
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
10
This unit standard is for people working at management level in
the cleaning industry.
People credited with this standard are able to: produce a quote
for a cleaning contract; negotiate a cleaning contract; and
schedule and roster work.
Classification
Cleaning and Caretaking > Cleaning Services Administration
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this standard must comply
with the requirements of:
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993;
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Fair Trading Act 1986;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Holidays Act 2003;
Minimum Wage Act 1983.
2
Definitions
Organisational requirements refers to instructions to staff on policy procedures and
methods relating to cleaning in the workplace (including health and safety) and the
application of any written procedures which are documented in memo or manual
format and are available in the workplace.
Contract specifications set down the tasks to be done and how often these tasks are
to be done.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
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Outcome 1
Produce a quote for a cleaning contract.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Scope of work is ascertained in terms of client requirements.
Range
1.2
Job requirements are calculated within organisational requirements
Range
1.3
work methods, materials required, amount of labour, time required
for service.
Contract specifications which contain all relevant data are drawn up.
Range
1.4
nature of work, time considerations, hours of work, procedures to
follow.
time required for service, costs, work methods, procedures to
follow, staffing levels.
Quote is produced within specified organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
Negotiate a cleaning contract.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Obligations and liabilities of contract in terms of the cleaning industry and the
relevant legislation are defined.
2.2
All clauses of contract documents are interpreted in terms of the conditions of
the agreement being entered into.
2.3
Tender documents are completed within company and legislated guidelines.
2.4
Contract conditions are negotiated with the client.
Range
services offered, price, work methods, materials required, labour
content.
Outcome 3
Schedule and roster work.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Work plan and schedules are prepared according to contract specifications.
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3.2
Rosters are drawn up.
Range
3.3
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staff allocation, shift systems, staff contractual agreements.
Contingency plans are drawn up.
Range
staffing fluctuations, special work.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 May 1994
31 December 2014
Review
2
31 August 1996
31 December 2014
Review
3
27 April 2000
31 December 2014
Revision
4
8 February 2001
31 December 2014
Review
5
27 February 2006
31 December 2014
Revision
6
26 March 2007
31 December 2014
Review
7
18 October 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0004
This CMR 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,
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.
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.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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.
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NZQA registered unit standard
1575 version 7
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited (Careerforce)
info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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