NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Select mechanical cleaning equipment
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for people in the cleaning industry.
People credited with this standard are able to: determine
mechanical equipment requirements to support cleaning
processes; and select mechanical cleaning equipment, for
purchase or lease, to support cleaning processes.
Classification
Cleaning and Caretaking > Cleaning Services Administration
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this standard must comply with the
requirements of:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991;
AS/NZS 3760:2010 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment;
AS/NZS 60335.1:2002 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 1 –
General requirements;
AS/NZS 60335.2.2:2002 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Particular
requirements for vacuum cleaners and water suction cleaning appliances;
AS/NZS 60335.2.72:2003 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Particular
requirements for automatic machines for floor treatment for commercial and industrial use;
AS/NZS 60335.2.79:2002 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Particular
requirements for high pressure cleaners and steam cleaners for industrial and commercial
use.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Determine mechanical equipment requirements to support cleaning processes.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Service specifications are determined for cleaning processes.
1.2
Mechanical equipment needs are determined to meet service specifications.
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1.3
The availability of company resources is established.
Range
1.4
budgets, staffing levels, staff experience, staff qualifications,
training requirements.
Industry requirements are determined for cost-effectiveness.
Range
1.5
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quantity of machinery, rework, waste, work loadings, repeatability,
running costs (raw materials, consumables, labour), servicing,
warranties.
Industry requirements are determined for mechanical cleaning equipment used
to support cleaning processes.
Range
AS/NZS 3760:2010, AS/NZS 60335.1:2002, AS/NZS
60335.2.2:2002, AS/NZS 60335.2.72:2003, AS/NZS
60335.2.79:2002.
Outcome 2
Select mechanical cleaning equipment, for purchase or lease, to support cleaning
processes.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Equipment available from suppliers is compared in terms of meeting
requirements.
2.2
Selected equipment enables the cost-effective achievement of cleaning service
specifications.
2.3
Selected equipment is specified by generic type.
2.4
Selected equipment is available within company’s resources.
2.5
Selected equipment meets company and industry requirements for safety and
environmental protection.
Range
Planned review date
AS/NZS 3760:2010, AS/NZS 60335.1:2002, AS/NZS
60335.2.2:2002, AS/NZS 60335.2.72:2003, AS/NZS
60335.2.79:2002.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 April 2000
31 December 2014
Revision
2
8 February 2001
31 December 2014
Review
3
27 February 2006
31 December 2014
Revision
4
26 March 2007
31 December 2014
Review
5
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.
Comments on this unit standard
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info@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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