NZQA registered unit standard
28933 version 1
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Title
Prepare the design and delivery documentation for an irrigation
system
Level
5
Credits
15
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the irrigation
industry, and recognises the knowledge and skills to develop
installation and commissioning plans, design reports, contracts,
as-built drawings, and an operation and maintenance manual
for irrigation systems at an agricultural or horticulture property,
sports turf, or public ground.
Classification
Water Industry > Irrigation
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All regulations including Resource Management Act 1992, Building Act 2004, Health
and Safety and Employment Act 1992, National Statement Policy for Freshwater
Management 2014 and any other relevant legislation is followed.
2
The following technical publications are adhered to:
Irrigation New Zealand Technical Glossary
New Zealand Piped Irrigation System Design Code of Practice, Irrigation New
Zealand, ISBN 978-0-473-25350-9
New Zealand Piped Irrigation System Design Standards, Irrigation New Zealand,
ISBN 978-0-473-25346-2
New Zealand Piped Irrigation Systems Installation Code of Practice, Irrigation New
Zealand, ISBN 978-0-473-25348-6
New Zealand Water Measurement Code of Practice
Guide for Writing an Irrigation System Commissioning Report The Irrigation New
Zealand Guideline for Backflow Prevention
The Irrigation New Zealand Guideline for Writing a Design Brief
The Irrigation New Zealand Design Checklist
The Irrigation New Zealand Guideline for Operation and Maintenance Manual
Available from the Irrigation New Zealand website, http://irrigationnz.co.nz/
3
It is recommended that learners have completed unit standard 28932 concurrently
with this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28933 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare a design report and contract to deliver an irrigation system.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Prepares a report detailing irrigation system specifications in accordance with
New Zealand Piped Irrigation System Design Code of Practice.
1.2
Determines operation costs for an irrigation system in accordance with New
Zealand Piped Irrigation System Design Code of Practice.
1.3
Prepares a contract for supply, installation and commissioning of an irrigation
system in accordance with Irrigation New Zealand Piped Irrigation System
Installation Code of Practice.
Outcome 2
Prepare an installation programme for an irrigation system.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Identifies critical milestones and external factors that may affect the programme
of work in accordance with Irrigation New Zealand Piped Irrigation System
Installation Code of Practice.
2.2
Prepares an installation programme of work in accordance with Irrigation New
Zealand Piped Irrigation System Installation Code of Practice.
Outcome 3
Prepare a commissioning programme for an irrigation system.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Prepares a commissioning programme, taking into account critical milestones
and external factors, in accordance with Irrigation the New Zealand Guideline
for Commissioning Irrigation Systems.
Outcome 4
Prepare as-built drawings of an irrigation system.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28933 version 1
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Evidence requirements
4.1
Identifies appropriate measurements and determines scale to produce an asbuilt drawing.
4.2
Create as-built drawings of an irrigation system in accordance with Guide for
Writing an Irrigation System Commissioning Report.
Outcome 5
Produce an operation and maintenance manual for an irrigation system.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Selects and collates the appropriate information, and produce an operation and
maintenance manual for a specific irrigation system in accordance with the
Irrigation New Zealand guideline for an operation and maintenance manual.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 25137 and 25138
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 August 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0179
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 (CMR). 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28933 version 1
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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