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Plan and supervise road maintenance contracts
Level
5
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the requirements
of parties involved in the contract; identify work objectives; determine and
evaluate the capabilities of available resources; apply planning tools to work
activities; identify the site conditions and operational requirements; allocate
tasks, instruct subcontractors and suppliers, and report to management on
work performance; report to principal’s representative and claim for work
done; and measure contract results.
Subfield
Highway Construction and Maintenance
Domain
Roading Maintenance
Status
Registered
Status date
25 September 2006
Date version published
25 September 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0101
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The following legislation and regulations must be complied with: Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992; Traffic Regulations 1976; and Health and Safety in
Employment Regulations 1995.
2
Assessment against this unit standard must take place in a workplace environment.
Assessment parameters will be dependent on company and site specific equipment,
procedures, and practices. Practices must reflect industry best practice and comply
with legislative requirements.
3
Definitions
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Company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the
company. They include legislative and regulatory requirements which may apply
across the company or to a specific site. Requirements are documented in the
company’s health and safety plans, traffic management plans, contract work
programmes, quality assurance programmes, policies, and procedural documents.
Contract specifications include plans, diagrams, and special technical conditions.
They do not include special administrative conditions.
As-built refers to what is actually constructed as opposed to that which was planned.
Benchmark is the starting set-out position from which control marks are derived.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify the requirements of parties involved in the contract.
Performance criteria
1.1
Supervisor’s responsibilities for planning and organising are identified in
accordance with company requirements.
Range
1.2
accountability, control, limits, delegation.
Requirements of government departments are identified in accordance with
contract specifications.
Range
must include – Land Transport New Zealand, Transit NZ; and
where specified – Department of Conservation;
requirements include – resource consent, traffic safety, permits.
1.3
Requirements of plant hirers and material suppliers are identified in accordance
with contract specifications.
1.4
Requirements of adjoining land owners are identified in accordance with
contract specifications.
1.5
The client’s requirements are identified in accordance with contract
specifications.
Range
1.6
cost effectiveness, quality assurance, timetable, budget limits,
reports, site access.
Requirements of local authorities and service providers are identified in
accordance with contract specifications.
Range
local authorities – district, regional;
service providers – power, telephone, gas, water, television.
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Element 2
Identify work objectives.
Performance criteria
2.1
Physical work requirements are identified through a study of the plans.
Range
2.2
General and special conditions of contract are identified in accordance with
contract specifications.
Range
2.3
location, work limits, road reserve boundaries;
plans – elevation, cross-section, profile, scale, long-section, notes;
requirements – route positions, levels, benchmarks, survey
stations, dimensions.
general – specifications, schedule of quantities, standards,
possession of site, payment claims, completion date;
special – specific contract requirements, maintenance period,
penalties, response times, variations, disputes.
Objectives and outcomes of the work are identified in accordance with contract
specifications.
Range
objectives – general strategy, input limits, reports;
outcomes – profitability, delivering within response times, job
satisfaction, effect on company reputation.
Element 3
Determine and evaluate the capabilities of available resources.
Performance criteria
3.1
Available resources are identified in accordance with company requirements.
Range
3.2
Capabilities of available workforce are determined in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
3.3
skills, work attitude, motivation, initiative.
Capabilities of available plant and equipment are determined in accordance with
company requirements.
Range
3.4
workforce, plant and equipment, safety, materials, time, budget,
monitoring systems, hiring options.
machine outputs, downtime, maintenance.
Quality and quantity of available materials and energy are determined in
accordance with company requirements.
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3.5
Capabilities of available resources are evaluated to determine the most efficient
option in accordance with company requirements.
Range
responsibility, coordination, quantity, interdependence, work
hours, time of year, activity breakdown, job sharing, nearby work
commitments, conjoined work.
Element 4
Apply planning tools to work activities.
Performance criteria
4.1
Road maintenance activities are organised in accordance with company
requirements and contract specifications.
Range
4.2
maintenance – sealed roads, unsealed roads;
activities – pavement repair, reseal, surface smoothing, bridge
repair, drainage, footpath repair, snow and ice removal, slip
clearance, drop-out repair, maintenance of roadside furniture and
markings, repair of signs and street lighting, vegetation control,
shoulder maintenance, tree pruning and removal.
The appropriate planning system for the work activity is selected in accordance
with company requirements.
Range
planning systems may include but are not limited to – haul
diagram, bar chart, critical path diagram, scheduling,
programming, accrual costing, machine hours.
Element 5
Identify the site conditions and operational requirements.
Performance criteria
5.1
Physical conditions on site are identified with the foreperson.
Range
5.2
The site safety plan, traffic management plan, quality assurance plan, and
operational requirements are determined on site with the foreperson.
Range
5.3
ground conditions, weather conditions, benchmark, control station,
work limits, pre-existing defects.
office, toilets, waste dump, stockpile areas, machine parking,
security, traffic management, environmental considerations, sign
type, sign placement, overhead wires, underground services,
obstructions, quality management.
On-site hazards are identified and controlled in accordance with the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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Element 6
Allocate tasks, instruct subcontractors and suppliers, and report to management on work
performance.
Performance criteria
6.1
The workforce has tasks allocated in accordance with company requirements.
Range
workforce – foreperson, leading hand, workers.
6.2
Subcontractors are instructed in accordance with company requirements.
6.3
Material suppliers are given instructions including objectives, timetable, and
answers to queries, in accordance with company requirements.
6.4
Management is advised of the performance of the work team in accordance with
company requirements.
Range
performance – problems, solutions, advice, options, suggestions,
progress relative to contract specifications.
Element 7
Report to principal’s representative and claim for work done.
Performance criteria
7.1
Reports required by the principal are compiled in accordance with contract
specifications.
Range
7.2
reports may include but are not limited to – daily, weekly, monthly,
performance, features, functions, safety, quality, as-built records,
final inspection.
Progress claims are rendered for work performed in accordance with contract
specifications and company requirements.
Element 8
Measure contract results.
Performance criteria
8.1
Financial results for the contract are measured and compiled in accordance with
company requirements.
8.2
Operational results for the contract are measured and reported in accordance
with company requirements.
Range
productivity, resource utilisation, safety, quality, staff performance
evaluation.
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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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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