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level:
2
credit:
4
planned review date:
September 2009
sub-field:
Highway Construction and Maintenance
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: inspect
roadmarking applications; verify material application usage;
conduct dry film thickness tests on roadmarkings; and
identify, report, and remedy non-complying markings.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Infrastructure ITO.
special notes:
1
The requirements within the following legislation and
regulations applying to roadmarking operations must be
complied with as appropriate to the context of
assessment for this unit standard:
Employment Relations Act 2000;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Health and Safety in Employment (Pressure Injury
Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Compensation Act
2001;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Traffic Regulations 1976;
all available at http://www.legislation.govt.nz/.
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The requirements within the following codes of practice
and guidelines applying to roadmarking operations
must be complied with as appropriate to the context of
assessment for this unit standard:
Codes of practice and checklists published by the
New Zealand Roadmarkers Federation, such as Safety,
Health and Environment Guide, available at
http://www.nzrf.co.nz/;
Transit New Zealand’s principal external manuals,
manual amendments, specific examples include:
Code of Practice for Temporary Traffic Management
(CoPTTM),
http://www.transit.govt.nz/technical_information/index.jsp;
Transit New Zealand’s Technical documents TNZ C/01,
TNZ M/07, TNZ M/12, TNZ M/13, TNZ M/20, TNZ P/12,
TNZ P/14, TNZ P/20, TNZ P/22, TNZ T/4, TNZ T/8,
TNZ T/12, TNZ TQS1, TNZ TQS2 are listed on
http://www.transit.govt.nz/technical_information/specific
ations.jsp;
Occupational Safety and Health Service of the
Department of Labour documents including approved
codes of practice and guidelines relevant to specific
work activities an example being the Code of Practice
for the Management of Substances Hazardous to
Health (MOSHH), available at
http://www.osh.govt.nz/order/catalogue/327.shtml.
3
The requirements within the following New Zealand
Standards applying to roadmarking operations must be
complied with as appropriate to the context of
assessment for this unit standard:
NZS 3910:2003: Conditions of contract for building and
civil engineering construction;
NZS 3915:2000: Conditions of contract for building and
civil engineering construction (where no person is
appointed to act as engineer to the contract);
NZS 5433:1999: Transport of dangerous goods on
land;
http://www.standards.co.nz/.
4
This unit standard should be assessed in a workplace
context.
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Definitions
Company requirements include the policy, procedures,
and methodologies of the company. They include
requirements in company and site health, safety and
environmental plans, quality assurance documents, job
plans, and contract work and reporting documents.
Contract specifications include plans, diagrams, and
special technical conditions. They do not include
special administrative conditions.
Manufacturer’s instructions may include specifications,
installation, handling and maintenance instructions for
use and Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Inspect roadmarking applications.
performance criteria
1.1
Dimensional tolerances are measured in accordance with contract
specifications and company requirements.
1.2
Material application is inspected visually in accordance with contract
specifications and company requirements.
Range:
1.3
material includes but is not limited to – paint, beads.
Set-out tolerances are inspected for line placement in accordance with contract
specifications and company requirements.
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element 2
Verify material application usage.
performance criteria
2.1
Quantities of materials are verified against prescribed application rates in
accordance with contract specifications and company requirements.
Range:
2.2
may include but is not limited to – dipsticks, computer, volume,
weighing device, wet film gauge.
Test plates are laid to sample application rates, and results recorded, in
accordance with contract specifications and company requirements.
Range:
recording includes but is not limited to – location, date, unit
number, line type, direction.
element 3
Conduct dry film thickness tests on roadmarkings.
performance criteria
3.1
Testing equipment calibration is verified in accordance with manufacturer’s
instructions and company requirements.
Range:
3.2
Test zones are located on test plates in accordance with TNZ T/08 or TNZ T/12
specification.
Range:
3.3
elcometer, shims, test plates.
test plates – 100mm, 150mm, 200mm;
equipment – steel ruler, pencil.
Dry film zone average thickness is measured using an elcometer in accordance
with TNZ T/08 or TNZ T/12 specification.
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Dry film thickness is determined in accordance with Appendix A of the TNZ P/12
or with TNZ P/12 Notes.
Range:
3.5
plate average, minimum paint film thickness, paint standard
deviation, individual zone average.
Readings are recorded in accordance with TNZ T/08 or TNZ T/12 specification
and company requirements for recording dry film measurements.
element 4
Identify, report, and remedy non-complying markings.
performance criteria
4.1
Non-complying markings are identified and reported in accordance with
company requirements.
4.2
Non-complying markings are remedied in accordance with company
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.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register 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.
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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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0101 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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