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Prepare site for installation of roof
Level
4
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare a work schedule
for installation of roof; complete preparations for the installation of the roof;
confirm and secure materials and equipment; and maintain a safe working
environment.
Subfield
Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying
Domain
Roofing
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2006
Date version published
27 October 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0227
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Building Act 2004.
2
Performance must comply with current legislation, regulations, and codes. For more
detailed information about which regulations and codes are relevant, please refer to
the assessors’ page of The Skills Organisation Ltd website http://www.skills.org.nz.
The New Zealand Building Code which is within this unit standard is available from
http://www.building.govt.nz.
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Definitions
company requirements include the policy, procedures, and methodologies of the
company. They include requirements documented in company and site health and
safety plans, quality assurance documents, and contract work programmes;
site procedures refer to the procedures which are required to be observed for safe
work practices at a particular site;
job specifications refer to the documented information found in construction
drawings, project specification documents, legislation, regulations and codes;
manufacturers’ recommendations refer to product information and product data
sheets provided by the manufacturer of any given product;
health and safety in employment guidelines refer to the Guidelines for the Provision
of Facilities and General Safety in the Construction Industry, 1995. These general
guidelines apply to all construction workplaces. They contain relevant sections of the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and regulations, generally accepted good
practice and references to further information. It is available from the Occupational
Health and Safety Service of the Department of Labour http://www.osh.govt.nz/.
4
This unit standard applies to both new roof and re-roofing installations on residential
and commercial sites.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare a work schedule for installation of roof.
Performance criteria
1.1
Job sheet is analysed in terms of job specifications in accordance with company
requirements.
1.2
Notifiable work is noted in the work schedule and advised to Occupational
Safety and Health (OSH) in accordance with health and safety in employment
guidelines and site procedures.
1.3
A work schedule is prepared in accordance with company requirements.
Element 2
Complete preparations for the installation of the roof.
Performance criteria
2.1
Builder and/or owner is liaised with prior to inspecting site in accordance with
company requirements.
2.2
Potential site hazards are identified, and isolation of, or minimisation of, hazards
is carried out prior to work commencing, in accordance with health and safety in
employment guidelines and site procedures.
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2.3
Roof structure is inspected to ensure that it meets structural requirements for
proposed roofing and cladding in accordance with manufacturers’
recommendations and the New Zealand Building Code.
2.4
Work area is inspected for suitability and gradient, and fastening of substrate
and other work surfaces, in accordance with company requirements.
2.5
Specialist flashings, where in use, are inspected for appropriateness to job in
accordance with manufacturers’ recommendations.
2.6
Safety provisions are secured in accordance with health and safety in
employment guidelines and site procedures.
Range
2.7
electrical isolating equipment, scaffolding, safety signs erected
and placed, access, egress, entrance and exit footpath and gutter
safeguarded, exit vision ensured, parking.
Delivered materials are secured in accordance with site procedures and
company requirements.
Element 3
Confirm and secure materials and equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Materials are inspected, if on-site, or confirmed for delivery, if off-site, in terms
of stage of building in accordance with company requirements.
3.2
Delivered materials are inspected for quantity requirements and quality
requirements in accordance with the client’s order.
3.3
Fascia and gutter protection is provided in accordance with company
requirements.
3.4
Equipment is checked, and secured if necessary, in accordance with health and
safety in employment guidelines and site procedures.
Range
ladders, electrical isolating equipment, scaffolding, tools.
Element 4
Maintain a safe working environment.
Performance criteria
4.1
Work practices are carried out without injury to people, or damage to
equipment, building, or plant, in accordance with legislation, regulations, codes,
health and safety in employment guidelines, and company requirements.
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4.2
Personal protective equipment for the task at hand is selected and worn in
accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations and site procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – hard hat, sunblock, ear muffs, safety
glasses, gloves, knee pads, high visibility clothing, safety harness.
4.3
Work area is cordoned off and safety notices and notification of work signs are
distributed and erected, in accordance with site procedures.
4.4
Work area is kept clear of debris and unnecessary equipment in accordance
with company requirements.
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 The Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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