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Install roof shingles
Level
4
Credits
35
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: confirm materials and
availability of equipment for installation of roof shingles; complete
preparations for the installation of roof shingles; carry out installation of roof
shingles; finish ridges, soakers, and barges on roof shingles; and maintain a
safe working environment.
Subfield
Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying
Domain
Roofing
Status
Registered
Status date
23 January 2009
Date version published
23 January 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
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 – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Building Act 2004.
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Definitions
Company requirements – include the policies, 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.
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Manufacturer 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
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. They are available from the
Occupational Health and Safety Service of the Department of Labour
http://www.osh.govt.nz/.
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This unit standard applies to both new roof and re-roofing installations on residential
and commercial sites.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Confirm materials and availability of equipment for installation of roof shingles.
Performance criteria
1.1
Job is assessed and a plan of work is drawn up in accordance with company
requirements.
1.2
Materials confirmed for the job are consistent with the job specifications and
manufacturer recommendations.
Range
1.3
includes but is not limited to – shingle, cladding, flashings,
sealants, fasteners.
Equipment availability is confirmed in accordance with the job specifications.
Range
includes but is not limited to – scaffolding, ladders, roof walking
cleats, compressor, vacuum cleaner, tools, chainsaw, holing
machine, sealant gun, saws, pop riveter.
Element 2
Complete preparations for the installation of roof shingles.
Performance criteria
2.1
Area is prepared in accordance with company requirements.
Range
2.2
area cleaned with blower or vacuum, moisture content of substrate
within accepted parameters, ambient temperature within
manufacturer recommendations.
Any defects in substrate are rectified and priming is carried out in accordance
with manufacturer recommendations.
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2.3
Valley trays, flashings, and vermin proofing are installed in accordance with
manufacturer recommendations, and job specifications.
2.4
Perpendiculars from centre are marked out in accordance with company
requirements.
Element 3
Carry out installation of roof shingles.
Performance criteria
3.1
Shingles are removed, where required, in accordance with manufacturer
recommendations.
3.2
Bottom course soakers or eave shingles are laid in accordance with company
requirements.
3.3
Shingles are laid in accordance with manufacturer recommendations.
3.4
Valleys, hips, and gables are laid in accordance with job specifications.
Range
mark out line, measure and mark shingles, cut, fit, secure.
Element 4
Finish ridges, soakers, and barges on roof shingles.
Performance criteria
4.1
Ridges, soakers, and barges are placed and finished to a watertight and secure
condition in accordance with manufacturer recommendations.
4.2
Site is left in a safe and tidy condition in accordance with site procedures.
Element 5
Maintain a safe working environment.
Performance criteria
5.1
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.
5.2
Personal protective equipment for the task at hand is selected and worn in
accordance with manufacturer recommendations.
Range
includes but is not limited to – hard hat, sunblock, ear muffs, safety
glasses, gloves, knee pads, safety harness.
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5.3
Work area is cordoned off and safety notices and notification of work signs are
distributed and erected in accordance with site procedures.
5.4
Work area is kept clear of debris and unnecessary equipment in accordance
with company requirements.
5.5
Availability of site-specific safety plan is confirmed.
Range
safety plan may include but is not limited to – hazard identification,
working at height, securing loose material, material safety data.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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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