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Inspect the installation of specialist flashings to concrete roof tiles
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
specialist materials and their uses in forming flashings for concrete roof tiles;
inspect the installation of specialist materials as flashings for concrete roof
tiles; and maintain a safe working environment.
Subfield
Plumbing, Gasfitting and Drainlaying
Domain
Roofing
Status
Registered
Status date
27 October 2006
Date version published
22 August 2008
Planned review date
30 April 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 the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and the 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.
3
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;
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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.
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This unit standard applies to both new roof and re-roofing installations.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of specialist materials and their uses in forming flashings for
concrete roof tiles.
Range
galvanised steel, pre-finished steel, copper, zinc, butyl rubber.
Performance criteria
1.1
The general characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of each material as
a flashing for concrete roof tiling are described in accordance with company
requirements.
1.2
The range of flashing applications on a concrete tile roof is described for each
material in accordance with company requirements.
1.3
Roof preparation required for installation of each material to the manufacturer’s
recommendation is described in accordance with company requirements.
Element 2
Inspect the installation of specialist materials as flashings for concrete roof tiles.
Performance criteria
2.1
Visual inspection confirms that roof preparation for flashing installation meets
the manufacturer’s recommendations.
2.2
Monitoring of installation and finishing procedures adopted by the specialist
installer shows that they conform to the manufacturer’s recommendations and
the job specifications.
2.3
Visual inspection confirms that completed specialist flashing installation
complies with the job specification and manufacturer’s recommendations.
2.4
Inspection confirms that the flashing installation provides a watertight and
visually acceptable finish to the concrete tile roof in accordance with job
specifications.
2.5
Inspection of roof following specialist flashing installation identifies any tile
repair work to be completed by the tiler.
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2.6
Any defects in the installation of specialist flashings are reported in writing to the
tiling supervisor, installer, main contractor, or manufacturer, in accordance with
company requirements.
Element 3
Maintain a safe working environment.
Performance criteria
3.1
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.
3.2
Personal protective equipment for the task at hand is selected and worn in
accordance with manufacturers’ 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.
3.3
Work area is cordoned off and safety notices and notification of work signs are
distributed and erected, in accordance with site procedures.
3.4
Work area is kept clear of debris and unnecessary items in accordance with site
procedures.
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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