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Survey a sports turf area
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the sports turf
industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe common
surveying terms and measuring equipment; set out an area from a sports turf
technical drawing; measure and calculate the area of a sports turf surface;
and measure and calculate the slope and grade of a sports turf area or drain.
Subfield
Sports Turf
Domain
Sports Turf Construction and Drainage
Status
Registered
Status date
17 October 2008
Date version published
17 October 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0037
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
None.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe common surveying terms and measuring equipment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Common surveying terms are described in terms of their relevance to
surveying.
Range
1.2
scale, offset, contour, contour interval, orientation, benchmark,
spot height, reduced level, invert level, triangulation, right angles,
Global Positioning System (GPS).
Types of sports turf surface measuring equipment are described in terms of
their uses and applications.
Range
four of – measuring wheels, tapes, electronic distance meters,
optical square, ranging rods, GPS and software applications.
Element 2
Set out an area from a sports turf technical drawing.
Performance criteria
2.1
Site is located in accordance with sports turf drawing specification.
2.2
Site pegs are set at height in accordance with sports turf drawing specification.
Element 3
Measure and calculate the area of a sports turf surface.
Performance criteria
3.1
Measuring equipment selected is appropriate for calculating the area of a sports
turf surface.
Range
3.2
two of – measuring wheels, tapes, electronic distance meters,
optical square, ranging rods, GPS and software applications.
Area is calculated by application of formulae to measurements.
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Element 4
Measure and calculate the slope and grade of a sports turf area or drain.
Performance criteria
4.1
Equipment selected is appropriate for measuring the slope and grade of a
sports turf surface.
Range
4.2
two of – laser level, dumpy-type level, builder’s level, staff,
measuring wheels, tapes, electronic distance meters.
Slope and grade of a sports turf area or drain are calculated by application of
formulae to measurements.
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 Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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