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Title
Prepare and present a resource consent application in a surveying
context
Level
6
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for people working, or who intend to work,
in the surveying profession as a survey technician.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse the
design documents for a subdivision requiring resource consent;
establish options for compliance with district plan requirements;
prepare a resource consent application report; and present a
resource consent application.
Classification
Surveying > Survey - Land Administration and Applied
Resource Management
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Unit 8782, Demonstrate knowledge of land
legislation and land development in New Zealand in a
surveying context, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and
skills.
Explanatory notes
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The following legislation and documentation must be complied with:
Building Act 2004;
Conservation Act 1987;
Conservation Law Reform Act 1990;
Historic Places Act 1993;
Land Transfer Act 1952;
Local Government Act 2002;
Reserves Act 1977;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Te Ture Whenua Māori Act 1993/The Māori Land Act 1993;
Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975;
Unit Titles Act 1972;
district plans and regional plans;
New Zealand coastal policy statement;
regional policy statements.
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In order to achieve competency in this unit standard, the resource consent prepared
should encompass the level of effects normally encountered in a small infill
subdivision involving civil engineering works, or a small greenfield subdivision of four
to ten lots involving civil engineering works.
3
Definition
Workplace procedures refer to documented procedures specific to an enterprise
which set out the quality management requirements for the business practice and
activities of that enterprise.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Analyse the design documents for a subdivision requiring resource consent.
Range
documents include but are not limited to – subdivision consent plans, land use
development plans, civil engineering design plans, specialist reports;
specialist reports may include but are not limited to – tree, foundations, flooding,
contamination, landscape, archaeology;
evidence is required of at least two specialist reports.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Design documents are analysed in accordance with the rules of the relevant
district plan.
1.2
The analysis identifies and quantifies infringements in relation to the rules of the
relevant district plan.
1.3
The analysis determines public notification requirements in accordance with ss
93 and 94 Resource Management Act.
1.4
The analysis assesses the design documents in relation to a site inspection.
Outcome 2
Establish options for compliance with district plan requirements.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Options for design modifications and, where necessary, variations are
established in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.2
Options for public consultation with affected parties are established in
accordance with workplace procedures.
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Outcome 3
Prepare a resource consent application report.
Evidence requirements
3.1
A detailed design report is prepared in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.2
The report evaluates the design against all the rules of the district plan.
3.3
The application is prepared in accordance with s 88 Resource Management
Act.
Outcome 4
Prepare an environmental impact assessment for the resource consent.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The assessment is prepared in accordance with s 104 Resource Management
Act.
4.2
The assessment is prepared in accordance with the applicable assessment
criteria of the district plan.
Outcome 5
Present a resource consent application.
Range
present to – a client, a consent authority.
Evidence requirements
5.1
The content of the application meets the requirements of the district plan.
5.2
The application is presented in accordance with workplace procedures.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 11152 have been
replaced by unit standard 29410.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 February 2008
31 December 2017
Review
2
21 April 2016
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0101
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
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