NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Use measurements for infrastructure works purposes
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
6
This unit standard is for people working in the infrastructure
works industry who are required to use and calculate
measurements for infrastructure works purposes
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and
convert standard units of measurement; use area
measurement; calculate and use volume and weight
measurements; and use proportions for infrastructure works
purposes.
Classification
Infrastructure Works > Generic Infrastructure Works
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Assessment against this unit standard requires evidence of the application of
mathematics to practical infrastructure works activities. Assessment parameters will
be dependent on sector, company and site specific equipment, procedures, and
practices.
2
Evidence is required of calculating measurements using mathematics and showing
working.
3
Definition
Weight is used in this unit standard to refer to measurements in kilograms not
Newtons.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify and convert standard units of measurement used for infrastructure works.
Range
two each of – length, area, volume, weight.
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Measurements used for infrastructure works activities, materials, and products,
are identified.
Range
1.2
may include – kerb line, road width, road marking dimensions,
trench, stockpile, car park, measuring wheel, sign spacing,
aggregate, chemical, water.
Measurements are converted from one unit of measurement to another;
relevant to infrastructure works activities, materials, and products.
Outcome 2
Use area measurement for infrastructure works purposes.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Using a plan, the area of an irregular shape is estimated to the accuracy of one
square unit.
2.2
The area of a rectangular sports field or car park is calculated for an
infrastructure activity accurate to two decimal places.
Range
activity may include – spraying, turfing, sealing.
2.3
The area of a triangular space is subtracted from a rectangular area for an
infrastructure activity accurate to two decimal places.
2.4
The area of a parallelogram or trapezoid shaped surface is calculated and used
to determine a coverage rate.
Range
2.5
coverage may include – agrichemical, turf, vegetation, chipseal.
Areas incorporating circular boundaries are calculated using geometry.
Range
area – a traffic roundabout, a part of a circle relevant to
infrastructure works.
Outcome 3
Calculate and use volume and weight measurements for infrastructure works purposes.
Range
may include the following methods – end areas, prisms, cross sections,
estimating, standard geometrical shapes.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The volume of a cylindrical tanker is calculated and used to estimate the
number of loads required to fill or empty a storage tank of specified size.
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3.2
The volume of a heap is calculated and the number of loads to remove it is
estimated for a given load size.
Range
3.3
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heaps may include – spill, stockpile;
one with round base, one with rectangular base.
The volume of material required for an infrastructure works activity is calculated
to the nearest cubic unit.
Range
may include but is not limited to – agrichemical, earthwork cut and
fill, compacted material, glass beads.
3.4
The weight of material required to fill a given area is calculated to determine the
number of loads required to transport material to an infrastructure works site.
3.5
Weight of infrastructure works materials to the nearest unit is estimated from a
given cubic measurement.
Range
3.6
two materials.
The filled weight of a container is estimated for three different infrastructure
works materials.
Range
materials may include – aggregate, chemical powder, glass beads,
water.
Outcome 4
Use proportions for infrastructure works purposes.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Ratios are used to determine the number of containers or loads of each
component to supply a works site with materials for a specified mix.
Range
4.2
Ratios are used to work out how much of a mixture has to be added to top up a
partially filled container and calculate how much of each component is required
to maintain the same mix.
Range
4.3
mix has at least three components.
mix has at least two components;
components may include – agrichemical, additive, modifier, water,
wetting agent.
Percentages are calculated accurate to one decimal place for a decrease in
relation to an infrastructure works activity.
Range
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Percentages are calculated accurate to two decimal places in relation to an
infrastructure works activity.
may include – active ingredient, compaction, concrete mix.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
18 March 2011
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0101
This AMAP 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, 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 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.
Consent 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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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