NZQA registered unit standard
16231 version 4
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Title
Calculate lengths, areas, and costs and percentages of waste for
furniture making
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to calculate
lengths, areas, and costs and percentages of waste for
furniture making.
Classification
Furniture > Furniture Making
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All calculations in this unit standard must be recorded on paper. Where evidence
requirements require the candidate to measure components, the candidate must
record the component measurements.
2
Range
Demonstration of competence for this unit standard must include – addition,
subtraction, multiplication, division.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Calculate lengths for furniture making.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Required length of timber for a job is calculated from a cutting list.
Range
1.2
Diameter of a circular component is measured and used to calculate the
required length of edging tape to edge the component.
Range
1.3
cutting list must include – at least four different length
components.
workings must include – identification of middle of circle,
calculation of radius, calculation of circumference.
The total length of edging tape required to edge a rectangular panel is
calculated.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
16231 version 4
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Outcome 2
Calculate areas for furniture making.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Components to be cut from panels are measured and their surface areas
calculated.
must include at least one of – circular component, rectangular
component, triangular component, square component.
Range
2.2
Total number of panels required for a job is calculated from a supplied cutting
list and cutting plan.
2.3
The total surface area of a selected cabinet requiring spray coating is
calculated.
2.4
A selected pack of timber is measured and its cubic volume calculated.
Outcome 3
Calculate costs and percentages of waste for furniture making.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Cost of the required length of timber in evidence requirement 1.1 is calculated.
must include – obtaining cost of timber per metre, percentage
allowance for waste.
Range
3.2
Percentage of waste for the panels to be cut in evidence requirement 2.1 is
calculated.
3.3
Percentage of waste calculated is converted to dollar value.
must include – obtaining cost of panels.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 February 1999
31 December 2011
Review
2
26 February 2002
31 December 2011
Review
3
19 June 2009
31 December 2018
Review
4
19 March 2015
N/A
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
16231 version 4
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz at qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016