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Plan, design, and prepare for installation of, open timber yards
Level
5
Credits
14
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: determine client’s
requirements for yards, and assess personal options prior to job acceptance;
plan and design yards; estimate cost of yards, provide a written quote or
estimate, and confirm acceptance with client; prepare the site and order
delivery of materials for yards in preparation for construction; and plan the
sequence of installation of yards, and identify the position of key posts or
poles.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Fencing
Status
Registered
Status date
22 August 2008
Date version published
22 August 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health
and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Assessment
The yard plan and design assessed in element 2 should be the same plan which is
quoted and installed in elements 3 and 4.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Determine client’s requirements for yards, and assess personal options prior to job
acceptance.
Performance criteria
1.1
Communication with client determines job requirements.
Range
1.2
distance to job, timeframe for completion, soil type, size of job,
type of yards, type and number of stock required to be contained.
Assessment of client’s job requirements identifies the candidate’s own
capability, availability to meet client’s deadlines, and personal preference for
undertaking and completing the job.
Element 2
Plan and design yards.
Range
may include but is not limited to yards for – horses, sheep, cattle, deer, bulls;
others – pigs, dogs, ostrich, llama;
evidence is required of yards for at least two types of stock.
Performance criteria
2.1
Yard design and placement are identified in terms of the whole farm operation.
Range
2.2
Site characteristics are evaluated in terms of their influence on yard design.
Range
2.3
includes but is not limited to – topography, hazards, utilities,
effluent runoff into waterways, wind, shade.
Yard plan is completed in accordance with client’s requirements, site
characteristics, and Resource Management Act 1991.
Range
2.4
type of stock, stock movement around property, access.
inlet, outlet, position of gates, handling systems, yard height,
placement of poles, rail spacings.
Materials are evaluated and selected in accordance with the yard plan and
client’s budget.
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Element 3
Estimate cost of yards, provide a written quote or estimate, and confirm acceptance with
client.
Performance criteria
3.1
Cost of yards and contingencies are estimated in accordance with the yard
plan.
Range
materials, travel, labour.
3.2
Profit margin for yard construction is calculated and compared with costs to
determine commercial viability of yard construction.
3.3
Written costings and allowance for contingencies are communicated to client in
accordance with client requirements.
3.4
Confirmation of acceptance of the job is completed and communicated to the
client in a courteous and professional manner, and in accordance with
organisational procedures.
Element 4
Prepare the site and order delivery of materials for yards in preparation for construction.
Performance criteria
4.1
Site access is established or arranged to allow materials to be delivered and
yards to be installed.
4.2
Site hazards are identified and communicated to other people on site in
accordance with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
4.3
Utility providers are contacted and arrangements made for their temporary
location and identification, if required.
4.4
Delivery of materials is arranged in conjunction with the timing of installation.
4.5
Communication with client and other effected parties is maintained in a
courteous and professional manner, and in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Element 5
Plan the orderly sequence of installation of yards.
Performance criteria
5.1
The orderly sequence of installation allows accessibility for machinery and
materials at all times.
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5.2
The sequence of installation ensures safety for all personnel during
construction.
5.3
The method of installation allows an ordered sequence of construction of
components.
5.4
The sequence of installation ensures the efficient use of labour.
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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