NZQA registered unit standard
Title
15723 version 4
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Co-ordinate specialist consultants and suppliers for a design project
Level
Purpose
6 Credits 5
People credited with this unit standard are able to: determine the requirement for design specialist services; appoint the specialists; and supervise specialists and suppliers in accordance with a design brief.
Classification
Available grade
Design > Generic Design
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Performance of all outcomes must be carried out in accordance with industry and/or organisation standards and procedures, unless otherwise stated. Industry and/or organisation standards and procedures may include: quality assurance, documentation, security, communication, health and safety, ethics, interpersonal behaviour, and design practice image. An acceptable standard would be comparable to ISO 9000 certified organisations and those set by an incorporated professional or trade body. Examples of such bodies are the Designers Institute of New Zealand,
New Zealand Institute of Architects and Architectural Designers NZ Incorporated.
2 Performance of all outcomes must be completed within the constraints normally applicable to a commercial environment.
3 Performance of all outcomes must comply with legislation that has an impact upon the client's needs and requirements such as, but not limited to: Building Act 2004,
Copyright Act 1994, Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Designs Act 1953, Fair Trading
Act 1986, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Patents Act 1953, Privacy Act
1993, Resource Management Act 1991, Trade Marks Act 2002, and subsequent amendments.
4 Definition
Project brief brief.
includes the design brief and all other project outcomes as specified in a
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Outcome 1
Determine the requirement for design specialist services.
Evidence requirements
1.1
1.2
Specialist services are identified in accordance with the project brief.
Specialist briefs are prepared as determined by the scope of the work.
Outcome 2
Appoint specialists.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Fee arrangements are negotiated in accordance with the organisation practice.
Range charge-up, fixed fee, percentage, royalty.
2.2 Client approval of arrangements is obtained.
Outcome 3
Supervise specialists and suppliers.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Work in progress is supervised in accordance with the contractual agreements.
3.2 Accounts are approved for payment in accordance with the contractual agreements.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 2067, unit standard 8160, and unit standard 8161.
Planned review date 31 December 2016
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
1
2
27 November 1998
15 January 2004
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
3 16 February 2012 N/A
Rollover and
Revision
4 19 September 2013 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0235
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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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