NZQA registered unit standard
7017 version 5
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Title
Maintain condition and efficient use of recreation facility and
equipment
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is intended for a person working in a
recreation facility.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: monitor facility
and equipment using established routines; carry out routine
cleaning, adjustment, and repair procedures; and remove
defective areas and equipment items from use, and report faults.
Classification
Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competence in this unit standard requires knowledge of the hierarchy of controls
outlined in the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE Act): elimination of
significant hazards; isolation of significant hazards when elimination is not possible; and
minimisation of significant hazards where elimination and isolation are not possible.
2
Equipment may include but is not limited to – resistance training equipment, circuit
equipment, wet areas (saunas, spas, plunge pools, showers), toilet and changing
facilities, electrical appliances, cardiovascular equipment, trampolines, hoops, nets,
poles, balls, scoreboards, beams, boxes, minitramps, furniture, easels, pottery wheels,
kilns, play equipment (static and fixed), play materials, seating, climbing equipment,
climbing facilities, meeting room equipment, swimming pool equipment.
3
Accepted principles of safe lifting must be demonstrated as published in the Code of
Practice for Manual Handling, Accident Compensation Corporation, Department of
Labour, Occupational Safety and Health Service, 2001.
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Definitions
Facility refers to a workplace where the candidate is working, or the workplace in
which their training placement is occurring, and may include but is not limited to –
fitness centre, recreation centre, aquatic centre, indoor stadium, outdoor sports area,
snowsport area, museum, library, theatre, hall, marae, park, reserve, information
centre, education centre, or café. The facility must be one that conforms to the HSE
Act and the Building Act 2004.
Gross integrity, with respect to electrical and plumbing circuits, refers to conditions
affecting the operation of such a circuit that can be observed and assessed by a lay
person. In respect to electrical circuits this refers to switches being on, plugs plugged
in, connections being secure, and cord casings being undamaged. In respect to
plumbing, this refers to taps being on, water flows occurring, and the absence of visible
leaks in pipes, hoses, and fittings.
Organisational requirements refer to the organisation’s (in this case the facility’s)
policies and procedures and include compliance with any applicable legislation,
standards, and codes.
Recreation is an activity through which leisure may be experienced and enjoyed.
Recreation involves freely chosen activities engaged in for wellbeing. Recreation
activities include: sport, fitness and health, art and crafts, outdoor pursuits, hobbies,
continuing education, ngā mahi a te rēhia, and activities with a service orientation.
Participation in recreation has individual, community, and social benefits.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Monitor facility and equipment using established routines.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Monitoring of use and condition of facility and equipment is carried out in
accordance with organisational requirements.
1.2
Conditions requiring further action are identified and documented in accordance
with organisational requirements.
Range
conditions may include – levels of use, cleanliness, hygiene,
adjustment required, mechanical worthiness, damage, hazards.
Outcome 2
Carry out routine cleaning, adjustment, and repair procedures.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Equipment cleaning, checking, adjustment, repair, and documentation are in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
checking includes – gross integrity of power supply and circuits,
testing electronic and mechanical operation, battery and monitoring
unit replacement.
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2.2
Routine checking, maintenance, and reporting of at least three electrical
appliances and/or systems are in accordance with organisational requirements.
checking includes – gross integrity of electrical circuits, identifying
and reporting visible and electrical hazards.
Range
2.3
Cleaning and routine checking, maintenance, and reporting of wet areas are in
accordance with organisational requirements.
checking includes – gross integrity of water supply and drainage
systems, identifying and isolating water supply faults, identifying
water-related hazards including fire hoses, drinking fountains, toilets
and showers, pool surrounds, and changing facilities. This does not
include swimming pool water purification.
Range
2.4
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Hierarchy of controls are applied in accordance with HSE Act and ensure facility
and equipment meets organisational requirements for safe and efficient use.
Outcome 3
Remove defective areas and equipment items from use, and report faults.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Defective equipment and areas are taken out of operation in accordance with
organisational requirements.
may include but is not limited to – set up signage, set up barriers,
render equipment inoperable and safe, maintain emergency egress.
Range
3.2
Defective equipment is moved in accordance with organisational requirements,
including the Code of Practice for Manual Handling, in order to facilitate repair.
3.3
Faults are reported in accordance with organisational requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 June 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
2
22 February 2000
31 December 2012
Review
3
22 January 2002
31 December 2012
Review
4
12 February 2010
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
5
20 May 2011
N/A
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
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, 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.
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 (CMRs). 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 Skills Active Aotearoa Limited info@skillsactive.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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