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Prepare concept and preliminary documentation for landscape design
work
Level
5
Credits
17
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in landscaping.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
design elements and principles in landscape work; analyse selected
landscape work; analyse a selected landscape design proposal; develop
design solutions for a landscape site; and present concept and preliminary
drawings with supporting material to clients for discussion.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Landscape
Status
Registered
Status date
25 September 2006
Date version published
25 September 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 998 and unit
standard 12491.
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
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
For the purpose of assessment against this unit standard, the drawing prepared
should be for a simple landscape design that includes both planting and construction
features on a relatively flat site.
2
Design enterprise standards and/or procedures may include but are not limited to
quality assurance, documentation, security, communication, health and safety,
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ethics, interpersonal behaviour and design practice image. An acceptable standard
would be comparable to ISO9000 certified enterprises and /or organisations, and
those standards set by an incorporated professional or trade body such as
Landscape Industries Association of New Zealand or New Zealand Institute of
Landscape Architects.
3
Legislation relevant to the client’s needs and requirements may include but is not
limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Building Act 2004,
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Fair Trading Act 1986, Privacy Act 1993, and the
Resource Management Act 1991.
4
Design work requiring certification will be undertaken by a registered engineer.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of design elements and principles in landscape work.
Performance criteria
1.1
Landscape components are described.
Range
1.2
Design elements are described.
Range
1.3
may include but is not limited to – landform, water, structures,
plant material, space/void.
may include but is not limited to – point, line, shape, form, colour,
texture, sound, scent.
Design principles are described in terms of their application to design elements
and landscape components.
Range
may include but is not limited to – unity, repetition, balance,
pattern, simplicity, variety, emphasis, sequence, rhythm,
movement, circulation, scale, proportion.
Element 2
Analyse selected landscape work.
Range
minimum of two commercial and two domestic selections.
Performance criteria
2.1
Each site is described in terms of its relationship with the surrounding
landscape and the community environment.
Range
zoning, neighbourhood character, compatibility of land use,
access, views.
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2.2
Each site is described in terms of its spatial relationships.
Range
2.3
spatial functions, outdoor/indoor linkages, courtyard and outdoor
rooms, access and circulation patterns, vistas, borrowed views.
Each site is described in terms of the effects and success of the design
principles and elements employed.
Element 3
Analyse a selected landscape design proposal.
Performance criteria
3.1
Elements that define the scope of the brief are identified and explained in terms
of the reasons for their inclusion.
Range
3.2
Elements that show the application of design analysis are identified and
explained in terms of the reasons for their inclusion.
Range
3.3
may include but is not limited to – requirement clarification,
constraints, possibilities, information gathering.
may include but is not limited to – sorting, evaluating, exploring
alternative solutions, co-ordinating specialist input.
The presentation methods used are identified and explained in terms of the
function of each in communicating with the client.
Range
may include but is not limited to – drawings, written notes, models,
verbal presentation.
Element 4
Develop design solutions for a landscape site.
Performance criteria
4.1
Site plan is prepared to communicate outcomes of site analysis.
4.2
Function diagrams developed to meet user needs take account of site
limitations and opportunities.
4.3
Function areas meet user needs in terms of scale, linkages, separation, and
definition.
4.4
Concept plans and preliminary drawings show evidence of the exploration of
design principles in resolution of design problems.
Element 5
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Present concept and preliminary drawings with supporting material to clients for
discussion.
Performance criteria
5.1
Procedures adopted for development information to be presented are in
accordance with design enterprise standards.
5.2
Documentation to supplement drawings is assembled and presented to
enhance client understanding in accordance with design enterprise procedures.
5.3
Provision to document and address client response to the drawings and
supporting material is made in accordance with design enterprise requirements.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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 www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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