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Install rocks as features in landscape work
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in landscaping.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify common types
and sources of rock used in landscape features; place natural rock as a
landscape feature; and place artificial rock units as a landscape feature.
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.
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
Workplace procedures refer to verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
the worksite and equipment.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and Resource Management Act 1991.
3
Any work carried out in playground areas must comply with the New Zealand
Standard: NZS 5828:2004 Playground equipment and surfacing, available from
http://www.standards.co.nz.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify common types and sources of rock used as landscape features.
Performance criteria
1.1
Four common types of natural rock used on landscape features are described in
terms of the characteristics of each.
Range
common name, geological name, method of formation, sources,
general characteristics.
1.2
Principles of artificial moulded rock manufacture are described in terms of the
characteristics of moulded rock, and two suppliers of the product are identified.
1.3
Material requirements for a rock feature are calculated from site drawings or
specifications, and are ordered in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
ordered by – type, size range, weight.
Element 2
Place natural rock as a landscape feature.
Performance criteria
2.1
Tools and equipment are selected from a given range, and used to achieve a
specified outcome in accordance with workplace procedures, without injury to
the operator or danger to others.
Range
2.2
Tools and equipment used in the work are maintained in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Range
2.3
undamaged, clean, lubricated.
Safety clothing and equipment appropriate for the work are used by all persons
involved in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
2.4
may include but is not limited to – crow bar, block and tackle, lifting
tripod, chains, planks and rollers, ropes and strops, shackles, front
end loader, crane operated by others.
footwear, eye protection, gloves, hard hat in lift danger areas.
Devices are used to define areas of danger when work is accessible to the
public, in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
may include but is not limited to – barriers, lights, warning signs.
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2.5
Rock elements are placed and secured as shown in drawings and specification,
and to the requirements of the feature designer or their agent.
Range
2.6
orientation, stability of support ground, relation to associated
elements.
Stability of installed rock is assured before lifting or support attachments are
removed.
Range
compaction of fill around base, setting of poured concrete.
2.7
Surplus material is removed, and site is left in a condition which enables further
work to be done unimpeded in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.8
Communication procedures are set in place to liaise with the mechanical
operator and ground staff.
Element 3
Place artificial rock units as a landscape feature.
Performance criteria
3.1
Artificial rock units are lifted, placed, and fixed in accordance with the
manufacturer's requirements, to avoid damage to the surface or structure of the
unit.
3.2
Final location, orientation, and relation to associated elements are approved by
the designer or their agent.
3.3
Surplus material is removed, and site is left in a condition which enables further
work to be undertaken unimpeded in accordance with workplace procedures.
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.
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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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