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Title / Develop a work schedule for the process of construction and servicing of overhead electrical lines and equipment
Level / 4 / Credits / 6
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret given electrical lines design information and documents; interpret electrical component details from documents; and develop a work schedule using given electrical lines design information and documents.
Classification / Electricity Supply > Electricity Supply -Distribution Networks
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1This unit standard is intended for, but not restricted to, workplace assessment.
2Safety of personnel and plant must be a priority throughout the assessment. If the safety requirements are not met the assessment must stop and the candidate will be assessed as not yet competent.
3Performance and work practices in relation to the outcomes and evidence requirements must comply with all current legislation, especially the Electricity Act 1992 and any subsequent amendments, and any regulations, codes of practice recognised under that statute, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments, electricity supply industry codes of practice and documented enterprise procedures. These include, Safety Manual – Electricity Industry (SM-EI) (2004) Wellington: Electricity Engineers’ Association.
A full list of current legislation and industry codes is available from:
Infrastructure Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 1245
HAMILTON.
4The phrase in accordance with industry requirements is implicit in all outcomes and evidence requirements in this unit standard.
5Definitions
Industryrequirementsinclude all asset owner requirements; manufacturers’ specifications; and enterprise requirements which cover the documented workplace policies, procedures, specifications, business, and quality management requirements relevant to the workplace in which assessment is carried out.
Asset owner refers to the owner of an electricity supply network that takes its point of supply from Transpower NZ, and delivers electricity to industrial, commercial and residential customers.
Asset owner standards are the approved documented work site methods for carrying out work on an electrical supply network to the standard required by the asset owner.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Interpret given electrical lines design information and documents.
Rangeelectrical drawings, design specifications, site drawings, utility service plans.
Evidence requirements
1.1Line routes and construction details are interpretedfrom documents.
Outcome 2
Interpret electrical component details from documents.
Rangedrawings, specifications.
Evidence requirements
2.1Structure information is interpreted.
2.2Conductor information is interpreted.
Rangetype, rating, installation method.
2.3Electrical equipment information is interpreted.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – earthing, fittings, protection, switch gear, transformers.
Outcome 3
Develop a work schedule using given electrical lines design information and documents for the process of construction and servicing of overhead electrical lines and equipment.
Range may include but is not limited to– time, manpower, and equipment;
evidence of one work schedule being developed to industry requirements is required.
Evidence requirements
3.1Work is planned.
3.2Work plan is approved.
3.3Site safety management is established.
Planned review date / 31 December 2018Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 19 June 1997 / 31 December 2016
Review / 2 / 27 April 2001 / 31 December 2016
Review / 3 / 22 October 2003 / 31 December 2016
Review / 4 / 20 November 2009 / 31 December 2016
Review / 5 / 20 March 2014 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0120
This CMR can be accessed at
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 assessment 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 assessment standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against assessment standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirement (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.
Comments on this assessment standard
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Electricity Supply Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101813 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018