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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of, and package and stack, prefabricated timber products
Level / 2 / Credits / 2
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe methods used to package and stack prefabricated timber products; package prefabricated timber products and site fixings; and stack prefabricated timber products.
Classification / Construction Trades > Carpentry Theory
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Definition
Workplace practice refers to the documented procedures specific to a workplace which set out the standard and required practices of that workplace.
2 Legislation and publications relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995;
Building Act 2004;
New Zealand Building Code.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe methods used to package and stack prefabricated timber products.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Methods of packing product and site fixings are described in accordance with workplace practice for prevention of product damage and for stable carriage.
Range safety, fillets and bearers, arrangements for long and short lengths, flush-ends, corner protection.
1.2 Methods of wrapping and strapping products are described in accordance with workplace practice.
Range corner protection, wrapping methods and materials.
1.3 Methods of labelling products are described in accordance with workplace practice.
Range labelling details, labelling methods.
1.4 Methods of stacking prefabricated timber products are described in accordance with workplace practice.
1.5 Reasons for stacking order of prefabricated timber products are explained in terms of safe carriage and building sequence on site.
Outcome 2
Package prefabricated timber products and site fixings.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Products and site fixings are packaged in accordance with workplace practice for prevention of product damage and for stable carriage.
2.2 Pack sizes conform to workplace practice and job requirements.
2.3 Products are wrapped and strapped in accordance with workplace practice.
Range safety, fillets and bearers, arrangements for long and short lengths, flush-ends, corner protection, wrapping methods and materials.
2.4 Products are labelled in accordance with workplace practice.
Range labelling details, labelling methods.
2.5 Orders are completed within given time-frames and documentation is completed in accordance with workplace practice.
Outcome 3
Stack prefabricated timber products.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Packaged products are stacked in accordance with workplace practice for location within the workplace.
3.2 Stack heights conform to workplace practice for safety and access.
3.3 Stacks meet workplace practice for order of loading and access for lifting equipment.
Planned review date / 31 December 2015Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 22 September 2004 / 31 December 2012
Rollover and Revision / 2 / 25 January 2008 / 31 December 2012
Review / 3 / 9 December 2010 / N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0048
This AMAP 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.
Consent 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 Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Building and Construction Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101562 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2010