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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of materials and methodsused with glass, joinery,or joinery related items
Level / 3 / Credits / 5
Purpose / This entry-level unit standard is for people working in the glass, joinery, or joinery related industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able todemonstrate knowledge of materials and methods used with glass, joinery, or joinery related items.
Classification / Joinery > Joinery Core Skills
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1All workplace practices must comply with current legislation, codes of practice, and documented site safety procedures for personal, product, and worksite safety.
2Legislation, regulations, and industry standards relevant to this unit standard may include but are not limited to – Health and Safety in Employment Act1992, Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995,AS/NZS 4386.1:1996 Domestic kitchen assemblies – Kitchen units, and AS/NZS 4386.2:1996 Domestic kitchen assemblies – Installation, NZS 3631:1988 New Zealand timber grading rules, and NZS3640:2003 Chemical preservation of round and sawn timber, available at .
3This unit standard is applicable to the glass, joinery, or joinery related industries. Joinery related industries include laminate fabrication, aluminium fabrication, and kitchen design industries.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of materials used with glass, joinery, or joinery related items.
Rangeevidence is required of the materials applicable to the candidate’s work area.
Evidence requirements
1.1Types of materials used with glass, joinery,or joinery related items are identified and described in terms of their uses.
1.2Types of defects found in materials used with glass, joinery, or joinery related items are identified and described in terms of remedial actions required.
1.3Types of components used in with glass, joinery or joinery related items are identified and described in terms of their uses.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the methods used with glass, joinery, or joinery related items.
Evidence requirements
2.1Methods used to manufacture or produce glass, joinery,or joinery related items are identified and described in terms of their applicability to the item being produced.
Rangeevidence is required of two items produced in the candidate’s workplace.
2.2Methods used to fasten similar and dissimilar materials to glass, joinery,or joinery related items are identified and described in terms of their applicability to the item being produced.
Range evidence is required of two items produced in the candidate’s workplace.
Replacement information / This unit standard replaced unit standard 2555, unit standard 2556, and unit standard 25599.Planned review date / 31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 24 October 2014 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0073
This CMR can be accessed at
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, 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 (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 unit standard
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Building and Construction Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101562 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018