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Title / Install residential telephone and facsimile equipment
Level / 2 / Credits / 4
Purpose / This unit standard covers the installation of basic telephones and facsimile machines in domestic premises.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
–select residential telephone and facsimile equipment;
–install residential telephone and facsimile equipment; and
–commission residential telephone and facsimile equipment.
Classification / Telecommunications > Telecommunications - Service Delivery
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1References
Electricity Act 1992;
Electricity Regulations 1997;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and associated regulations;
Technical standards, drawings and instructions for the equipment being installed;
any applicable company safety and health procedures;
and their subsequent amendments and replacements.
2Definitions
Enterprise practice – those practices and procedures that have been promulgated by the company or enterprise for use by their employees.
Industry practice – those practices, which competent practitioners within the industry recognise as current industry best practice.
Residential telephone services – those typically found providing analogue services in domestic premises.
3Range
Installations involving at least two different types of telephones and two different types of facsimile machines.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select residential telephone and facsimile equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1Selected materials and equipment conform with the requirements of the network to which they connect.
1.2Selected materials and equipment meet design specifications or customer requirements in terms of function and quoted price.
Outcome 2
Install residential telephone and facsimile equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1Preparations meet job requirements.
Rangepreparations – availability of design specifications where appropriate, confirmation of site access, assembly of materials and tools, confirmation of customer needs, consideration of special conditions.
2.2Installation meets the requirements of the network to which it connects, and complies with electrical regulations and industry practice.
2.3Installation meets customer requirements in terms of facilities catered for, tidiness, quoted price.
2.4Installation is in accordance with occupational safety and health regulations and industry safe working practices.
Outcome 3
Commission residential telephone and facsimile equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1Testing and setting up of equipment confirm operation according to specifications and customer’s requirements.
3.2Customer is instructed in the use of the equipment, and is supplied with relevant manuals and information on whom to contact for maintenance.
3.3Recording of job completion is in accordance with enterprise practice.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 26 March 1996 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 2 / 31 August 1998 / 31 December 2016
Review / 3 / 30 May 2000 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 4 / 3 April 2001 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 5 / 13 November 2002 / 31 December 2016
Rollover and Revision / 6 / 20 April 2006 / 31 December 2016
Review / 7 / 18 July 2013 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 8 / 17 April 2014 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 9 / 16 April 2015 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0003
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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.
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