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Construct timber features in landscape work

Level / 4
Credits / 8

Purpose This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in landscaping. People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the requirements for timber landscape features; use hand and portable tools in timber construction; and build timber landscape features.

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, Building Act 2004, and the Building (Forms) Regulations 2004.

3 Any work carried in playground areas must comply with the New Zealand Standard: NZS 5828:2004 Playground equipment and surfacing, available from http://www.standards.co.nz.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Identify the requirements for timber landscape features.

Range garden and retaining walls, pergolas and seats, fences and screens, decks and walkways, shelters and storage features.

Performance criteria

1.1 Timber and associated material requirements for given landscape work are calculated from drawings and specifications, selected and ordered using accepted methods.

Range timber by lineal measure, dimension, grade, moisture content, preservation requirement and species; associated material by size, type, weight or number and finish.

1.2 Timber landscape features requiring consent under the Building Act 2004 and the Building (Forms) Regulations 2004 are listed.

1.3 Methods suitable for use in the construction of the defined range of timber features are shown to a given scale in clearly labelled freehand drawings.

Range jointing details, fixings and anchorages, finishes.

Element 2

Use hand and portable power tools in timber construction.

Performance criteria

2.1 Hand and portable power tools are selected and used to achieve a specified outcome without damage to materials, injury to the operator or danger to others.

Range may include but are not limited to – portable power saw, electric drill, handsaw, spirit level, square, drill bits, chalk line, wood chisel, residual current device (RCD), screwdriver, nail punch, chainsaw, hammer, sledge hammer, automatic level, power post hole borer, string line, straight edge, adjustable spanner, smoothing plane, power nailing gun.

2.2 Tools and equipment are maintained in efficient condition.

Range clean, sharp, adjusted to manufacturer's recommendations, lubricated, undamaged.

Element 3

Build timber landscape features.

Range garden and retaining walls, pergolas and seats, fences and screens, decks and walkways, shelters and storage features.

Performance criteria

3.1 Consent to undertake construction activities are obtained from the local authority before work requiring consent is started.

3.2 Materials used meet the specified requirements of the work undertaken.

3.3 Features are located and constructed to dimensions shown on drawings for the work.

3.4 Construction methods used produce the standard of work required by the specification and the construction details shown in the drawings.

3.5 Associated work required for the completion of the timber feature is undertaken in accordance with the drawings and specification.

Range backfilling, drainage, water proofing, finish to surrounding ground.

3.6 Surface preservation applied meets the requirement of the site specification in material quality and application standard.

3.7 Devices which define areas of danger are used when work is accessible to the public.

Range may include but are not limited to barriers, lights, warning signs.

3.8 The site is maintained and left in a condition that enables further work to be carried out unimpeded.

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.

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.

Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2013