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Prepare, select, and hang flood gates

Level / 4
Credits / 6

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to install tie back assemblies, and select and hang wooden flood gates.

Subfield / Agriculture
Domain / Fencing
Status / Registered
Status date / 22 August 2008
Date version published / 22 August 2008
Planned review date / 31 December 2012
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 / 0052

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

1Product use manuals are available from manufacturers and should be consulted in all training situations.

2The double loop joining knot is regarded as an inferior knot for joining wire. Manufacturers’ recommendations should be consulted in choosing knots appropriate to wire types.

3Personal protection equipment appropriate to the task is selected and used in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications and the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Install tie back assemblies.

Performance criteria

1.1Brace wire is adequate to withstand final loading without exceeding yield point.

1.2Brace wire is tied off to ensure flood gate final loading.

1.3Dead man tie back is installed 30 degrees back from vertical, with diameter and depth sufficient to withstand the final loading.

Element 2

Select and hang flood gates.

Performance criteria

2.1Construction and design of gate selected are suitable for site requirements.

Rangeincludes but is not limited to – type of stock for containment, peak water flow, low water flow.

2.2Flood gate structure is installed independent of fence.

2.3Brace wire is above high water mark, and gate is hung parallel with, and just above, normal water flow.

2.4No debris is discarded in water.

Please note

Providers must be 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 accredited by NZQA 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

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018