Demonstrate Knowledge of Construction Subcontractors' Work

13015 version 3 Page 1 of 3 Demonstrate knowledge of construction subcontractors’ work and main contractor’s responsibilities

Level 3

Credits 1

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the work of construction subcontractors on building sites and explain the main construction contractor’s responsibilities to the subcontractor.

Subfield Construction Trades

Domain Carpentry Theory

Status Registered

Status date 25 January 2008

Date version published 25 January 2008

Planned review date 31 December 2012

Entry information Open.

Replacement information This unit standard and unit standard 13052 replaced unit standard 616.

Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.

Standard setting body (SSB) Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0048 This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1 Credit for this unit standard indicates compliance with industry practice. Industry practice refers to the ability to demonstrate knowledge that reflects the uniformity, finish quality and material economies currently accepted within industry.

2 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995; Building Act 2004;

Resource Management Act 1991; New Zealand Building Code; NZS 3604:1999 Timber Framed Buildings, available from Standards NZ (http://www.standards.co.nz).

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Describe the work of construction subcontractors on building sites.

Performance criteria

1.1 Work of subcontractors is described in terms of their activities and responsibilities on site.

Range excavator, block and bricklayer, reinforcing steel fixer, roofer, structural steel fabricator, plumber, drainlayer, joiner, glazier, window installer, electrician, interior plasterer, interior decorator, painter, solid plasterer, specialist coatings applicator, scaffolder, tiler, concrete placer, floor sander, insulation installer, metal worker, floor covering contractor, suspended ceilings contractor, proprietary partitions contractor, lift installer, fire protection contractor, data technician, concrete cutter.

1.2 Subcontractors’ health and safety responsibilities are described in terms of the main contractor’s safety requirements.

Element 2

Explain the main contractor’s responsibilities to subcontractors.

Performance criteria

2.1 Responsibility and work required of main contractor is described in terms of subcontractor’s needs.

Range work prior to arrival, cutting and framing required, ‘making good’ after work, temporary protection, site cleanliness, coordination of activities, monitoring of performance in relation to specifications, and health and safety requirements.

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.

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