This unit standard is for people who work in the plumbing, gasfitting, or drainlaying industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
- demonstrate knowledge of how to determine the position of the excavation or trench and allow for other services;
- demonstrate knowledge of collapse control in respect of excavations;
- explain excavation dewatering;
- demonstrate knowledge of notification requirements and procedures for excavation and trenching; and
- demonstrate knowledge of concepts and principles underpinning excavation, trenching, and backfilling for plumbing and drainlaying.
