Review of Plaster Board unit standards

FIELD PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

Review of Plaster Board unit standards

Subfield	Domain	Id
Construction Trades	Plaster Board	4326-4332, 4335, 6067, 6117-6121, 17581, 17582

The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the unit standards listed above that were registered in August 2000.

Date new versions published April 2006

New comments by date December 2011

Summary of review and consultation process

These unit standards were reviewed as part of Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation's scheduled review process for the National Certificate in Plaster Board with strands in Fixing and Finishing and an optional Specialist strand [Ref: 0275]. An industry working party consisting of representatives from the Plaster Board industry was gathered, and the unit standards were reviewed by this party. The resulting recommended changes were incorporated into the unit standards. These were then returned to the industry representatives for feedback, which was duly incorporated into the final reviewed unit standards.

Main changes resulting from the review

· Unit standards at Level 2 or 3 (4326-4332, 6117-6118) have had alterations made to the special notes (removal of one special note) to reflect the fact that at these levels candidates are not required to be working at the level of competent Industry Practice (changed from Current Trade Practice).

· The special note exempting candidates from other unit standards for qualification purposes (unit standards 6118-6121) has been removed to reflect alterations to the qualification containing these unit standards.

· Unit standard 4328 has been replaced by new unit standard 22158 which has had an element added to cover interpretation of plans and specifications, with resulting changes to the title, credits, special notes and purpose statement.

· Unit standards 4331, 6119, 6120, 6121, 17581, and 17582 have had a 'Demonstrate knowledge of' element added. All, except 6119, have had a credit increase of 2. It is not considered necessary to add credits to 6119, which already has 35 credits.

· All Level 4 unit standards (4335, 6067, 6119-6121, 17581, 17582) have had references to supervisors in the 'complete documentation and clean up' element changed to 'in accordance with site practice', to reflect the fact that at Level 4 candidates are expected to be able to work unsupervised.

· Small alterations to special notes and range statements to correct typographical errors and improve consistency.

Unit standards categorised as category C expire at the end of December 2007.

Impact on existing provider accreditations

Current Accreditation for			Accreditation extended to
Nature of accreditation	Classification or Id	Level	Nature of accreditation	Classification or Id	Level
Standard	4328	3	Standard	22158	3

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

AMAP 0048 has been updated to reflect the changes made to the standards.

Impact on existing qualifications

Qualifications that contain the reviewed standards or classifications are tabled below.

Affected

The qualification lists a reviewed classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set

The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits

The qualification lists a C or D category standard

Not materially affected

The qualification lists a standard that has a new title

The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

In the following table qualifications that contain unit standards and classifications in both categories are identified in the Affected table, with the items that generated the Affected status in bold.

The following Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation qualifications are affected by the outcome of this review and are currently being reviewed or revised to take account of the changes.

Qualification title	Classification or standard in the qualification
National Certificate in Plaster Board with strands in Fixing and Finishing and an optional Specialist strand [Ref: 0275]	4328, 4331, 6119, 6120, 6121, 17581, 17582
National Certificate in Specialist Interiors (Proprietary Partitions Installation) with an optional strand in Access Floors Installation [Ref: 0276]	6121
National Certificate in Specialist Interiors (Suspended Ceilings Installation) with an optional strand in Access Floors Installation [Ref: 0277]	6120

Transition

Candidates with credit for unit standard 4328 will be exempt from the requirement for the replacement unit standard 22158.

Summary of main changes to standards' Ids, classification, titles, levels, and credits

The following summary shows the changes made to the standards as a result of the review. All changes are in bold.

Key to review category
A	Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
B	Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
C	Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new Id
D	Standard will expire and not be replaced

Subfield Construction Trades

Domain Plaster Board

Id	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
4326	Identify and describe the manufacture of plaster board sheets and mouldings	2	2	B
4327	Identify and order stopping and finishing compounds for plaster board	3	6	B
4328 22158	Check framing and substrate before fixing plaster board and setout for plaster board Interpret plans and specifications, calculate quantities and prepare to install plaster board	3 3	6 8	C
4329	Fix flat plaster board to walls	2	4	B
4330	Fix flat plaster board to level ceilings	2	4	B
4331	Install mouldings for plaster board work Demonstrate knowledge of and install mouldings for plaster board work	3	4 6	B
4332	Finish plaster board areas	2	6	B
4335	Fix specialist systems in plaster board on site	4	18	B
6067	Fix architectural details in plaster board on site	4	10	B
6117	Apply paper faced plaster cove	2	2	B
6118	Apply paper faced plaster cove on site	3	4	B
6119	Finish plaster board areas on site Demonstrate knowledge of and finish plaster board areas on site	4	35	B
6120	Fix flat plaster board to ceilings on site Demonstrate knowledge of and fix flat plaster board to ceilings on site	4	12 14	B
6121	Fix flat plaster board to walls on site Demonstrate knowledge of and fix flat plaster board to walls on site	4	18 20	B
17581	Fix curved plaster board on site Demonstrate knowledge of and fix curved plaster board on site	4	8 10	B
17582	Finish curved and architecturally detailed plaster board on site Demonstrate knowledge of and finish curved and architecturally detailed plaster board on site	4	16 18	B

Key to review category

A