FIELD                 PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

 

Revision and rollover of Construction and Construction Trades unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

Id

Construction

Construction Management

9632, 9633, 9635–9637, 9639, 9640, 10925, 20744, 20745

Construction Trades

Carpentry

20736, 20738–20740, 20743

Carpentry Theory

20737, 20742

Core Construction

17515, 17516, 20735

 

The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation revised the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          December 2008

 

Planned review date                                                                           June 2010

 

Reason for the revision and rollover

 

These unit standards were rolled over to maintain currency pending full review in 2009, and revised to update legislation.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·           References to the Building Act 1991 was replaced by the Building Act 2004

·           Reference to the Survey Act 1986 was replaced by the Cadastral Survey Act 2002 in unit standard 10925

·           References to NZ Standards were updated to the most current versions

·           An expiring prerequisite unit standard was removed from unit standard 20745

·           Entry information was updated to reflect review of unit standards

·           Definitions for terms not used in unit standards were removed from special notes.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.