Field Planning and Construction
Review of Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills unit standards
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Subfield |
Domain |
ID |
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Construction Trades |
Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills |
12935, 12936, 12938, 12939, 22607, 24350, 24351, 24353, 24355-24358, 24360, 24361, 25919-25921 |
The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.
Date new versions published October 2018
Planned review date December 2023
Summary
As part of the Targeted Review of Qualifications process, and with the recent listing of New Zealand Certificates in Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills (BCATS), BCITO has reviewed a number of unit standards to ensure that they are still fit for purpose, are aligned with the requirements of the outcomes listed in new qualifications, and to update any other relevant information.
Consultation on these unit standards began with a stakeholder survey in 2015; continued with many conversations as part of the development and roll out of Level 3; was informed by the results of usage, moderation activities, and changes to the relevant industries; and finally confirmed with a group of well-respected BCATS teachers. The unit standards within this change report required minor changes.
Main changes
· Guidance information was added to make it explicit that information supporting assessment decisions should, wherever possible, be collected naturally as the BCATS projects progress.
· Requirements that unnecessarily excluded projects relating to some of the BCATS industries were removed from units 24350, 24351, 24355. These requirements were ones that specified what materials, tools, equipment, or machinery had to be used.
· Superfluous definitions and words were deleted.
· Where appropriate, ‘job specifications’ was replaced with ‘BCATS project documentation’.
· Range statements of some standards were adjusted to more clearly specify requirements for assessment.
· Credit value of US 24358 was increased from 2 to 3 credits to better reflect the amount of work typically needed to achieve it.
· The title of unit 12939 was changed to remove superfluous words.
· The title of unit 24350 was changed to reflect the order of its outcomes.
· ‘Specified’ was deleted from the title of unit 24351 to reflect that fixed machinery is no longer specified.
· ‘Workshop’ was deleted from the title of 24356 to enable teachers to assess this standard in a non-workshop BCATS environment if they wished.
· ‘Instrumental’ was replaced with ‘formal’ in the purpose and contents of standard 24353 and the definition of drawing amended to reflect that traditional instrumental drawing and computer-assisted design programmes can both be used for construction drawings.
· The title of 25921 was amended to include ‘with a drawer’ in response to occasional incidents of teachers not realising this had to be part of the project.
· Where needed, guidance information was tidied to make its intent clearer.
· The unit standards were updated using the latest template.
Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits
All changes are in bold.
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Key to review category |
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A |
Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number |
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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 |
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C |
Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID |
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D |
Standard will expire and not be replaced |
Planning and Construction > Construction Trades > Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills
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ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
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12935 |
Construct a spaced residential timber deck up to one metre high as a BCATS project |
2 |
8 |
B |
|
12936 |
Construct a non-consent timber framed utility building as a BCATS project |
2 |
8 |
B |
|
12938 |
Lay paving blocks as a BCATS project |
2 |
4 |
B |
|
12939 |
Construct basic garden edge retaining walls as a BCATS project Construct a basic retaining wall as a BCATS project |
2 |
4 |
B |
|
22607 |
Read and interpret plans, working drawings and specifications for BCATS projects |
2 |
3 |
B |
|
24350 |
Identify, select, maintain, and use portable power tools for BCATS projects Identify, select, use, and maintain portable power tools for BCATS projects |
2 |
6 |
B |
|
24351 |
Demonstrate knowledge of and use specified fixed machinery in the construction of BCATS projects Demonstrate knowledge of and use fixed machinery in the construction of BCATS projects |
2 |
6 |
B |
|
24353 |
Demonstrate knowledge of and create sketches and drawings for BCATS projects |
2 |
6 |
B |
|
24355 |
Demonstrate knowledge of construction and manufacturing materials used in BCATS projects |
1 |
4 |
B |
|
24356 |
Apply elementary workshop procedures and processes for a BCATS project Apply elementary procedures and processes for a BCATS project |
1 |
8 |
B |
|
24357 |
Receive instructions and communicate information in relation to BCATS projects |
2 |
4 |
B |
|
24358 |
Plan and monitor the construction of a BCATS project, and quality check the product |
2 |
2 3 |
B |
|
24360 |
Demonstrate knowledge of timber and other construction materials used in BCATS projects |
2 |
5 |
B |
|
24361 |
Apply mathematical processes to BCATS projects |
2 |
3 |
B |
|
25919 |
Use hardware and fastenings for a BCATS project |
1 |
2 |
B |
|
25920 |
Use joints for a BCATS project |
1 |
3 |
B |
|
25921 |
Make a cupboard as a BCATS project Make a cupboard with a drawer as a BCATS project |
2 |
6 |
B |