Field           Planning and Construction

 

Review of Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Construction Trades

Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills

24352, 24354

 

The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                               August 2019

 

Planned review date                                                                              December 2024

 

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.

 

Main changes

 

·                                                          The range statement under outcome 2 of standard 24352, requiring ‘five items of PPE’, was removed and performance criterion (pc) 2.2 was amended to require ‘all items of PPE appropriate to the project’ to be used instead.  A similar change was made to standard 24354.

·                                                          For the avoidance of doubt, range statements removed for pc 2.5 and pc 3.6 in Version 2 of standard 24354 were reinstated.

·                                                          The titles of both standards were updated to better reflect the outcomes.

·                                                          Guidance information was added to make it explicit that information supporting assessment decisions should, wherever possible, be collected naturally as the BCATS projects progress.

·                                                          The unit standards were updated using the latest template.

 

The last date for assessment of superseded versions of these Category B unit standards is December 2020

 

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

 

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

 

Planning and Construction > Construction Trades > Building, Construction, and Allied Trades Skills

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

24352

Demonstrate knowledge of and apply safe working practices in the construction of a BCATS project

Demonstrate and apply knowledge of safe working practices and use PPE during the construction of a BCATS project

1

2

B

24354

Demonstrate knowledge of and apply safe working practices in a BCATS environment

Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety legislation and apply safe working practices in a BCATS environment

2

4

B