Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand marine and composite industry

Title	Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand marine and composite industry
Level	3	Credits	5

Purpose

People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe marine and composite activities; explain the geographic spread of activities in New Zealand; explain the marine and composite industry's present and future markets; and describe current issues which may affect activities and the future of the New Zealand marine and composite industry.

Classification

Boating Industries > Marine Sales and Services

Available grade

Achieved

Explanatory notes

1 This unit standard can be assessed on or off job.

2 Definitions

Marine industry refers to:

·  design, building, and manufacturing of crafts such as yachts and boats. These may range from dinghies to ocean-going motor and sailing yachts (up to a length of 120 metres)

·  marine oriented support activities such as mast and spar making, sail making, painting, electrical installation, engineering, product sales, boat sales and brokerage, storage and marinas, consulting services, the buying and selling of craft

·  maintenance and servicing of these craft (excluding power boat servicing).

Activities refer to undertakings relevant to marine or composite work sites such as the designing, building, manufacturing, refitting, or marketing boats or other items.

Refit refers to the servicing, refurbishing, repairing, and maintenance of craft.

Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1

Describe marine and composite industry activities.

Evidence requirements

1.2  Activities are described and related to the industry.

Outcome 2

Explain the geographic spread of marine industry activity in New Zealand.

Evidence requirements

2.1 The geographic spread of marine industry sector activity is explained in terms of volume, type, resources, and demand.

Outcome 3

Explain the marine and composite industry's present and future markets.

Evidence requirements

3.1 New Zealand’s present and future markets are identified by volume and value.

Range markets may include - trailer power boats, yachts and launches, superyachts, racing yachts, rigid hull inflatable boats (RHIBs), refit, commercial.

3.2 The markets are explained in terms of New Zealand potential for future growth.

3.3 Activities that promote the New Zealand marine and composite industries are explained in terms of the benefits to the New Zealand economy.

Outcome 4

Describe current issues which may affect activities and the future of the New Zealand marine and composite industry.

Range issues may include - economic, technology advances, changing regulations, quality assurance requirements, environmental sustainability.

Performance criteria

4.1 Issues are identified and described in terms of their impact on industry activities

Planned review date

31 December 2020

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions

Process	Version	Date	Last Date for Assessment
Registration	1	7 May 1997	31 December 2015
Revision	2	21 March 2001	31 December 2015
Revision	3	16 April 2004	31 December 2015
Rollover and Revision	4	17 October 2008	31 December 2015
Review	5	21 May 2010	31 December 2018
Review	6	15 October 2015	N/A

Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference

0136

This CMR can be accessed at http://www. nzqa. govt. nz/framework/search/index. do.

Please note

Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the CMRs. The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

Comments on this unit standard

Please contact the New Zealand Marine and Composites Industry Training Organisation *****@***org. nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.