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LIFTS AND ESCALATORS
Install lift controls, car and landing
buttons, indicators and wiring
level:
2
credit:
10
planned review date:
April 2001
sub-field:
Mechanical Engineering
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan and
prepare for installation work; install car and landing buttons
and indicator boxes; install and terminate switchboards and
multi-circuit devices in the lift, lift well, pit and motor room;
terminate and connect electrical wiring; and carry out
completion work for lift controls.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
moderation option:
Locally-based external moderation system (providers are to
refer to the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan for
requirements).
special notes:
1
Definitions
Worksite procedure refers to the documented
procedures for the enterprise and/or worksite.
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Statutory requirements may include but is not limited to
the relevant sections of the New Zealand Building Code
and relevant standards such as the New Zealand
Standard (NZS) 3000:1997, Electrical Installations –
Buildings, Structures and Premises, and NZS
4332:1997, Non-Domestic Passenger and Goods Lifts.
Switchboard and multicircuit devices refer to electrical
and electronic devices which can accommodate single
and multiphase control equipment such as timers,
relays and contactors; protection equipment such as
circuit breakers, fuses, Residual Current Devices and
Earth Leakage Circuit Breakers; magnetic and thermal
overload, main switches, isolating switches and
changeover switches; and metering equipment such as
ammeter, voltmeter, wattmeter, power factor and
frequency meters.
2
All work practices must meet recognised codes of
practice and documented worksite safety procedures
(where these exceed code) for personal, product and
worksite safety, and must meet the obligations required
under current legislation. Legislation includes but is not
limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
(1992), and its subsequent amendments.
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Range:
types of wiring may include but are not
limited to - single insulated, doubled
insulated, shielded cable, twisted cable,
multi-core cable, mineral insulated metal
sheathed cable, busbar,
telecommunications wiring,
communications wiring, prewired looms.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Plan and prepare for installation work.
performance criteria
1.1
Work requirements are identified from contracts and layouts, and confirmed if
necessary by site inspection, according to worksite procedure.
1.2
Resources required for the job including equipment, materials, tools and
personnel are identified, prepared, and transported to the work site according to
worksite procedure.
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element 2
Install car and landing buttons and indicator boxes.
performance criteria
2.1
Location for the installation of landing buttons and indicator boxes is identified
from the plan and prepared in accordance with manufacturers’ and worksite
procedure.
2.2
Finished wall thickness and height is confirmed with the builder and according
to specifications, plans and worksite procedure.
2.3
Landing buttons and indicator boxes are installed in location in accordance with
specifications, manufacturers’ requirements and worksite procedure.
element 3
Install and terminate switchboards and multi-circuit devices in the lift, lift well, pit, and
motor room.
Range:
devices to be terminated may include but are not limited to - button boxes,
indicator boxes, master panels, fire control switches, telephones,
communication devices, operating components, safety circuits.
performance criteria
3.1
Lengths and wiring size and type are determined from appropriate drawings
and confirmed, if necessary, by site inspection according to worksite procedure.
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3.2
Points of isolation are identified and equipment is isolated and proved using
test equipment according to worksite procedure.
Range:
isolation procedures may include but are not limited to - tracing
the supply circuit, impact on other equipment, location of final subcircuit of equipment.
3.3
Wiring is clearly identified by means of labeling or colour coding, and danger
tags and out of service tags are attached according to worksite procedure.
3.4
Cable ends are prepared free from nicks, cuts, and damage to conductor
material.
3.5
Terminations are carried out to specifications without damage to insulation or
conductors and ensuring correct polarity.
3.6
Testing instruments are selected and equipment is tested for operation and
safety according to worksite procedure.
Range:
testing to include - circuit continuity, insulation resistance, polarity,
earth continuity, correct phase, connections, phase-to-phase
isolation, phase-to-earth isolation;
testing instruments may include but are not limited to –
multimeter, megger, oscilloscope.
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element 4
Carry out completion work for lift controls.
performance criteria
4.1
Work is completed and relevant parties notified, in accordance with agreed plan
and according to worksite procedure.
4.2
Out of service and danger tags are removed and stored according to worksite
procedure.
4.3
Worksite is cleared and equipment and tools returned according to worksite
procedure.
4.4
Records are completed according to worksite procedure.
Comments to:
NZ Engineering, Food and Manufacturing Industry Training Organisation
Unit Standard Revision
PO Box 160
WELLINGTON
by April 2001.
Please Note:
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority
before they can offer programmes of education and training
assessed against unit standards.
Accredited providers assessing against unit standards must
engage with the moderation system that applies to those unit
standards. [Please refer to relevant Plan ref: 0013]
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