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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Survey lighting systems 
SAQA US ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
10284  Survey lighting systems 
ORIGINATOR
SGB Electrical Engineering & Construction 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-  
FIELD SUBFIELD
Field 12 - Physical Planning and Construction Electrical Infrastructure Construction 
ABET BAND UNIT STANDARD TYPE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Undefined  Regular  Level 5  Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L5  7 
REGISTRATION STATUS REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Registered" 		 2002-06-12  2005-06-12  SAQA 0742/02 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2006-06-12   2009-06-12  

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.  

This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard. 

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD 
This unit standard is for persons in the Electrical Engineering; Generation; Distribution; Transmission, Construction and Renewable Energy Sector.

A person credited with this unit standard will be able to:
  • Plan and prepare work activity
  • Surveying a lighting system
  • Write a surveying report
  • Complete the work task

    This unit standard will contribute to the full development of the learner within the electrical engineering and construction environment by providing recognition, further mobility and transportability within the field of Physical Planning and Construction. The skills, knowledge and understanding demonstrated within this unit standard are essential for social and economic transformation and upliftment within the electrical engineering and construction environment. 
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    LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
    LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE:
    The following knowledge, skills, attitude and / or equivalent:
  • Introduction to industry and operational area
  • Apply and adhere to electrical safety.
  • Select and mount luminaires.
  • Connect luminaires.
  • Minor repairs on luminaires.
  • Identify, interpret and lay out of drawings.
  • Use and care for hand tools.
  • Use and care for portable power tools.
  • Record instrument readings.
  • Select, use and care for electrical measuring instruments.
  • Install electrical cables and conductors.
  • Interpret single phase diagrams.
  • Joint and fault trace cables.
  • Moderate repairs on luminaires.
  • Major repairs on luminaires
  • Auditing and specialised repairs on luminaires
  • Design lighting systems. 
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    UNIT STANDARD RANGE 
  • Lighting systems may include but are not limited to:
    a. Office lighting with GENERAL LIGHTING SERVICE lamps
    b. Office lighting by means of fluorescent lamps
    c. Office lighting by means of compact fluorescent lamps
    d. Industrial lighting by means of HID lamps
    e. Street lighting by means of HID lamps
  • Survey may include but are not limited to evaluating:
    a. Illuminating values to establish lamp lumen depreciation, lamp soiling (dust and pollution) and lamp outages
    b. Components for physical damage
    c. Luminaires for soiling
    d. Room surfaces for soiling
    e. Deterioration of luminaire surfaces
    f. Temperatures and voltages 
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    Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 
    Plan and prepare work activity. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Job instructions are communicated with team leader according to work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Appropriate documentation is acquired according to work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. The light system to be surveyed are identified according to work site procedure. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Affected parties are informed and liased with according to work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    5. Appropriate surveying equipment, recyclable materials and consumables are identified, selected and checked for defects according to statutory requirements and work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
    6. Corrective actions are taken with reference to surveying equipment, recyclable materials and consumables according to work site procedure. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 
    Survey a lighting system. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Appropriate surveying equipment, recyclable materials and consumables are organised according to work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Appropriate surveying equipment, recyclable materials and consumables are effectively used to carry out the job. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. The survey is done according to job instructions and work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Safety, good housekeeping and correct environmental practices are followed before, during and after performance. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 
    Write a surveying report. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Appropriate recyclable materials and consumables are organised according to work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Appropriate recyclable materials and consumables are effectively used to carry out the job. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. A surveying report is written according to job instructions and work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Safety, good housekeeping and correct environmental practices are followed before, during and after performance. 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 
    Complete the work task. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Documentation is completed and processed according to company procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Appropriate surveying equipment, recyclable materials and unused/half used consumables are stored according to work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. Work area is restored to a clean and safe condition according to work site procedures. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. Completion of job and end of shift is reported according to work site procedures. 


    UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS 
  • Anyone assessing a learner against this unit standard must be registered as an assessor with the relevant ETQA.
  • Any institution offering learning that will enable achievement of this unit standard must be accredited as a provider through the relevant ETQA by SAQA.
  • Moderation of assessment will be overseen by the relevant ETQA according to the moderation guidelines in the relevant qualification and the agreed ETQA procedures. 
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    UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE 
  • Occupational safety, health and environmental statuary requirements for activity
  • Applicable work site procedures
  • Applicable manufacturers` specifications
  • Job instructions
  • Documentation required for the activity
  • Communication and teamwork principles
  • Reporting systems
  • Ingress protection
  • Identification, location and function of surveying equipment and consumable
  • Effect of poisonous, toxic and dangerous materials on the human body
  • Names and functions of lamps, luminaires and luminaire components
  • Construction of lamps
  • Factors causing loss of light emitted by lamps
  • Specialist information
  • Light production
  • Colour spectrum of different lamps
  • Light and the eye
  • Phenomena of vision
  • Fundamental photometry
  • Intensity distribution diagrams and calculations
  • Illumination calculations
  • Photometry
  • Daylight
  • Output of different lamps
  • Linear sources versus point sources
  • Safety and amenity because of lighting
  • Values for safety and productivity
  • Conditions to be considered during surveys
  • Surveying methods
  • Factors to consider while writing a survey report
  • Surveying reports
  • Company`s buying policy 
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    Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING 
  • Identify and solve problems (Identification of defects).
  • Understand the world as a set of related systems communicate (Consequences of incorrect using of products). 
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    UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING 
    Work effectively with others (Organise material schedules with team members). 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING 
    Organise and manage oneself (Select and organise documentation and equipment). 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING 
    Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information (Adhere to installation sequence). 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING 
    Communicate (Reporting of defects). 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE 
    Use science and technology (Environmental and personal safety). 

    UNIT STANDARD NOTES 
    Specified requirements include legal and legislative specific requirements and are contained in one or more of the following documents:
  • OHS Act no 85 of 1993
  • Mines and Mineral Act
  • SABS specifications
  • Manufacturers manuals
  • Work site procedures

    Applicable statutory requirements

    A glossary of terms about the terminology of
  • Affected parties may include but are not limited to:
    Production
    Energy control section
  • Areas to be surveyed may include but are not limited to:
    a. Domestic, learning institution and office areas
    b. Industrial areas
    c. Hazardous areas
    d. Streets
  • Buying policy may include but are not limited to:
    Hand driven system
    Computer driven system
  • Colour spectrum of different lamps may include but are not limited to colour spectrums for:
    Mercury vapour lamps
    Metal Halide lamps
    High-Pressure Sodium lamps
    Low-Pressure Sodium lamps
    Cool white fluorescent lamps
    Warm white fluorescent lamps
  • Communications and teamwork principles may include but are not limited to:
    a. Questions and answers
    b. Discussions
    c. Depending on the help of somebody else to do a job
  • Conditions to consider during surveys may include but are not limited to:
    Visual task
    Immediate surroundings of the task
    General background of the task
    Vertical planes opposite to the observer, for example walls at eye level
    Windows at noon and during the night
    Floor from different viewing angles
    Ceiling from different viewing angles
    Luminaires from different viewing angles
  • Construction of lamps may include but are not limited to:
    Outer envelope
    Discharge tube
    Connection cap
    Getter
  • Consumables may include but are not limited to:
    Stiffies
    Floppies
    Stationary
    Pencils
    Rubbers
  • Corrective actions may include but are not limited to:
    a. Written reports to team leader
    b. Verbal reports to team leader
  • Daylight may include but are not limited to:
    Nature and variation factors in a room
    Determination of daylight and sky factors
  • Defects may include but are not limited to:
    a. Cracks in metal and/or glass
    b. Broken off pieces
    c. Discoloured components
  • Documentation may include but are not limited to:
    a. Correction cards
    b. Job cards
    c. Floor plans
  • Environmental practices may include but are not limited to correct methods of disposing of material containing:
    Cadmium
    Plastics
    Poisonous ink
    Tipp-Ex thinners
  • Factors causing loss of light may include but are not limited to:
    Lamp lumen depreciation
    Dirt on lamps and luminaires
    Lamp outages
    Depreciation of luminaire surfaces
    Dirt on room surfaces
    Temperature and voltages
  • Factors to consider while writing survey report may include but are not limited to:
    o OHS Act safety light levels
    o SABS 0114 productivity light levels
    o Type and number of equipment in use
    o Factors causing loss of light
    o Room dimensions and mounting height.
    o Mines and Mineral act
  • Fundamental photometry may include but are not limited to:
    a. Photometric concepts
    b. Photometric definitions and units
    c. Relationship between units
    d. Photometric terms
    e. Primary standard of light.
    f. Photometric laws
  • Good housekeeping practices may include but are not limited to practices given by:
    OHS ACT
    Work site procedures
  • Illumination calculation may include but are not limited to:
    Point, line and surface sources
    Illumination diagrams
  • Ingress protection rating may include but are not limited to:
    Protection of persons against access to hazardous parts
    Protection against water
    Mechanical protection
  • Intensity distribution diagrams and calculations may include but are not limited to:
    Classification of intensity distribution
    Polar curve
    ISO-candela diagrams
    Light flux calculations
  • Job instruction format may include but is not limited to:
    Written or verbal form
    Formal or informal methods
  • Job of team leader may include but are not limited to:
    Written or verbal form
    Formal or informal methods
  • Job of team leader may include but are not limited to:
    a. Organise activity by issuing instructions
    b. Supervise
    c. Organise hot work permits (If necessary)
    d. Arrange for informative meetings with manufacturers, distributors, suppliers
  • Lamps may include but are not limited to:
    a. Incandescent lamps (GENERAL LIGHTING SERVICE, Tungsten halogen, compact sources)
    b. Low pressure mercury vapor lamps (Switch start, Semi?resonant, Rapid start, Slimline, Compact fluorescent)
    c. High intensity discharge lamps (Metal Halide, High Pressure Mercury Vapour, High Pressure Sodium, Low pressure Sodium)
  • Light and the eye may include but are not limited to:
    Structure of the eye
    Defects of vision
    Accommodation
    Fixation
    Contrast
    Sensitivity
    Visibility curve
    Purkinje effect
  • Light production may include but are not limited to:
    a. Thermo-luminescence
    b. Electro-luminescence
    c. Photo-luminescence
  • Linear sources versus point sources may include but are not limited to:
    a. Shadows
  • Luminaires may include but are not limited to:
    a. Luminaires for use in the domestic, learning institution and office environment
    b. Luminaires for use in the industrial environment
    c. Luminaires for use in hazardous areas
    d. Luminaires for street lighting
    e. Luminaires for emergency lighting
    f. Luminaires for use in the sport field environment
  • Luminaire components may include but are not limited to:
    a. Luminaire box
    b. Enclosing bowl
    c. Reflector
    d. Choke
    e. Capacitor
    f. Ignitor
    g. Wiring
    h. Fuses
  • Luminaires for use in the domestic, learning institution and office environment may include but are not limited to:
    Chandeliers
    Wall mounted luminaires
    Down lighters
    Bulkheads
    Fluorescent luminaires
  • Luminaires for emergency lighting may include but are not limited to:
    Luminaires with systems activated by voltage drops
    Luminaires with systems activated when the supply fails which is divided as:
    Maintained systems
    Non-maintained systems
  • Luminaires for streetlights may include but are not limited to:
    a. Pole mounted luminaires
    b. Post top mounted luminaires
  • Luminaires for use in hazardous areas may include but are not limited to:
    Luminaires with flameproof protection
    Luminaires with increased safety protection
    Luminaires with non-sparking protection
    Luminaires which is dust tight, dust proof, dust ignition and hose proof
  • Luminaires for use in the industrial environment may include but are not limited to:
    a. High bay luminaires
    b. Low bay luminaires
    c. Bulkheads
    d. Floodlights
  • Luminaires for use in the sport field environment may include but are not limited to:
    Floodlights
    Spotlights
  • Manufacturers` specifications may include but is not limited to:
    Dimensions of components,
    Weight of components,
    Type of material from which components were manufactured as given in:
    1. Manufacturers` maintenance manuals
    2. Manufacturer catalogues
    3. Company maintenance manuals
  • Organised may include but are not limited to:
    Placing of surveying equipment, recyclable material and consumables on strategic places
    Positioning of surveying equipment, recyclable material and consumables in the sequence that it is going to be used
  • Output of different lamps may include but is not limited to:
    a. Colour
    b. Colour rendering
    c. Lumen per watt
  • Phenomena of vision may include but is not limited to:
    Adaptation
    Persistence of vision
    Glare
    Visual acuity
    Fatigue
    Contrast
    Speed of vision
  • Photometry may include but is not limited to:
    Basis of visual photometry
    Bench photometry
    Sub-standard lamps
    Photometer heads
    Screening
    Methods of use and measurement
    Calibration
    Measuring instruments
  • Personal safety may include but are not limited to:
    Assuring safe conditions as given by OHS ACT
    Acting safely as given by OHS ACT
  • Poisonous, toxic and dangerous materials may include but are not limited to:
    a. Cadmium
    b. Plastics
    c. Poisonous ink
    d. Tipp-Ex thinners
  • Policy procedure may include but are not limited to:
    a. Methods of communicating
    b. Methods of completing documentation
    c. Methods of selecting surveying equipment, recyclable materials, consumables, etc.
    d. Checklists
  • Practical safety may include but are not limited to:
    a. Using of computer screens
  • Processed may include but are not limited to:
    a. Handed to team leader
    b. Posted to planner
    c. Filed
  • Recyclable material may include but are not limited to:
    a. Scrap paper
    b. Boxes
  • Reporting system may include but is not limited to:
    Documentation (electronic of paper)
    Verbal feedback
  • Safety will include but are not limited to:
    Personal safety
    Practical safety
    Safety on equipment
  • Safety and amenity because of lighting will include but are not limited to:
    a. Illuminating areas with low visual demands to a higher level to assure safety when moving from a well illuminated area
    b. Illuminating tasks with low visual demands to a higher level to assure amenity when looking from a well illuminated surrounding area to the working area
  • Safety on equipment may include but are not limited to:
    a. Hazards when disposing of designing equipment
  • Special measuring instruments may include but are not limited to:
    Lux meter
  • Specialist information may include but are not limited to:
    Power factor of lamps that change with ageing of lamps
    Voltage drop that increase across the arc tube of a high intensity discharge lamp with ageing of lamps
    Cycling of certain lamps
    Wrong control gear and control gear components for specific lamps
    GENERAL LIGHTING SERVICE lamps without fuses
  • Statutory requirements may include but is not limited to:
    OHS Act,
    SABS 0114
    SABS 0142-1-1
    Local Authority requirements
  • Supervise may include but are not limited to:
    Inspect quality of work done
    Identifying hazards
    Writing of procedures
  • Surveying equipment may include but are not limited to:
    a. Light meter
    b. Personal computer
    c. Calculator
    d. SABS 0114
    e. Documentation
  • Surveying methods may include but are not limited to:
    a. A grid method
    b. Two line method
  • Team leader may include but are not limited to:
    a. Supervisor
    b. Superintendent
  • Values for safety and productivity may include but are not limited to illuminating:
    Values given in the OHS act
    Values given in SABS 0114
    Company policy manuals
  • Work area may include but are not limited to:
    Offices
    Workshops
    Processing machinery
  • Work site procedures may include but are not limited to Company`s:
    Safety procedures as given in Safety manuals
    Policy procedures as given in Policy manuals
    Installing procedures as given in Manufacturers` and Company maintenance manuals
    Maintaining procedure given in Manufacturers` and Company maintenance manuals 
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    QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
      ID QUALIFICATION TITLE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL STATUS END DATE PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
    Elective  20420   National Certificate: Electrical Engineering  Level 4  NQF Level 04  Passed the End Date -
    Status was "Registered"     		 2004-02-10  Was EWSETA until Last Date for Achievement 


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