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ANCILLARY FOOTWEAR TRADES AND
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Bend knife steel to pattern shape
level:
3
credit:
18
planned review date:
November 2005
sub-field:
Footwear and Leather Trades
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up
and maintain bending equipment; bend knife steel to pattern
shape; and complete documentation.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Competenz.
special notes:
1
Company safety requirements must conform to the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Health
and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, and their
subsequent amendments.
2
This unit standard refers exclusively to making knives
using various widths and thicknesses of 'pre-sharpened
cold bend knife blade steel' (knife steel). Common
widths are, 19mm, 23.8mm, 32mm, 50mm. This unit
standard is not applicable to making 'forge steel knives'
or knives from 'rule steel'.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Set up and maintain bending equipment.
performance criteria
1.1
Pattern is matched to cut knife steel lengths.
1.2
Bending machine is selected to match knife steel width and/or company
practice.
Range:
manual, hydraulic.
1.3
Male and female bending tools are selected to match knife steel width.
1.4
Bending tools are checked for compliance with company tolerances.
Range:
1.5
vertical, no excess wear.
Bending tools not complying with company tolerances are reground or replaced
according to company practice.
element 2
Bend knife steel to pattern shape.
performance criteria
2.1
End of knife steel length is ground to match inside bevel (if any) of knife steel.
2.2
Knife steel is bent to conform with pattern shape.
2.3
Knife steel is grooved to make sharp angle bend in accordance with pattern
requirements.
2.4
Bent shape is checked against pattern to comply with company tolerances.
Range:
matches pattern, ends align, flat, no damage.
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2.5
Rejected shapes are modified to match pattern according to company
tolerances.
2.6
Work practices meet company safety requirements.
element 3
Complete documentation
Range:
accuracy, legibility.
performance criteria
3.1
Time spent is entered on company document in accordance with company
practice.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit
standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0030 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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