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Set up and monitor an automated can
component seamer
level:
3
credit:
20
planned review date:
November 2009
sub-field:
Manufacturing Skills
purpose:
This unit standard covers setting and monitoring of
automated seaming machines used for double seaming of
can components.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: perform a
setup on; test run and monitor; and perform quality control
checks on product from, an automated can component
seamer.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA.
moderation option:
A national moderation system of regional panels and
assessor networks has been established by Competenz.
special notes:
1
Definitions
Key points describe anything that may make or break
the job, cause injury or damage, or make the task
easier to do.
Key steps are actions that must be done, as a logical
sequence of an operation, to advance the work.
Product specifications refers to the documented
requirements of the manufactured item.
Setup, in the context of this unit standard, is
synonymous with the term changeover. Either term
may be used in the reading and interpretation of this
unit standard.
Worksite procedures means all documented operational
procedures put in place by the candidate’s employer.
These include: site safety procedures; equipment
operating procedures; standard job procedures; and
procedures for the handling and disposal of materials
and waste.
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All work practices must meet recognised codes of
practice and documented worksite safety procedures
(where these exceed the code) for personal, product,
and worksite safety, and must meet the obligations
required under current legislation.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is
not limited to the: Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992; Resource Management Act 1991; Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Perform a setup on an automated can component seamer.
Range:
one of – height, component, diameter.
performance criteria
1.1
Seamer is locked out in accordance with worksite procedures.
1.2
Seamer setup is explained in terms of purpose and method of operation, and
key points for each key step.
1.3
Seamer setup is performed in accordance with worksite procedures.
Range:
height, component or diameter adjustments may include but are
not limited to – safety guards and covers, magazine changeover,
pedestals, transfer and feed tables, feed stars, feed guides and
rails, feed levers, feed conveyors, bearing covers, seaming head,
seaming head height, seaming timing, seaming chuck, seaming
rolls, seaming roll distance from chuck, knockout pads, base
plates, pedestals, twisters, bells.
element 2
Test run and monitor an automated can component seamer.
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performance criteria
2.1
Raw materials, product, and seamer operation are explained in terms of
common problems and corrective actions in accordance with worksite
procedures.
Range:
common problems may include but are not limited to – mis-seams,
dented bodies, scuffing, scratches, deadhead slip, droop, cutover.
2.2
Seamer is test run and monitored in accordance with worksite procedures.
2.3
Seamer machine checks and adjustments are made until seamer operates in
accordance with worksite procedures.
Range:
checks and adjustments to include – counter-sunk depth, seam
thickness, seam length, can height.
element 3
Perform quality control checks on product from an automated can component seamer.
Range:
quality control checks to include – projected overlap, can height, seam length,
countersink, seam width, body and cover hooks.
performance criteria
3.1
Quality control checks are performed and recorded in accordance with worksite
procedures.
3.2
Quality control check results are explained in terms of relationships between
seamer settings, product specification tolerances, and variance trends.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
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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 0013 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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