NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Set up timber planer for profile
Level
4
Credits
30
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: manage
hazards associated with setting up a timber planer for profile;
clean and strip a profile planer; select and fit preset
cutterheads; complete set-up and make adjustments and
calculations for profile; and check planer set-up for profile.
Classification
Solid Wood Manufacturing > Timber Machining
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 678, Feed and tail out planer; Unit 689, Set cutters into
cutterheads; and Unit 675, Set up a timber planer for dress four
sides; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
The following apply to the performance of all outcomes of this unit standard:
a All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite health and safety and environmental procedures (where these exceed
the code) for personal, product and worksite health and safety, and must meet the
obligations required under current legislation, including the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their
subsequent amendments.
b All work practices must meet documented worksite operating procedures. This
includes the recording (by electronic or non-electronic means) of activities,
events, and decisions.
c All evidence of communications gathered in relation to this unit standard must be
in accordance with worksite procedures for content, recipient, timing, and method.
2
The reference text for this unit standard is: Set Up Timber Planer for Dress Four
Sides, published by Competenz and available from Competenz at
http://www.competenz.org.nz, or Competenz, PO Box 9005, Newmarket, Auckland
1149.
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Definitions
Corrective action refers to actions such as communication to management,
communication to on-site technical person, communication to off-site technical
support person, cleaning, communication with maintenance staff, recalibration, or
changes made to the operating system in accordance with worksite documentation.
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Worksite policies and procedures refer to documented policies and to documented or
other directions provided to staff. These include, but are not limited to, ways of
managing health and safety, environmental considerations, quality, and production,
and must conform to legislation. Examples include standard operating procedures,
company health and safety plans, on-site briefings, and supervisor’s instructions.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Manage hazards associated with setting up a timber planer for profile.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hazards associated with setting up a timber planer for profile, and actions to be
taken to isolate, minimise or eliminate the hazards are described in accordance
with worksite policies and procedures.
Range
1.2
hazards include– tools left in the machine, components coming
loose, guards not in place, loose clothing, inadvertent starting of
the machine, noise.
evidence of four is required.
Safe work practices associated with setting up a timber planer for profile are
used in accordance with worksite policies and procedures and legislative
requirements.
Range
practices include– isolation procedures, lock-outs, emergency
stops, machine guarding, wearing of appropriate safety
equipment.
Outcome 2
Clean and strip a profile planer.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Planer is prepared
recommendations.
Range
for
set-up
in
accordance
with
manufacturer’s
components cleaned, spindles oiled.
2.2
Machine is fully isolated in accordance with legislative requirements and
worksite policies and procedures.
2.3
Planer and work areas are cleaned of all foreign matter that could affect settingup operations in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
2.4
Defective planer components are explained in terms of identifying defects,
required corrective actions for defects, and the effects of defects on finished
product.
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Range
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chipbreakers, pressures, bolts, rollers.
Cutterheads or cutters are removed and stored in accordance with worksite
policies and procedures.
Outcome 3
Select and fit preset cutterheads for profile.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Cutterheads that will produce required planed timber profile are selected and
checked for absence of defects and damage in accordance with worksite
policies and procedures.
3.2
The use of relief cutters is explained in accordance with the reference text.
3.3
All cutters are checked and locked into the cutterhead in accordance with
manufacturer's specifications.
3.4
Spindles are prepared, and cutters and cutterheads are locked to shafts, in
accordance with manufacturer's specifications.
3.5
Splitting units are selected and fitted when applicable in accordance with
worksite policies and procedures to produce required timber sizes.
Outcome 4
Complete set-up and make adjustments and calculations for profile.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Cutters and cutterheads are set individually to the bed and fence-line to
produce required planed timber profile, and locked, in accordance with
manufacturer’s recommendations.
4.2
Machine components are adjusted to meet product requirements.
Range
fences, guides, bed plates, adjustable fence plates, pressures,
through-feed and/or out-feed rollers, chip breakers and/or beam.
4.3
Safety hoods and guards are set according to manufacturer's specifications and
legislative requirements.
4.4
Feed speed is calculated and set in relation to timber size, profile and species in
accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
4.5
Factors that effect the selection of feed speed are explained in accordance with
the reference text.
Range
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Outcome 5
Check planer set-up for profile.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Setting-up and other tools are removed from the planer and stored, in
accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
5.2
Test piece is run through the planer and measured at all stages for
conformance with worksite policies and procedures.
5.3
Dust extraction system is checked during test run and monitored during test
piece machining to ensure that it meets worksite policies and procedures.
5.4
Components are adjusted in accordance with worksite policies and procedures
until output timber conforms to the required profile.
5.5
Operation of branding equipment is checked and the brand is installed in
accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
5.6
Tally meter is re-set in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 January 1994
31 December 2012
Review
2
24 October 1996
31 December 2012
Review
3
10 February 1999
31 December 2012
Review
4
18 December 2006
31 December 2012
Review
5
15 April 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
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.
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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 Consent and Moderation Requirements (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 Competenz at info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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