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Title
Wash up a sheet-fed letterpress printing press
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select
solvents for use in wash up procedures and wash up a sheetfed letterpress press in accordance with workplace practices.
Classification
Printing > Printing - Sheet-Fed
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Prerequisite: Unit 340, Demonstrate knowledge of safe working
practices in the printing and graphic pre-press industries, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Explanatory notes
1
All workplace practices must meet any applicable and recognised codes of practice,
and documented workplace health, safety, and environmental procedures for
personal, product, workplace health, safety, and environmental matters, and the
obligations required under current law including the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments.
2
Workplace practices refer to the documented procedures for the machine and/or
workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select solvents for use in wash up procedures.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Solvent flash point levels, aggressiveness and toxicity are established for
different solvent groups in accordance with workplace practices.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), manufacturer’s
specifications.
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Solvents are selected in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions and
workplace practices.
Range
handling, storage, Material Safety Date Sheets (MSDS).
Outcome 2
Wash up a sheet-fed letterpress press in accordance with workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Inking system is washed up using the selected solvents.
2.2
Reclaimed ink is returned to store for re-use, or disposed of, in accordance with
workplace practices, local body and product requirements.
2.3
Plates and type are washed out and prepared for storage in accordance with
workplace practices.
2.4
Specialist and finishing components are removed and cleaned.
2.5
Ink slab, wash up blade, trough and knives are washed to ensure that all ink is
removed.
2.6
Waste control procedures are followed to meet workplace practices, local body
and product requirements.
Range
recyclable waste, waste disposal, security waste.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
31 March 1995
31 December 2019
Revision
2
20 July 1998
31 December 2019
Review
3
25 May 1999
31 December 2019
Revision
4
15 October 2003
31 December 2019
Rollover and
Revision
5
12 December 2008
Review
6
18 June 2010
31 December 2019
Rollover
7
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0005
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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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.
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 (CMR). 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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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