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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of spray guns used in the motor body
industry
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
This theory-based unit standard is for people who are at preemployment level or who have recently started work in the
motor body industry. People credited with this unit standard
are able to demonstrate knowledge of spray guns used in the
motor body industry.
Classification
Motor Industry > Vehicle Bodywork
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Enactments relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to – Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Spray Coating Regulations 1962, Approved Code of Practice for the Safe Use
of Isocyanates 1994.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
This unit standard is
gravity, suction, pressure, high-volume low pressure, low-volume low pressure
expiring
spray guns.
Demonstrate knowledge of spray guns used in the motor body industry.
Range
Evidence requirements
1.1
Features of each spray gun are identified according to the spray gun
manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
1.2
Principles of how each spray gun operates are identified according to the spray
gun manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
1.3
gravity, suction, pressure.
gravity, suction, pressure.
Operators instructions are identified to establish the manufacturer’s
specifications for use.
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Range
1.4
air adjustment, fluid adjustment, air pressure adjustment, gun set
up.
Defects associated with using a spray gun are described according to the paint
manufacturer’s descriptions.
Range
1.5
dry spray, runs, uneven coating, heavy orange peel, dirt.
Procedures taken to maintain a spray gun are identified according to the
equipment manufacturer’s specifications.
includes but is not limited to – cleaned after use, tools, solvent,
cloths, lubrication, air supply.
Range
1.6
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Safety precautions when using and maintaining spray guns are described
according to the equipment manufacturer’s specifications, legislative
requirements, and company policy.
Range
personal safety; safety to others; building, tools, and equipment
safety.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 21706 replaced unit
standard 3881.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
This unit standard is
1
27 July
2005
31 December 2018
expiring
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Review
2
21 April 2016
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0014
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 (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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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