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Title
Fabricate a new panel in the motor body industry
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who are at pre-employment
level or who have recently started work in the motor body
industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to:
demonstrate knowledge of fabricating a motor body panel;
prepare to fabricate a motor body panel; and fabricate the
motor body panel.
Classification
Motor Industry > Vehicle Bodywork
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The following legislation (and subsequent amendments) is applicable to this unit
standard and must be followed where applicable:
– Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Unit standard applies to fabricating any two of the following: hatch panel, sill and
pillar, door frame and skin or any other panels relevant to the workplace using mild
steel and/or aluminium.
3
Company policy includes workplace standards, practices, and procedures, which
must comply with current legislation requirements. It is assumed the policy also
meets product manufacturers' specifications, recommendations, and standards.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of fabricating a motor body panel.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Purpose of fabricating a panel is identified according to company policy.
1.2
Principles of fabricating a panel are identified according to manufacturer‘s
specifications.
Range
folding, wheeling, rolling, cutting, shaping.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Safety precautions required when fabricating are identified according to
company policy and manufacturer’s specifications.
Outcome 2
Prepare to fabricate a motor body panel.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Template is made, and the panel is marked out according to specifications.
2.2
Marking out equipment is used safely and without damage to equipment.
2.3
Marking out on the panel is legible and all dimensions are accurate according to
the specifications.
2.4
Tools and equipment are selected to enable the job to be carried out to
company policy and specifications.
Range
may include but is not limited to – hammers, dollies, disc sander,
body file, oxy-acetylene and/or MIG welding plant, snips, hacksaw,
files, folding, wheeling, rolling equipment, guillotine, measuring
and marking equipment.
Outcome 3
Fabricate the motor body panel.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Range
3.2
personal safety, safety to others; tools, equipment and machine
safety.
Metal is cut to size according to specifications.
Range
guillotine, snips.
3.3
Metal is shaped and folded according to specifications.
3.4
Welding is carried out according to the specifications and company policy.
Range
3.5
oxy-acetylene and/or MIG.
Panel is fabricated according to specification with no irregularities that impair
painting.
Range
dents, file or deep sanding disk marks, rough welds, uneven
swage lines.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Tools and equipment are put away after use, and the work area is clean.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
24081 and unit standard 24082.
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
18 June 1995
31 December 2016
Revision
2
30 October 1997
31 December 2016
Revision
3
28 May 1998
31 December 2016
Review
4
10 February 1999
31 December 2016
Revision
5
13 March 2001
31 December 2016
Review
6
25 February 2008
31 December 2016
Rollover
7
19 November 2010
31 December 2016
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0014
This AMAP 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, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, 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.
Consent 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 organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016