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This qualification is a standalone qualification and has been designed to recognise people who have demonstrated competence in the knowledge and skills required by the steel manufacturing industry, and who have extensive operational knowledge, skills, and experience related to steel making in their chosen strand.
The compulsory section of the qualification covers the knowledge and skills related to the steel industry and its products, and cutting metals using manual thermal processes.
The elective section one of the qualification enables candidates to select unit standards from the Computing, Adult Education and Training, Health Studies, Energy and Chemical
Plant, Masonry and Cranes subfields that fit with their job roles.
The elective section two of the qualification enables candidates to select unit standards from the Steel Manufacturing – Supporting Skills and Refractory Installation domains that fit with their job roles.
The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) strand covers the knowledge and skills related to preparing scrap iron charge, carrying out arc furnace floor operations, charging scrap to the electric arc furnace using an overhead crane, installing plastic monolithic refractories and ramming mixes, and installing refractory gunning mixes.
The Oxygen Bodenblasten Maxhutte Process (OBM) strand covers the knowledge and skills related to preparing iron stock for steel making, carrying out oxygen blowing machine floor operations, preparing scrap iron charge, carrying out steel casting operations on the floor, charging scrap to the electric arc furnace using an overhead crane, and installing refractory gunning mixes.
Compulsory Elective 1 Elective 2
Level 1 credits
Level 2 credits
Level 3 or above credits
Total
2
-
4
6
0-37
0-37
4-41
41
0-4
0-4
0-4
4
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Level 1 credits
Level 2 credits
Level 3 credits
Total
Electric Arc Furnace (EAF)
Strand
-
-
43
43
Oxygen Bodenblasten
Maxhutte Process
(OBM) Strand
-
0-14
14-43
43
Award of NZQF National Qualifications
Credit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided on the New Zealand Qualifications
Authority (NZQA) website: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/standards/standards-exclusionlist/ .
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same ID may be used to meet qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
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Core Compulsory standards
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Core Elective 1 – A minimum of 41 credits as specified
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Core Elective 2
– A minimum of 4 credits as specified
One of the following strands is required
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Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Strand
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Oxygen Bodenblasten Maxhutte Process (OBM) Strand
Core Compulsory
The following standards are required
Engineering and Technology > Mechanical Engineering > Welding
ID Title Level Credit
2683 Cut metals using manual thermal processes 3
Manufacturing > Steel Manufacturing > Steel Manufacturing - Supporting Skills
ID
8328
Title
Describe the steel industry and its products
Level
1
4
Credit
2
Core Elective 1
A minimum of 41 credits
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Of which a minimum of 4 credits at Level 3 or above
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Field
Version 2
Subfield Domain
Computing and Information
Technology
Education
Health
Computing
Adult Education and
Training
Health Studies
Any
Any
Any
Manufacturing Energy and Chemical Plant Any
Planning and Construction Masonry Any
Service Sector Cranes Any
Core Elective 2
A minimum of 4 credits
Field Subfield Domain
Manufacturing Steel Manufacturing
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Steel Manufacturing -
Supporting Skills
Refractory Installation Planning and Construction Masonry
Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) Strand
A minimum of 43 credits
Manufacturing > Steel Manufacturing > Steel Making
ID Title
9281 Prepare scrap iron charge for steelmaking
Level
3
Credit
10
9283 Carry out arc furnace floor operations
Manufacturing > Steel Manufacturing > Steel Product Handling
ID Title
3
Level
3
12
Credit
12 9273 Charge scrap to the electric arc furnace using an overhead crane
Planning and Construction > Masonry > Refractory Installation
ID Title
6095
6096
Install plastic monolithic refractories and ramming mixes
Install refractory gunning mixes
Oxygen Bodenblasten Maxhutte Process (OBM) Strand
A minimum of 43 credits
Level
3
3
Credit
8
8
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Manufacturing > Steel Manufacturing > Steel Making
ID Title
9278
9280
9281
Prepare iron stock for steelmaking by the oxygen blowing machine process
Carry out oxygen blowing machine (OBM) floor operations
Prepare scrap iron charge for steelmaking
9287 Carry out a steel casting operation on the floor
Manufacturing > Steel Manufacturing > Steel Product Handling
ID Title
9273 Charge scrap to the electric arc furnace using an overhead crane
Planning and Construction > Masonry > Refractory Installation
ID Title
6096 Install refractory gunning mixes
3
2
Level
3
3
Level
3
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Credit
12
12
10
14
Credit
12
Level
3
Credit
8
Version 2
Version 2 was issued following a change of responsibility from the New Zealand
Qualifications Authority to Competenz and existing trainees are not affected by this review.
Changes to structure and content
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Standard setting body details have been amended.
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The total credit value has been updated from 96 to 94.
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The credit value for standard 2683 has been updated.
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Updated title change for unit standard 8328.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
It is not intended that anyone is disadvantaged by this revision. However, anyone who feels they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the standard setting body at the address below.
Process
Registration
Revision
Version Date
1 April 1997
2 March 2012
Last Date for Assessment
December 2012
N/A
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Competenz
PO Box 9005
Newmarket
Auckland 1149
Telephone
Email
Website
09 539 9800 qualifications@competenz.org.nz
www.competenz.org.nz
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Any person or organisation may contribute to the review of this qualification by sending feedback to the standard setting body at the above address.
Next Review 2012
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation
NZQA
Opportunity
– The Training Organisation
This certificate will display the logos of NZQA, Competenz and the organisation that has been granted consent to assess against standards that meet the requirements of the qualification (accredited).
This qualification is classified according to the classification system listed on the Directory of Assessment Standards (DAS) and the New Zealand Standard Classification of
Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.
DAS Classification NZSCED
Code Description
212 Engineering and Technology >
Mechanical Engineering
Code Description
030701 Engineering and Related
Technologies > Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering and
Technology > Mechanical
Engineering
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Quality Management Systems
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess by a recognised Quality
Assurance Body before they can register credits from assessment against standards. Organisation with consent to assess and Industry Training Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Consent to assess requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the associated Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) for each standard.
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