NZQA registered unit standard
28212 version 1
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Title
Set up, operate, and maintain shaping machines to produce joinery
items
Level
4
Credits
Purpose
8
This unit standard is for experienced people working in a
joinery workshop.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up;
operate; and maintain shaping machines to produce joinery
items.
Classification
Joinery > Joinery Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All workplace practices must comply with current legislation, codes of practice, and
documented site safety procedures for personal, product, and worksite safety.
2
Legislation and regulations relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to
– Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Health and Safety in Employment
Regulations 1995.
3
Shaping machines include but are not limited to – spindle moulder.
4
Evidence is required of a minimum of two different curved and two different straight
run mouldings using different types of cutting heads.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Set up shaping machines to produce joinery items.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Machine components are selected and checked in accordance with the job
specifications, legislation, and manufacturer’s specifications.
1.2
Shaping machines are set up in accordance with legislation and manufacturer’s
specifications.
Range
set-up includes but is not limited to – selecting spindle speeds,
setting cutters, setting power feed, setting guards.
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Organisation
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1.3
Materials required for the job are selected in accordance with the job
specifications.
1.4
Required jigs and templates are made to meet job specifications.
Outcome 2
Operate shaping machines to produce joinery items.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Machine is operated in accordance with job specifications and workplace
practice.
2.2
Operation of machine is monitored to ensure continuity of process in
accordance with workplace practice.
2.3
Settings to machine tools and implements are in accordance with
manufacturer's specifications and workplace practice.
Range
2.4
settings include but are not limited to – final fine adjustments to
fence and automatic feed speed.
Output of curved and straight mouldings is in accordance with job
specifications.
Outcome 3
Maintain shaping machines to produce joinery items.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Cutting edges are maintained in accordance with manufacturer’s specifications.
3.2
Shaping machines are maintained in accordance with manufacturer’s
specifications.
3.3
Any faults are corrected and/or reported in accordance with manufacturer's
specifications and workplace practice.
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 8558 and unit
standard 17128.
31 December 2018
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28212 version 1
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 October 2014
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0073
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.
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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
info@bcito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Building and Construction Industry Training
Organisation
SSB Code 101562
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016