NZQA registered unit standard
23061 version 2
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of batch house operations for glass
container production
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of batch house operations for glass container
production.
Classification
Glass and Glazing > Glass Container Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
Definition
Enterprise means an organisation where assessment is taking place, and/or where the
trainee is employed.
Enterprise procedures refer to the documented procedures used by the organisation
carrying out the work and applicable to the tasks being carried out. They may include but
are not limited to – standard operating procedures, site safety procedures, equipment
operating procedures, codes of practice, quality assurance procedures, housekeeping
standards, charging of time and materials, management of drawings and documentation,
procedures to comply with legislative and local body requirements.
Raw materials are major and minor raw materials.
Major raw materials are sand, soda ash, limestone, and cullet.
Cullet is clean and sorted crushed glass for recycling.
Minor raw materials include selenium, iron chromite, iron pyrites, iron sand, sodium
sulphate, alumina, carbon, cobalt, and frit.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of batch house operations for glass container production.
Evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23061 version 2
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1.1
Raw materials and their designated storage location are identified in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
1.2
Material safety data sheets for raw materials are identified, and their purpose
and location described.
1.3
The handling and transportation methods of raw materials, and the
consequences of cross contamination during the process are described.
1.4
The components of the batch house are identified from a schematic drawing
and their purpose described.
1.5
The purpose and location of the control room is described.
1.6
The purpose, content, and quantities of batch house recipes are described.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 November 2006
31 December 2017
Review
2
16 April 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0134
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 (CMRs). 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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23061 version 2
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016