NZQA registered unit standard
28568 version 1
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Title
Describe the manufacture of glass and the container forming process
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the
manufacture of glass and the container forming process.
Classification
Glass and Glazing > Glass Container Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Minor raw materials includes but are not limited to – selenium, iron chromite, iron pyrites,
iron sand, sodium sulphate, alumina, carbon, cobalt.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the manufacture of glass and the container forming process.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The major raw material ingredients in the composition of glass are identified.
Range
major raw material ingredients – sand, soda ash, limestone, cullet.
1.2
The purposes of minor raw material ingredients are described and three
examples of minor raw material ingredients are named.
1.3
The main glass colours produced by the glass manufacturing industry are
identified.
1.4
The glass recycling process is described.
1.5
The advantages of glass packaging are described.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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1.6
The glass container manufacturing process is described by order of events.
1.7
The process of producing individual container shapes from unique moulds is
described.
Range
design process, customer requirements.
1.8
Ownership of moulds held on site is described.
1.9
The container forming processes are described, and the types of containers
produced by each process are identified.
container forming processes – blow and blow, press and blow,
narrow neck press and blow.
Range
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 28569 replaced unit
standard 18768.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
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
28568 version 1
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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