NZQA registered unit standard
23065 version 2
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Title
Operate glass container forming equipment
Level
3
Credits
75
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: perform
safety control on glass container forming equipment in
accordance with enterprise procedure; perform process
operations on glass container forming equipment in accordance
with enterprise procedure; exchange mould gear components
in accordance with enterprise procedure; and monitor and
record production in accordance with enterprise procedure.
Classification
Glass and Glazing > Glass Container Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 23064, Operate off-line glass container forming
equipment, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1.
Definitions
Enterprise means an organisation where training and/or assessment is taking place,
and/or where the trainee is employed.
Enterprise procedure is defined as actions which comply with the policies, systems,
and directives in a particular enterprise. Enterprise procedure must comply with the
requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and subsequent
amendments.
Mould gear is components of the blank side and mould side.
Blank side components are plunger, thimble, neck ring, blank mould, funnel, baffle.
Mould side components are blow mould, mould bottom plate, distributor (vertiflow)
plate, blow head, take out grips.
Ancillary equipment is baffle arms, funnel arms, neck ring arms, blow head arms,
take out arms, hinges, delivery gear, cooling stack nozzles, plunger spacers,
loading screws.
Routine product faults are critical, certain failure, major, minor.
2.
For the purposes of assessment, trainees must demonstrate competency on all
production lines.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Perform safety control on glass container forming equipment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hazard identification is undertaken in accordance with enterprise procedures.
1.2
Job safety analysis is undertaken in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Outcome 2
Perform process operations on glass container forming equipment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Forming operations are performed to maintain continuity in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Range
2.2
Common forming faults are identified and corrected in accordance with
enterprise procedures and industry practice.
Range
2.3
forming operations – swabbing, product weight control, machine
lubrication.
common forming faults – checks, appearance, gauging.
Routine product faults are identified and reported in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
Outcome 3
Exchange mould gear components.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Mould gear to be exchanged is checked to ensure it is correct for the job and
available in accordance with enterprise procedures.
3.2
Machine section is stopped in preparation for exchange of mould gear
components in accordance with enterprise procedures.
3.3
Mould gear components are exchanged in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
3.4
Machine section is restarted and container quality is verified in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Outcome 4
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Monitor and record glass container forming production.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Process alarms are identified, and actions are taken in response to alarms and
in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
evidence is required for at least six process alarms.
4.2
Product information computer data is monitored and interpreted, and required
action is taken in accordance with enterprise procedures.
4.3
Production recording is carried out in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 23064 replaced unit
standard 18771.
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.
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23065 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.
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