NZQA registered unit standard
18919 version 5
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Title
Perform job changes on independent section machines for glass
container forming
Level
4
Credits
30
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to perform job
changes on independent section (IS) machines for glass
container forming.
Classification
Glass and Glazing > Glass Container Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 23063, Demonstrate knowledge of forming equipment for
the production of glass containers, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Enterprise means an organisation where training and/or 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.
Job change is the changing of mould gear and ancillary equipment.
Mould gear is components of the blank side and mould side.
Blank side components are press and blow 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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
18919 version 5
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Outcome 1
Perform job changes on IS machines for glass container forming.
Range
evidence is required for two job changes on at least two of the following
processes – blow and blow, press and blow, narrow neck press and blow.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The information required to prepare for, and carry out a job change is collated
and analysed in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
job sheet generation, special notes, job numbers, finish
1.2
The full set of mould gear and the ancillary equipment for the job change are
checked for availability and that they are in working condition in accordance with
enterprise procedure.
1.3
Mould gear and ancillary equipment are changed and set in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Range
evidence is required for changing blank side and mould side
equipment.
1.4
The IS machine is dry cycled and adjusted in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
1.5
The IS machine is monitored to maintain efficiency rates post job-change until
handover requirements are met.
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
18 December 2001
31 December 2015
Revision
2
13 February 2004
31 December 2015
Revision
3
20 September 2004
31 December 2015
Review
4
20 November 2006
31 December 2017
Review
5
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
18919 version 5
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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.
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