NZQA registered unit standard
23068 version 2
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Title
Control raw material weighing and delivery equipment and operate a
glass furnace
Level
4
Credits
38
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to monitor and
control raw material weighing and delivery equipment for a
glass furnace, and operate a glass furnace.
Classification
Glass and Glazing > Glass Container Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 23067, Describe the operation and control of a glass
furnace, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
Definition
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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Monitor and control raw material weighing and delivery equipment for a glass furnace.
Range
raw material weighing and delivery equipment – major and minor weigh
hoppers, delivery conveyors, mixers, vibrating feeders, elevator, batch hoppers.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Raw material weighing and delivery equipment is identified and its operation
described in accordance with enterprise procedures and industry practice.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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NZQA registered unit standard
1.2
Emergency stopping of raw material weighing and delivery equipment is
demonstrated in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
1.3
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evidence may be simulated if required.
Raw material weighing and delivery equipment is monitored and controlled in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
Outcome 2
Operate a glass furnace.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Furnace warm-up and cool-down processes are described.
2.2
The hazards of operating a glass furnace are identified and precautions taken in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
2.3
hazards – burns, heat exhaustion, electrocution, working at
heights, working in isolation.
Enterprise procedures for responding to emergency situations are described.
Range
emergency situations include – loss of – gas, air, electricity,
cooling wind, cooling water, pressure; glass leak.
2.4
The melting process is managed and monitored, and job data is recorded in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
2.5
Colour change procedures are followed in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
2.6
Environmental monitoring of the furnace is performed, data is recorded, and any
alarms responded to in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 23067 replaced unit
standard 18923.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23068 version 2
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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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz at 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