NZQA registered unit standard
28564 version 1
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Title
Control and optimise forehearth operations for glass container
manufacturing
Level
5
Credits
25
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to control and
optimise forehearth operations for glass container
manufacturing.
Classification
Glass and Glazing > Glass Container Manufacturing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Unit 18920, Perform glass container forming operations, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Control and optimise the forehearth operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Forehearth is heated from furnace rebuild in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
new and existing refractories
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28564 version 1
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1.2
Gas and air mixture is determined, and forehearth is set for firing in accordance
with job requirements and enterprise procedures.
1.3
Glass depth in the forehearth is adjusted to optimise production according to job
requirements and enterprise procedures.
1.4
Thermocouples and tri-couples are set up to transmit forehearth temperature
data to glass conditioning system in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
1.5
evidence for this assessment may be simulated
Forehearth cooling mechanisms are set up to maintain forehearth temperature
in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Range
centreline and bottom cooling mechanisms
1.6
Burner cleaning procedure is completed in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
1.7
Forehearth operation is monitored and adjusted against set point data loaded
into the glass conditioning system from previous job in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standards 28565, 28566 and
28567 replaced unit standard 18924.
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28564 version 1
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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