NZQA registered unit standard
254 version 5
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Title
Run and monitor the injection moulding production process
Level
2
Credits
9
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: apply and
monitor injection machine settings; perform a material or colour
changeover on the moulding machine; and identify and correct
routine product moulding faults.
Classification
Plastics Processing Technology > Injection Moulding
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 253, Operate the injection moulding machine; and Unit
23130, Classify and name plastics materials; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
All work practices must meet enterprise health and safety requirements.
2
Definitions
Enterprise - an organisation where training and/or assessment is taking place, and/or
where the trainee is employed.
Enterprise procedure - 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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Apply and monitor injection machine settings.
Range
evidence is required for two machine set-ups for two different products.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Injection moulding machine is set up in accordance with job specification and
enterprise procedures.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Injection moulding machine settings are monitored to maintain product
specification, and records are maintained in accordance with enterprise
procedures.
Outcome 2
Perform a material changeover on the moulding machine.
Range
Trainee must carry out a material changeover and a colour changeover.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Purging is performed in accordance with enterprise procedures.
2.2
Raw material and additives are selected to comply with job specification.
2.3
Machine is cleaned of all previous materials, and is reloaded with the selected
raw material in accordance with enterprise procedures and job specification.
2.4
Machine is run with new material and monitored to meet job specification.
Outcome 3
Identify and correct routine product moulding faults.
Range
routine product moulding faults include but are not limited to – sinking, flash,
shorts, colour, size, surface finish, deformations, voids, degradation;
evidence is required for at least six faults.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Routine product moulding faults are identified and corrected in accordance with
enterprise procedure.
3.2
Injection process faults are reported according to enterprise procedure.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 April 1993
31 December 2013
Revision
2
13 February 1997
31 December 2013
Review
3
23 January 1998
31 December 2013
Review
4
24 August 2006
N/A
Review
5
21 March 2013
N/A
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
254 version 5
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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 (CMR). 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 info@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