NZQA registered unit standard
259 version 5
Page 1 of 3
Title
Service advanced moulds for injection moulding
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of the construction and operation of advanced
injection moulds, and service advanced moulds.
Classification
Plastics Processing Technology > Injection Moulding
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 258, Service simple moulds for injection moulding; 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.
Advanced injection mould refers to a two or three plate mould with one or more
product forming components which:
 move in a direction other than the mould open axis, and/or
 are driven by the mould rather than external actuation, and/or
 incorporates in-mould labelling technology.
Excludes moulds which retain molten material within the mould between cycles.
Typical features may include: sliding blocks or cores actuated by skew pins or cams;
baffled, spiral, tube, and heat pipe cooling systems; rising cores; internally actuated
unscrewing systems.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
259 version 5
Page 2 of 3
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the construction and operation of advanced injection moulds.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Injection mould construction is described.
1.2
Injection mould functions and operations are described.
Range
functions and operations may include – injection, cooling, opening,
ejection, closing, electrical sensing and/or interlocking;
evidence is required for at least five.
Outcome 2
Service advanced injection moulds.
Range
evidence is required for two moulds with different configurations.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Injection mould is opened on a bench in accordance with enterprise procedure.
2.2
Injection mould is inspected for wear, cleaned, and any damage is reported, in
accordance with enterprise procedures.
2.3
Injection mould lubrication is carried out in accordance with enterprise schedule.
2.4
Injection mould closing-up procedures are performed in accordance with
enterprise requirements.
Range
Planned review date
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
closing-up procedures include – inspection, cleaning, protective
spraying, cooling medium removal, tag tools, tool storage.
31 December 2017
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
259 version 5
Page 3 of 3
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
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 the 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