NZQA registered unit standard
9274 version 3
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Title
Maintain metal transfer for steelmaking using an overhead crane
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
22
This unit standard is for people working in the steel
manufacturing sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: charge the
oxygen steelmaking vessel; transport ladles of liquid steel; and
remove and replace the oxygen steelmaking vessel.
Classification
Steel Manufacturing > Steel Product Handling
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
Company documentation refers to the documented procedures, manufacturer’s
manuals and selected reference texts for the equipment and process.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991.
3
This unit standard must be assessed in a workplace environment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Charge the oxygen steelmaking vessel.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Scrap baskets are provided to the oxygen steelmaking vessel in a timely
manner to ensure continuity of oxygen steelmaking operations.
1.2
The spatial position of scrap baskets during transit ensures the safety of
personnel and plant.
1.3
The release of scrap into the furnace is controlled to ensure that all scrap enters
the oxygen steelmaking vessel.
Outcome 2
Transport ladles of liquid steel.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
9274 version 3
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Movement of ladles is performed in a manner that establishes and maintains
continuity of steelmaking operations.
movement may include but is not limited to – transfer car, ladle
treatment station, oxygen steelmaking vessel, vanadium recovery
unit, ladle decanting;
evidence of three is required.
Range
Outcome 3
Remove and replace the oxygen steelmaking vessel.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Cranes are placed in tandem to ensure that correct hook up to the lifting beam
is achieved.
3.2
The oxygen steelmaking vessel is lifted and removed, or replaced, in
accordance with company documentation.
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 January 1997
31 December 2012
Revision
2
18 July 2000
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
3
15 March 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0013
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
9274 version 3
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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 (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 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