QUALIFICATION DETAILS
Qualification Title
New Zealand Certificate in Solid Wood Manufacturing (Level 3)
with strands in Finger Jointing; Pole, Post and Pile; Saw
Doctoring; Sawmilling; Timber Drying; Timber Grading and
Optimising; Timber Machining; and Timber Treatment
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
49-79
NZSCED
030304
DAS Classification
Manufacturing > Solid W ood Manufacturing
Engineering and Related Technologies > Process and
Resources Engineering > Wood Based Manufacturing
Qualification developer
Competenz
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
17 April 2014
Strategic purpose
statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the solid wood manufacturing
industry with people who have the skills and knowledge required to work as
an operator in a solid wood manufacturing operation.
Graduates will understand safety, as well as, environmental and quality
requirements relevant to solid wood manufacturing. Graduates will be able to
safely and efficiently operate plant and equipment used in solid wood
manufacturing with limited supervision.
Graduate
profile
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
-
Apply skills and knowledge of workplace health and safety,
environmental, and quality requirements relevant to solid wood
manufacturing operational roles.
Outcome Statement
Graduates of the Finger Jointing Strand will also be able to:
-
Set up, maintain and identify performance issues for basic finger jointer
and saw centre operation under limited supervision.
-
Apply knowledge of grinding wheels and fluids and perform calculations
for operating wood forming machines and grinders.
-
Apply knowledge of adhesives, gluing procedures, and glue testing to
control automatic gluing application systems used in wood finger jointing
operations.
-
Operate and monitor the performance of a finger jointer and cross cut
saw centre under limited supervision in a solid wood manufacturing
operation.
Graduates of the Pole, Post and Pile Strand will also be able to:
-
Grade, tally, package, and optimise conversion of roundwood products.
-
Use machinery, equipment and technical processes to carry out
production tasks specific to pole, post and pile manufacturing.
Graduates of the Saw Doctoring Strand will also be able to:
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Understand the principles of sawmilling and the physical characteristics
of wood as a raw material.
-
Understand theoretical concepts that relate to grinding, profiles, saw
design, wood quality and basic saw doctoring calculations.
-
Grind straight knives and anvils, and set, sharpen and tooth circular
saws.
Graduates of the Sawmilling Strand will also be able to:
-
Understand operation of sawmilling equipment, sawmill products and
processes, cutting patterns and schedules, and legislation relevant to
sawmilling operations.
-
Use machinery, equipment and technical processes to carry out tasks
specific to sawmilling operations.
Graduates of the Timber Drying Strand will also be able to:
-
Understand physical properties of wood, contamination and biological
attack on wood, and phytosanitary standards in wood manufacturing.
-
Understand factors that affect wood drying, factors that cause defects
when drying, and establish correction factor for a moisture meter.
-
Monitor and maintain timber kiln plant and equipment for a specific wood
manufacturing site.
Graduates of the Timber Grading and Optimising Strand will also be able
to:
-
Understand permeability, density, moisture content in wood, and defects
and size tolerances in relation to timber grades.
-
Understand and apply company specifications for grading timber,
measure defects, and calculate the value of timber.
-
Use machinery, equipment and technical processes to carry out tasks
specific to timber grading and optimising.
Graduates of the Timber Machining Strand will also be able to:
-
Operate and monitor the performance of a planing system, and explain
factors affecting the finished quality of machined timber.
-
Set up a timber planer for dress four sides.
-
Set cutters into cutter heads and joint straight cutters on a planing system
in a timber machining operation.
Graduates of the Timber Treatment Strand will also be able to:
-
Understand physical properties of wood, contamination and biological
attack on wood, and phytosanitary standards in wood manufacturing.
-
Understand antisapstain treatment as a method of wood preservation
and the legislative and compliance requirements relating to wood
preservation operations.
-
Operate, monitor and maintain wood preservation plant and equipment.
Education
pathway
This qualification can lead to the New Zealand Certificate in Solid Wood
Manufacturing (Level 4) with strands in Laminating, Timber Drying, Timber
Grading, and Timber Treatment [Ref: 1973].
Employment
pathway
Holders of this qualification will have the skills and knowledge within a solid
wood manufacturing environment to work in operational roles in finger
jointing; pole, post and pile; sawmilling; timber drying; timber grading and
optimising; timber machining; and timber treatment.
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Qualification Specification
Qualification award
This qualification can be awarded by an organisation which has an approved
programme of study, or industry training programme, leading to the
qualification.
The certificate will display the logos of the NZQF and Competenz, and may
display the name and/or logo of the awarding body.
Evidence
requirements for
managing
consistency
All TEOs either arranging training or delivering programmes that lead to the
award of the qualification are required to participate in a consistency process
scheduled by NZQA.
This will involve reviewing evidence associated with graduate’s achievement
of outcomes, and agreeing acceptable thresholds for qualification outcome
achievement and areas for improvement.
To demonstrate how graduates are achieving the qualification graduate
profile outcomes, TEOs are required to produce their own evidence in a high
level report.
Evidence will include the following:

Employer surveys to determine if graduates of the qualification meet
the graduate profile outcomes.

Evidence of effective processes to ensure programmes continue to
meet current industry needs.

A range of workplace evidence demonstrating that graduates meet
the graduate profile outcomes.

Any other relevant evidence as appropriate.
Further information about the managing consistency process can be found on
the NZQA website.
Credit transfer and
recognition of prior
learning
arrangements
Organisations seeking approval to award the qualification are expected to
have Recognition of Current Competence (RCC) or Recognition of Prior
Learning (RPL) assessment processes in place. Credit transfer will be
automatic where assessment standards are used for assessment within
programmes of study or training leading to this qualification.
Minimum standard
of achievement and
standards for grade
endorsements
Achievement of all outcomes. There are no grade endorsements for this
qualification.
Entry requirements
(including
prerequisites to
meet regulatory
body or legislative
requirements)
None.
Optional conditions
for qualification
None.
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Qualification conditions
Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for
programme
structure
None.
Conditions for
programme context
Tertiary Education Organisations arranging training or delivering programmes
towards this qualification must ensure that the training arranged and
programmes of learning delivered, are kept up-to-date with regard to
amendments to, and replacements of relevant legislation, regulations and
Australia/New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS). Current standards can be
accessed at http://standards.co.nz.
Current legislation and regulations can be accessed at
http://legislation.govt.nz.
Other conditions
This qualification will typically be achieved in a workplace environment.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification Outcomes (including
indicative credit values for each outcome)
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
Apply skills and knowledge of workplace
health and safety, environmental, and quality
requirements relevant to solid wood
manufacturing operational roles.
Credit 19
For the Finger Jointing Strand
Set up, maintain and identify performance
issues for basic finger jointer and saw centre
operation under limited supervision.
Credit 13
Apply knowledge of grinding wheels and fluids
and perform calculations for operating wood
forming machines and grinders.
Credit 10
Apply knowledge of adhesives, gluing
procedures, and glue testing to control
automatic gluing application systems used in
wood finger jointing operations.
Credit 25
Operate and monitor the performance of a
finger jointer and cross cut saw centre under
limited supervision in a solid wood
manufacturing operation.
Credit 11
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For the Pole, Post and Pile Strand
Grade, tally, package, and optimise
conversion of roundwood products.
Credit 23
Use machinery, equipment and technical
processes to carry out production tasks
specific to pole, post and pile manufacturing.
Credit 20
For the Saw Doctoring Strand
Understand the principles of sawmilling and
the physical characteristics of wood as a raw
material.
Credit 10
Understand theoretical concepts that relate to
grinding, profiles, saw design, wood quality
and basic saw doctoring calculations.
Credit 20
Grind straight knives and anvils, and set,
sharpen and tooth circular saws.
Credit 28
For the Sawmilling Strand
Understand operation of sawmilling
equipment, sawmill products and processes,
cutting patterns and schedules, and legislation
relevant to sawmilling operations.
Credit 15
Use machinery, equipment and technical
processes to carry out tasks specific to
sawmilling operations.
Credit 15
For the Timber Drying Strand
Understand physical properties of wood,
contamination and biological attack on wood,
and phytosanitary standards in wood
manufacturing.
Credit 13
Understand factors that affect wood drying,
factors that cause defects when drying, and
establish correction factor for a moisture
meter.
Credit 10
Monitor and maintain timber kiln plant and
equipment for a specific wood manufacturing
site.
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Credit 10
For the Timber Grading and Optimising Strand
Understand permeability, density, moisture
content in wood, and defects and size
tolerances in relation to timber grades.
Credit 15
Understand and apply company specifications
for grading timber, measure defects, and
calculate the value of timber.
Credit 25
Use machinery, equipment and technical
processes to carry out tasks specific to timber
grading and optimising.
Credit 15
For the Timber Machining Strand
Operate and monitor the performance of a
planing system, and explain factors affecting
the finished quality of machined timber.
Credit 20
Set up a timber planer for dress four sides.
Credit 20
Set cutters into cutter heads and joint straight
cutters on a planing system in a timber
machining operation.
Credit 20
For the Timber Treatment Strand
Understand physical properties of wood,
contamination and biological attack on wood,
and phytosanitary standards in wood
manufacturing.
Credit 13
Understand antisapstain treatment as a
method of wood preservation and the
legislative and compliance requirements
relating to wood preservation operations.
Credit 20
Operate, monitor and maintain wood
preservation plant and equipment.
Credit 15
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Transition information
Replacement
information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Solid Wood
Manufacturing (Level 3) with strands in Engineered Wood Product
Operations; Planer Operations; Pole, Post and Pile Operations; Saw
Doctoring Operations; Sawmilling Operations; Timber Drying Operations;
Timber Grading; and Timber Treatment Operations [Ref: 1693].
People currently working towards the replaced qualification may either complete the requirements for
that qualification by 31 December 2018 or transfer their results to this replacement New Zealand
qualification.
People wishing to complete this qualification should note that there will be a more limited choice of
standards for some strand electives after 2015, due to the expiry of standards 145, 154, 4551, 20026,
20753, 20768, 21760, 21762, and 21764, at the end of December 2015.
People wishing to complete the qualification with the Engineered Wood Product Operations Strand
must complete the requirements of Elective 1 before standards 20768 and 21764 in this strand expire
at the end of 2015.
New enrolments into programmes leading to the expiring qualification will not be accepted after
31 December 2015.
It is anticipated that no existing candidates will be disadvantaged by these transition arrangements.
However, anyone who feels that they have been disadvantaged may appeal to Competenz at the
address below. Appeals will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Competenz, PO Box 9005, Newmarket, Auckland 1149.
Republication information
Version 1 of this qualification was republished in April 2015 to update the Evidence requirements for
managing consistency
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