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Demonstrate knowledge of receiving, storing, maintaining and moving
materials for concrete product manufacture
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, for concrete product
manufacture: demonstrate knowledge of receiving, storing, and maintaining
materials; and describe movement of materials into production.
Subfield
Concrete
Domain
Concrete Product Manufacture
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0048
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definitions
Materials include any raw or processed materials that are used in concrete product
manufacture.
Workplace acceptance standards refer to documented standards that set out
acceptable quality standards for that workplace, and may include any relevant New
Zealand Standards.
Workplace practice refers to the documented procedures specific to a workplace
which set out the standard and required practices of that workplace.
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Credit for this unit standard indicates compliance with industry practice. Industry
practice refers to the ability to demonstrate knowledge that reflects the uniformity,
finish quality, and material economies currently accepted within industry.
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Legislation and publications relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and Health and Safety in Employment
Regulations 1995;
Resource Management Act 1991;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Safety Data Sheets.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of receiving and storing materials for concrete product
manufacture.
Performance criteria
1.1
Receiving and checking of materials for compliance with workplace acceptance
standards is described, including actions to be taken in the event of noncompliance.
1.2
Storage/stockpiling of materials is described in accordance with workplace
practice.
1.3
Documentation for inwards goods is described in accordance with workplace
practice.
1.4
Actions taken to minimise production downtime when ordered material supply is
disrupted or fails are described in accordance with workplace practice.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of maintaining materials for concrete product manufacture.
Performance criteria
2.1
Monitoring of storage areas for overfilling or running out is described, including
measurement and recording of quantities in accordance with workplace
practice.
2.2
Practices that limit stockpile segregation and contamination are described in
accordance with workplace practice.
Range
2.3
shaping of stockpiles, use of hoppers or dividing walls,
maintenance of yard areas.
Stocktaking of materials in storage is described in accordance with workplace
practice.
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Element 3
Describe movement of materials into production for concrete product manufacture.
Performance criteria
3.1
Description includes methods of moving raw materials from storage/stockpiles
to production, and operation of mechanical plant and equipment for this
purpose.
3.2
Description includes details of methods available to minimise disruption of
material supply to production in the event of plant or equipment malfunction or
breakdown.
3.3
Description includes the effects of spillage and contamination, how these are
monitored, and actions to be taken in the event of occurrence.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation
national.office@bcito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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