Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Glass Container Manufacturing (Level 3) with
strands in Forming Operations, Finished Product Operations, Batch and
Furnace Operations, and Mould Maintenance
Version
2
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
100 – 105
NZSCED
030199 Engineering and Related Technologies > Manufacturing,
Engineering and Technology > Manufacturing Engineering and
Technology not elsewhere classified
Qualification developer
Competenz
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
January 2016
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the glass container
manufacturing sector with people who are able to work as part of
a team to safely meet production requirements, and operate
machinery in a glass container manufacturing enterprise.
This qualification is stranded in order to recognise the specific
skill and knowledge required for people to work as machinery
and process operators in the following functions:

Forming Operations

Finished Products Operations

Batch and Furnace Operations

Mould Maintenance.
Graduates will be capable of working under limited supervision.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
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Graduates of this qualification will, in accordance with
organisational procedures, be able to:

Apply knowledge of workplace health and safety
legislation to maintaining personal safety around glass
manufacturing machinery.

Perform data entry requirements applicable to the glass
manufacturing process and work as part of a team to
achieve production requirements.
Graduates of the Forming Operations Strand will also be able to:

Operate and monitor glass forming and ancillary
equipment to manufacture glass containers to plant
performance requirements and carry out associated
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product quality checks.
Graduates of the Finished Product Operations Strand will also be
able to:

Operate glass container packaging, palletising and
associated ancillary equipment to prepare manufactured
glass containers for dispatch, and carry out product and
job audit and verification.
Graduates of the Batch and Furnace Operations Strand will also
be able to:

Operate and monitor glass raw materials storage,
handling and batching equipment to maintain furnace
operation, and carry out analytical tests for batch and
glass quality.
Graduates of the Mould Maintenance Strand will also be able to:

Carry out glass container mould servicing, maintenance
and inspection tasks in order to meet plant performance
and quality requirements.
Education pathway
This qualification can lead to the New Zealand Certificate in
Glass Container Manufacturing (Level 4) with strands in
Advanced Forming Operations, Advanced Finished Product
Operations, and Advanced Batch and Furnace Operations [Ref:
2445]. On completion of this qualification graduates may also
progress to further training in staff or business management in
the glass container manufacturing sector.
Employment pathway
People completing this qualification will be able to work as glass
container manufacturing machinery or process operators.
Qualification specifications
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 logo of the NZQF and may display
the name and/or logo of the awarding body.
Evidence requirements for
assuring 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.
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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.
Minimum standard of
achievement and standards for
grade endorsements
Achievement of all outcomes. There are no grade endorsements
for this qualification.
Other requirements for the
qualification (including regulatory
body or legislative requirements)
There are no mandatory prerequisites for this qualification.
General conditions for the programme leading to the qualification
General conditions for
programme
N/A
Conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
1
Learning and assessment should include:
Apply knowledge of workplace
health and safety legislation to
maintaining personal safety
around glass manufacturing
machinery

Workplace safety practices, hazard identification and risk
assessment procedures

Identifying and managing the effects of shift work
15 credits
2
Perform data entry
requirements applicable to the
glass manufacturing process
and work as part of a team to
achieve production
requirements
Learning and assessment should include:

Carrying out data entry requirements applicable to the
process being undertaken

Working as a team to achieve an objective
10 credits
3
Forming Operations Strand
Learning and assessment should include:
Operate and monitor glass
forming and ancillary
equipment to manufacture
glass containers to plant

Performing process operations using glass container forming
equipment on all lines

Operating and maintaining glass container forming ancillary
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performance requirements and
carry out associated product
quality checks

Rectifying routine problems on all lines, and reporting issues
according to job requirements
80 credits

Identifying and reporting critical defects resulting from the
forming process

Ways to work in extremes of temperature
Finished Product Operations
Strand
Operating palletizing, packaging and associated ancillary
equipment

Rectifying routine problems with packaging, inspection and
driving equipment within own scope and reporting issues

Operating fork hoist and associated ancillary equipment
safely and correctly

Identifying and reporting critical defects
75 credits

Performing auditing and verification tasks to maintain product
and job specifications
Batch and Furnace Operations
Strand
Learning and assessment should include:
Operate and monitor glass raw
materials storage, handling
and batching equipment to
maintain furnace operation,
and carry out analytical tests
for batch and glass quality
75 credits
6
Learning and assessment should include:

Operate glass container
packaging, palletising and
associated ancillary equipment
to prepare manufactured glass
containers for dispatch, and
carry out product and job audit
and verification tasks
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equipment

Maintaining supply of raw materials to the furnace and
making adjustments to supply according to job and quality
requirements

Carrying out laboratory tests of raw materials

Rectifying routine problems within own scope and reporting
issues

Applying knowledge of the operation and control of a glass
furnace
Mould Maintenance Strand
Learning and assessment should include:
Carry out glass container
mould servicing, maintenance
and inspection tasks in order
to meet plant performance and
quality requirements

Operating tools to: carry out mould inspection and
maintenance; diagnose container defects attributable to
mould equipment; and service, maintain and repair mould
equipment

Rectifying routine and non-routine problems with mould
equipment within own scope and reporting issues

Interpreting enterprise engineering drawings of mould
equipment
75 credits
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Glass
Container Manufacturing (Level 3) with strands in Batch and
Furnace, Forming, Mould Repair, and Quality Control [Ref:
1360].
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2016. The
last date for assessment against the replaced qualification is 31 December 2017.
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People currently working towards the replaced qualification must complete their requirements, or transfer
to a programme of study or training leading to the replacement qualification, by 31 December 2017.
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.
Publication information
Version 2 of this qualification was published in January 2016 to:
 set the last date of entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualifications as 31 December
2016
 extend the last date of assessment on the replaced national qualification from 31 December 2016
to 31 December 2017
 remove a GPO from the Finished Product Operations Strand and move the related indicative
credits to the remaining GPO.
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