NZQA registered unit standard
8013 version 9
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Title
Prepare hides for processing
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
5
This entry-level unit standard is for people in the fellmongery or
leather processing industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare
hides for processing.
Classification
Fellmongery and Leather Processing > Leather Processing
Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Definitions
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic, or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Company specifications – product specifications set by the company relating to
materials, processes, and practices.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare hides for processing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hides are washed to remove unwanted material in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Range
unwanted material includes but is not limited to – blood,
preservatives, contamination.
1.2
Hides are cooled to company specifications in accordance with organisational
requirements.
1.3
The operation of washing and cooling equipment and facilities meets
organisational requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
8013 version 9
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31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 June 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
2
9 March 1999
31 December 2012
Revision
3
20 February 2002
31 December 2012
Revision
4
16 January 2003
31 December 2012
Revision
5
14 October 2004
31 December 2012
Review
6
14 December 2007
31 December 2012
Review
7
21 July 2011
31 December 2015
Review
8
21 February 2013
31 December 2017
Review
9
20 March 2014
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
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 that 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 Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016