NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of hide processing operations
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
2
This is an entry level unit standard for people new to the
fellmongery or leather processing industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
hide product reception, storage, use, and markets; and hide
processing operations.
Classification
Fellmongery and Leather Processing > Leather Processing
Knowledge
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.
2
Definition
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe hide product reception, storage, use, and markets.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hide products are described in terms of raw materials received at a hide
processing department.
Range
includes but is not limited to – types, amounts, sources.
1.2
Handling and storage methods are described for each type of raw hide product
received.
1.3
Types of hide end products are described in terms of their uses.
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The company's main markets for each hide end product are described.
includes but is not limited to – end use, purchasing country.
Range
Outcome 2
Describe hide processing operations.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Major hide processing stages used by the company are identified and described
in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.2
Company health, safety, and environmental policies relating to hide processing
are identified and described in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.3
Each type of hide processing machine is identified and described by name,
position, and function in the process.
2.4
The output capabilities of each machine are identified and described in terms of
organisational requirements.
2.5
Any special monitoring and maintenance requirements of individual machines
are identified and described in accordance with organisational requirements.
2.6
Procedures for handling machine malfunctions and breakdowns are identified
and described in accordance with organisational requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Code 101558
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NZQA registered unit standard
8011 version 8
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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.
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
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