NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Develop tannery production processes for product development
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
40
This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to further
develop their skills in leather manufacture.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret
company production requirements and customer leather
performance criteria; determine tannery process steps and
process control parameters; prepare, conduct, and monitor
tannery pilot processes; evaluate leather and select processes
to meet organisational and customer requirements; prepare
tannery production processes for bulk production runs;
conduct, monitor and evaluate initial bulk tannery production
runs; and comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and
safety requirements.
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, 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
Interpret company production requirements and customer leather performance criteria.
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Company production requirements are interpreted from management, technical,
financial, and legislative data.
Range
1.2
data includes but is not limited to – costs, time, resources, effluent
disposal, technical and statutory constraints.
Leather performance criteria are identified from customer specifications.
Range
leather performance criteria include but are not limited to –
tannage, strength, colour, substance, feel, flexibility, finish.
Outcome 2
Determine tannery process steps and process control parameters.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Process steps are established in accordance with production requirements,
leather performance criteria, and company specifications.
2.2
Process control parameters are set to achieve desired leather characteristics.
Range
2.3
control parameters include but are not limited to – time,
temperature, pH, concentrations, mechanical actions.
Process steps and control parameters meet company specifications and
production capabilities.
Outcome 3
Prepare, conduct, and monitor tannery pilot processes.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Hides and skins are selected and prepared for pilot processing in accordance
with company specifications.
3.2
Pilot process control formulations are developed to achieve desired leather
characteristics and to test alternative chemical products.
3.3
Process control variables are established within industry accepted tolerances.
Range
control variables include but are not limited to – time, temperature,
pH, concentrations, mechanical actions.
3.4
Pilot processes are conducted and monitored in accordance with process
control formulations and organisational requirements.
3.5
Trials of process control variables are conducted and monitored to company
pilot process specifications.
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Pilot process documentation and communication meet organisational
requirements.
Outcome 4
Evaluate leather and select processes to meet organisational and customer requirements.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Leather from pilot processes is tested and assessed against customer
specifications.
4.2
Pilot processes are adjusted and repeated where necessary, to meet customer
specifications.
4.3
Finished leather samples are approved by customers before bulk production
commences.
4.4
Pilot process documentation for approved leather samples is submitted for bulk
production in accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 5
Prepare tannery production processes for bulk production runs.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Process formulations are prepared for bulk production in accordance with
company specifications.
Range
preparation includes but is not limited to – scaling up, recording,
reporting.
Outcome 6
Conduct, monitor and evaluate initial bulk tannery production runs.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Bulk production runs are conducted and monitored in accordance with
organisational requirements and conditions established during trials.
6.2
Leather from bulk production runs is sampled, tested, and assessed against
approved trial samples.
6.3
Finished leather from bulk production runs is approved by customers before
further bulk production is carried out.
6.4
Formulations and reference leather samples for approved bulk production runs
are documented and communicated in accordance with organisational
requirements.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Outcome 7
Comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements.
Evidence requirements
7.1
Company supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment are worn and
used in accordance with organisational and statutory requirements.
7.2
Work methods comply with specified organisational and statutory requirements
to minimise the risk injuries to the operator and others.
7.3
Any unsafe and unhygienic conditions are identified and reported to supervisory
staff in accordance with organisational requirements.
7.4
Equipment, operator and work area cleanliness complies with organisational
and statutory 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
24 September 1996
31 December 2014
Revision
2
23 March 1999
31 December 2014
Revision
3
20 February 2002
31 December 2014
Revision
4
16 January 2003
31 December 2014
Revision
5
14 October 2004
31 December 2014
Review
6
14 December 2007
31 December 2015
Review
7
21 February 2013
N/A
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0033
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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.
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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.
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