NZQA registered unit standard
Title
Dry slipe wool
Level
3
Purpose
16490 version 7
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Credits
5
This entry-level unit standard is for people who are employed in
the fellmongery or leather industries and whose job is to load
and dry wool using wool drying machinery.
People credited with this unit standard are able to dry slipe
wool.
Classification
Fellmongery and Leather Processing > Fellmongery
Processing Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Definitions
Company specifications – product specifications set by the company relating to
materials, processes and practices.
Customer specifications – product specifications set by the customer relating to
materials, processes and practices.
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
Dry slipe wool.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Wool drying machinery is started up, loaded, unloaded, monitored, and
shutdown in accordance with organisational and manufacturer’s requirements.
1.2
Dryer temperatures and operational speeds meet company specifications for
each grade of wool processed.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
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NZQA registered unit standard
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1.3
Wool grades are processed in accordance with company specifications and
organisational requirements.
1.4
Grades of wool are kept separate before, during, and after drying in accordance
with organisational requirements.
1.5
The drying process is organised to minimise dryer set-up changes between
different grades of wool in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.6
Checks and tests of wool moisture content are conducted in accordance with
organisational requirements, and process adjustments made when necessary.
1.7
The moisture content of dried wool meets company and customer
specifications.
1.8
Dried wool is transferred for recording, weighing, conditioning and pressing in
accordance with organisational requirements.
1.9
Communication is maintained with wool room operators on the grades of wool
being dispatched from dryers in accordance with organisational requirements.
1.10
Chemicals are stored, handled and used in accordance with organisational and
statutory requirements.
1.11
Effluent is disposed of in accordance with organisational and statutory
requirements.
1.12
Records of dryer settings and moisture content tests are maintained for each
grade of wool in accordance with organisational requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 August 1999
31 December 2014
Revision
2
19 July 2001
31 December 2014
Review
3
24 November 2005
31 December 2014
Review
4
19 June 2009
31 December 2015
Review
5
21 February 2013
31 December 2017
Review
6
20 March 2014
31 December 2017
Review
7
19 February 2015
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
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
16490 version 7
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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
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016