NZQA registered unit standard
Title
Grade green skins
Level
3
Purpose
27909 version 3
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Credits
5
This entry-level unit standard is for operators who are
employed in the fellmongery or leather industries and who have
to grade as part of their job role.
People credited with this unit standard are able to grade green
skins, and remove and replace skin product containers, in a
fellmongery or leather processing operation.
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
Grade green skins in a fellmongery or leather processing operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Green skins are graded to company and customer specifications.
1.2
Graded green skins are separated, identified, and placed in containers in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 2
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Remove and replace skin product containers in a fellmongery or leather processing
operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Skin product containers are removed and replaced in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.2
Skin product containers are identified in accordance with organisational
requirements.
2.3
Green skins are transferred for further processing in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.4
Details of graded green skins are recorded in accordance with organisational
requirements and customer specifications.
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 6551.
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 February 2013
31 December 2017
Review
2
20 March 2014
31 December 2017
Review
3
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.
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
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27909 version 3
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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