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Set up, run, monitor, and correct a wiredrawing line
Level
2
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
the operation of a wiredrawing line; change dies, set up and run a
wiredrawing line; and identify and correct routine wiredrawing faults.
Subfield
Cablemaking
Domain
Cable Production
Status
Registered
Status date
21 April 1998
Date version published
20 November 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2008
Entry information
Recommended: Unit 14652, Operate a wiredrawing line,
or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0134
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
All work practices must meet enterprise health and safety requirements.
2
Enterprise means an organisation where training and/or assessment is taking place,
and/or where the trainee is employed.
3
Enterprise procedure is defined as actions which comply with the policies, systems,
and directives in a particular enterprise. Enterprise procedure must comply with the
requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and subsequent
amendments.
4
Competenz unit designation is WD2.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the operation of a wiredrawing line.
Performance criteria
1.1
The construction, operation, and capability of the components on a wiredrawing
line are described, using enterprise equipment.
Range
1.2
The construction and operation of types of wiredrawing dies are described.
Range
1.3
construction, operation, and capability – evidence is required for
fundamental characteristics only;
components may include – pay-off, diebox, capstan, internal
cooling system, annealer, tinner, accumulator, spooler, main drive,
control unit.
construction and operation – evidence is required for fundamental
characteristics only;
types of wiredrawing dies – diamond, tungsten carbide, compax.
The construction and operation of the ancillary equipment on a wiredrawing line
are described, using enterprise equipment.
Range
construction and operation – evidence is required for fundamental
characteristics only;
ancillary equipment may include – pointers, taggers, welders,
lubrication system, packaging, measurement system.
Element 2
Change dies, set up and run a wiredrawing line.
Range
evidence is required for two dies for wiredrawn products, each product of
different size or material or physical properties.
Performance criteria
2.1
Line set up information is interpreted in accordance with enterprise
requirements.
2.2
Dies are selected and strung in sequence, in accordance with enterprise
procedure.
2.3
Die changes are carried out in accordance with enterprise procedure.
2.4
Line is set to job specification.
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2.5
Line is started, settings are monitored to maintain product specification, and are
reported in accordance with enterprise procedure.
Element 3
Identify and correct routine wiredrawing faults.
Performance criteria
3.1
Routine wiredrawing faults are identified and corrected in accordance with
enterprise procedure.
Range
3.2
Causes of wirebreaks are identified and corrected in accordance with enterprise
procedure.
Range
3.3
routine wiredrawing faults include – non-conforming: diameter,
ovality, surface appearance, colour, inclusions, elongation, tensile
strength, weight, wrap.
causes of wirebreaks may include – raw material contamination,
die wear, die build up, faulty capstan bands, faulty wire welds;
evidence is required for identification and correction of one actual
cause, and knowledge of how to correct three other causes.
Wiredrawing production faults are reported in accordance with enterprise
procedure.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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