NZQA registered unit standard
23500 version 2
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Title
Operate a high frequency welding machine in the industrial textile
fabrication industry
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work in the industrial textile
fabrication industry. People credited with this unit standard are
able to: select material to be welded and set up the high
frequency welder; and weld fabric pieces together.
Classification
Industrial Textile Fabrication > Industrial Textile Fabrication
Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 23499, Demonstrate knowledge of fabric welding in the
industrial textile fabrication industry,; or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Definition
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures which
are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – company specifications and
procedures, work instructions, manufacturer specifications, product quality
specifications, and legislative requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select material to be welded and set up the high frequency welder.
Range
either mobile or bench mounted.
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(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23500 version 2
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Material is selected in accordance with customer and/or company requirements.
1.2
Electrodes and welding aids are selected to suit the job in accordance with
manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
Range
1.3
Welder is set up to suit material and job specifications in accordance with
company requirements.
Range
1.4
includes but is not limited to – pressure, power, welding time,
cooling time, width of weld, number and type of weld.
Energy transmission straps are inspected for safety and suitability in
accordance with company requirements.
Range
1.5
includes but is not limited to – bars, nozzles, fabric guides, barrier
material, welding dies.
material, size, correctly attached.
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range
personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
Outcome 2
Weld fabric pieces together.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Material to be welded is prepared and pieces produced in accordance with
company requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – correct cutting process, clean, dust
free, dry, free of oil and grease, salts and conductive particles.
2.2
Sample of job material is welded and adjustments made until a weld is proved
in warp and weft directions in accordance with company requirements.
2.3
Job pieces are welded in the required position and checked in accordance with
company requirements.
Range
2.4
includes but is not limited to – correct position, flat, wrinkle free,
correct adhesion, free of marks and burns.
On completion of job, welding machine is cleaned and stored in accordance
with company requirements.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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23500 version 2
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Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range
personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 23499, unit standard
23501, and unit standard 23502 replaced unit standard
1322.
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
26 March 2007
N/A
Rollover
2
27 January 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0014
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
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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016