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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of materials and terminology used in kitchen
manufacturing
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
6
This unit standard is for people working in the area of kitchen
manufacture.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of methods and materials, and standards and
terminology used in kitchen manufacturing.
Classification
Joinery > Cabinetry
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
References
Cull, D., Kitchens (Auckland: Magenta Publishing Ltd, 2006) available from Joinery ITO,
PO Box 11 435, Wellington 6142;
AS/NZS 4386.1:1996 Domestic kitchen assemblies – Kitchen units, and AS/NZS
4386.2:1996 Domestic kitchen assemblies – Installation, available at
http://www.standards.co.nz.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
This unit standard is
Demonstrate knowledge of methods and materials used in kitchen manufacturing.
expiring
Outcome 1
Evidence requirements
1.1
Types of heet materials used in kitchen manufacturing are identified and
described.
Range
1.2
types include but are not limited to – Medium Density Fibreboard
(MDF), light-weight MDF, moisture resistant MDF, medium density
particle board, melamine, plywood, hardboard.
Types of timbers used in kitchen manufacturing are identified and described.
Range
timbers include but are not limited to – New Zealand exotics, New
Zealand natives, North Amercian, Australian, European, Pacific
Island, Asian, African;
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evidence is required of one type of timber from each of the areas
listed above.
1.3
Types of edgings used in kitchen manufacturing are identified and described in
terms of their uses.
Range
1.4
Adhesives used in kitchen manufacturing are identified and described in terms
of their uses.
Range
1.5
edgings include but are not limited to – doors, drawers, shelves,
bench-tops.
adhesives include but are not limitd to – aliphatic resins, PVA
wood glues, contact adhesives, melamine adhesive, polyurethane
glue, epoxy resin, high strength speciality glues;
evidence is required of one use for each type of glue listed above.
Methods used to assemble kitchen components are identified and described in
terms of their advantages and disadvantages.
Range
options include but are not limited to – staples, screws, mortise
and tenon, dowels, cam and dowel, adhesives;
evidence is required of one advantage and one disadvantage for
each option listed above.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of standards and terminology used in kitchen manufacturing.
Evidence requirements
This unit standard is
Range
includes but is not limited to – construction, durability, safety,
ergonomics,
strength, coordination of services, choice of
expiring
components of fitted kitchen assemblies.
2.1
The concept of AS/NZS 4386 parts one and two is described in terms of its
impact on kitchen manufacture.
2.2
Terminology used in kitchen manufacturing is identified and described in terms
of its relationship to AS/NZS 4386 parts one and two.
Range
2.3
terms include but are not limited to – cabinet, carcass, depth, end
panel, island unit, unit, worktop.
Topics covered by AS/NZS 4386 parts one and two are identified and described
in terms of their impact on kitchen manufacturing.
Range
topics include but are not limited to – definitions, cabinet hardware,
functional dimensions, construction, testing, ergonomics,
coordination of service zones.
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Replacement information
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This unit standard, unit standard 2555, and unit standard
2556 have been replaced by unit standard 28206.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 March 2009
31 December 2018
Review
2
24 October 2014
31 December 2018
Rollover
3
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0073
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
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