NZQA Expiring unit standard
7200 version 7
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Title
Set up and maintain a carpet shearing machine
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the carpet
manufacturing industry. People credited with this unit standard
are able to: identify shearing faults and causes; set the cut of a
shearing machine; monitor and maintain the lubrication system;
and recondition cylinder and blade.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Carpet Manufacture
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Plant safety practices and procedures comply with Health and Safety in Employment
(HSE) Act 1992, and workplace procedures.
2
Workplace productivity and quality requirements are met.
3
It is recommended that persons seeking credit for this unit standard have already
completed Unit 7199, Shear carpet, or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge or
skills.
4
It is expected that people credited with this unit standard will also have engineering
maintenance skills.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify shearing faults and causes.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Shearing faults are identified, and are described in terms of their appearance
and cause.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
chipped blade, blade off cut, unlevel cut, lack of lubrication.
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Outcome 2
Set the cut of a shearing machine.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Machine is set in accordance with workplace safety procedures.
2.2
Blade adjustment avoids damage to the machine.
2.3
Oscillation is set according to workplace practice.
2.4
Cut produces product to specification.
Range
2.5
cut clean and even across width, required pile height.
Need for re-honing is identified, and actioned according to workplace practice.
Outcome 3
Monitor and maintain the lubrication system.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Lubrication system components are described in terms of their function and
use.
Range
3.2
pump, lubrication jets, oil pad, timer.
Lubrication system is set according to workplace practice.
Range
times, lubricant type.
Outcome 4
Recondition cylinder and blade.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Ledger condition is assessed and replaced or re-honed according to workplace
practice.
4.2
Grinding paste is selected according to manufacturer’s recommendation.
4.3
Grind in ledger blade is shaped according to manufacturer’s recommendation.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
7200 version 7
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 May 1996
31 December 2019
Revision
2
16 November 1998
31 December 2019
Revision
3
10 October 2001
31 December 2019
Revision
4
12 August 2004
31 December 2019
Rollover
5
26 March 2007
31 December 2019
Rollover
6
16 July 2010
31 December 2019
Review
7
19 May 2016
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0030
This AMAP 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, 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 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.
Consent 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 the Apparel and Textile Industry Training Organisation
training@atito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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