NZQA registered unit standard
283 version 5
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Title
Run and control the extrusion production process
Level
2
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of the operation of an extrusion line; apply and
control extrusion line settings; and identify and correct product
extrusion faults.
Classification
Plastics Processing Technology > Extrusion
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Unit 282, Operate the extrusion machine; and Unit 23130,
Classify and name plastics materials.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Enterprise – an organisation where training and/or assessment is taking place,
and/or where the trainee is employed.
Enterprise procedures – 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.
2
For assessment, the performance of all outcomes must take place in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the operation of an extrusion line.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Extrusion dies are identified, and their construction and operation are described.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
extrusion dies – rod, sheet, pipe, profile, cable.
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283 version 5
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Extrusion equipment for rod, sheet, pipe, profile, and cable products are
identified, and their construction and operation are described.
construction and operation of at least two of – pay off, sizing,
cooling, haul off, printing, embossing, indenting, cutting, belling,
packaging, coiling, on-line measuring.
Range
Outcome 2
Apply and control extrusion line settings.
Range
evidence is required for one extrusion line set-up.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Machine set-up information is explained and interpreted, and the extrusion line
is set up.
2.2
Extrusion line settings are controlled to maintain product specification, and are
reported.
Outcome 3
Identify and correct product extrusion faults.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Routine product extrusion faults are identified and their correction is described.
routine product extrusion faults may include – dimensions, surface
appearance, colour, deformations;
evidence is required for at least three different routine product
extrusion faults.
Range
3.2
Extrusion process faults are reported.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 April 1993
31 December 2014
Revision
2
13 February 1997
31 December 2014
Review
3
23 January 1998
31 December 2014
Review
4
27 October 2005
31 December 2014
Review
5
15 September 2011
N/A
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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NZQA registered unit standard
283 version 5
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0134
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 Competenz info@Competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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