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Title
Operate a film conversion machine
Level
2
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: start up and
shut down a film conversion machine and ancillary equipment
that have been pre-set; operate a film conversion process for
printed and unprinted products; and demonstrate knowledge of
film conversion products.
Classification
Plastics Processing Technology > Film Conversion
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Unit 275, Perform process operations for film conversion.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Explanatory notes
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 procedures must comply with the requirements of the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Start up and shut down a film conversion machine and ancillary equipment that have been
pre-set, in accordance with enterprise procedures.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Work area is cleared and cleaned to ensure safe operating conditions.
Range
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work area may include – floors, stairs, platforms, machine
surfaces, ledges, intake and output areas, hand tools.
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1.2
Materials for conversion are verified against job specification, and a simple roll
change is performed.
Range
1.3
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simple roll change includes manual changing and splicing of rolls
of single wound sheet or layflat film.
Film conversion machine and ancillary equipment start up and shut down are
performed.
Outcome 2
Operate a film conversion process for printed and unprinted products in accordance with
enterprise procedures.
Range
printed and unprinted products may include those made from – centre folded
film, registered product, perforated product, taped product, punched product,
gusseted product, in-line printed product, longitudinally sealed product;
evidence is required for one printed and one unprinted product.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Seal bar face is cleaned or teflon is inspected.
2.2
Conversion process operations are performed, and quality inspection
procedures are consistently applied.
Range
2.3
Routine film conversion product faults are identified and reported.
Range
2.4
routine film conversion product faults – seal strength, seal
contamination, seal appearance, seal position, product
dimensions, print position, print registration, print direction, print
quality, blocking, stacking.
Film visual and surface defects are identified and reported.
Range
2.4
conversion process operations include – product removal, product
packaging, product handling, product testing.
visual and surface defects include – gels, surface finish, gloss,
print quality, scratches, creases, pin holes, dirt, oil, grease.
Film conversion process faults are reported.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of film conversion products.
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Bag types are identified, and described in terms of their features and
differences.
bag types – taped, loose, gusseted, wicketed, singlet bag,
perforated-on-reel, printed bag.
Range
3.2
Seal types are identified in terms of their features.
seal types – bottom, side, mixed, longitudinal, running, square
bottom, angle, pouch, slit.
Range
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
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.
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Comments on this unit standard
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