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FOOTWEAR
Apply adhesives to footwear
components
level:
2
credit:
3
planned review date:
November 2005
sub-field:
Footwear and Leather Trades
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: match
adhesive with product specifications; apply adhesive and
join components; and use safe handling and storage
procedures. This unit standard is for operatives using
various adhesives and carrying out the combining operations
used in the footwear and allied trades.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Competenz.
special notes:
Company procedures for dealing with solvents and
adhesives, including the prominent display and/or availability
of written handling and storage procedures, are assumed to
conform to current Occupational Health and Safety
regulations, including the use of solvents and adhesives only
in company designated areas.
Company safety requirements conform to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Match adhesive with product specifications.
performance criteria
1.1
Style, component parts and materials are determined from work ticket.
1.2
Adhesive is compatible with materials and conforms with product specifications.
element 2
Apply adhesive.
performance criteria
2.1
Selected application tool meets supplier's recommendation and company
procedures.
2.2
Surfaces are prepared according to company procedures.
2.3
Adhesive is applied to components according to supplier's recommendation
and company procedures.
2.4
Where components are joined they meet product specification.
2.5
Work practices meet company safety requirements.
2.6
Application tools are cleaned and stored according to company requirements
and practice.
2.7
Documentation is completed in accordance with company requirements and
practice.
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element 3
Use safe handling and storage procedures.
performance criteria
3.1
Adhesives and solvents are stored according to company safety requirements.
3.2
Quantities of adhesives held out of safe storage are within company limits.
3.3
Handling and storage practice meets company safety requirements.
3.4
Material utilisation is consistent with company requirements and practice.
3.5
Waste is disposed of according to company requirements and practice.
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.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit
standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation 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 providers wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0030 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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