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Footwear and Leather Trades
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe and set up manually controlled cementing machines; cement bottoms and insert bottom fillers and/or shanks to industry specified performance and company quality standards; and demonstrate knowledge of the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992. entry information: accreditation option:
Open.
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry. moderation option: A centrally established and directed national moderation system has been set up by Competenz. special notes: Specified industry performance is 55% BSI performance or equivalent. BSI performance is the British Standards
Institute internationally recognised performance system
(BS3138) where 100% is the standard expected from a competent fully qualified performer using the correct methods and taking the allowed rest, working briskly, and as though on an incentive. Other comparable rating or performance systems such as the 60/80 system are acceptable, with the appropriate performance adjustment.
Company safety requirements conform to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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Elements and Performance Criteria element 1
Describe and set up machines and equipment for bottom cementing. performance criteria
1.1 Purpose of bottom cementing is explained.
1.2 Machine parts and equipment are identified and described in terms of function and operation.
Range: manual pressure system
– cement reservoir, cement lines, brushes, fume extraction; manual system – cement container, brushes, fume extraction.
1.3
1.4
Select cement to meet product specification and work ticket requirements.
Brushes are cleaned and changed and/or installed according to company requirements and practice.
1.5 Select bottom fillers and/or shanks to meet product specification and work ticket requirements. element 2
Cement bottoms and insert bottom fillers and/or shanks. performance criteria
2.1 Work is completed to specified industry performance standards.
2.2 Cementing is completed to company quality standards.
Range: cement line, cement penetration, complete coverage, no pooling, only on bottom.
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Bottom fillers and/or shanks are inserted to company quality standards. 2.3
Range: well stuck in, position, no wrinkles.
2.4 Documentation is completed to company requirements and practice. element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992. performance criteria
3.1 Duties of the employer under the Act are explained.
Duties of the employee under the Act are explained. 3.2
3.3 Hazard management procedures for the workplace are listed.
Safety equipment use is demonstrated. 3.4
3.5 Accident procedure is described in relation to the requirements of the Act.
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.
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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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