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Title
Operate post-tanning drums or processors
Level
3
Credits
50
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret
company processing requirements; prepare processing
chemicals; set up for post-tanning drum or processor
operations; operate post-tanning drums or processors; describe
the effects of incorrect post-tanning drum or processor
operations; describe processing stages preceding and following
post-tanning drum or processor operations; demonstrate teamwork; and comply with company and statutory health, safety,
and environment requirements.
Classification
Leather Manufacturing > Leather Manufacture Technology
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992 and the Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Definitions
Company specifications are criteria set by the company related to materials,
processes and practices.
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy, procedures and
practices related to activities in the workplace.
This unit standard is
Outcomes and evidence requirements
expiring
Outcome 1
Interpret company processing requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Processing details are interpreted from company production information.
Range
1.2
includes but is not limited to – batch identification, hide or skin
type, number and weight of units, processing instructions,
chemical formulations, comments, special requirements.
Production planning priorities are identified in accordance with company and
customer requirements.
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1.3
Departures from company specifications are checked and authorised in
accordance with company requirements.
1.4
The completion of lead-in production processes is checked against production
information and confirmed before processing commences.
Outcome 2
Prepare processing chemicals.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Weighing and measuring equipment is prepared in accordance with company
specifications.
2.2
Chemical types and quantities are determined from company formulations for
the number and weight of hides or skins and the types of processes required.
2.3
Chemical containers and handling equipment are cleaned and maintained to
company specifications before and after use.
2.4
Chemicals are assembled, weighed and measured, and placed in identified
containers in accordance with company specifications and process
formulations.
2.5
Storage and identification of chemical batches meet company specifications.
2.6
Spillage and wastage of chemicals are minimised, and spillages are cleaned up
in accordance with company and statutory specifications.
2.7
Chemical handling, bulk storage, and work area cleanliness meet company and
statutory safety specifications.
2.8
Process control documentation is completed in accordance with company
specifications.
Outcome 3
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Set up for post-tanning drum or processor operations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Drum or processor cleanliness meets company specifications before and after
process operations.
3.2
Safety checks meet company specifications prior to machinery start-up.
3.3
Machines failing safety checks are reported in accordance with company
specifications.
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3.4
Processing machinery is set up in accordance with hide or skin processing
requirements, production planning priorities, and company specifications for the
product and quality required.
3.5
Automated processing programs are selected and confirmed in accordance with
processing requirements, production planning priorities, and company
specifications for the product and quality required.
3.6
Skins or hides are located, identified, confirmed against production
documentation, process formulations, and drum or processor machinery
requirements, and transferred for processing in accordance with production
planning priorities and company specifications.
3.7
Processing chemicals are checked and set out for use in accordance with
process formulations and company specifications.
Outcome 4
Operate post-tanning drums or processors.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Start-up, operation, monitoring, maintenance, shutdown, and cleaning of
processing equipment meet company specifications.
4.2
Chemicals are added to processing vessels in accordance with company
specifications for the processes to be completed.
4.3
Skins or hides are counted, weighed, and placed in processing vessels in
accordance with company tolerance specifications.
4.4
Handling techniques minimise operator injury and damage to skins or hides.
4.5
Machine stoppages, blockages, and breakdowns are reported in accordance
with company specifications.
4.6
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Processes are monitored and controlled in accordance with company
specifications and process formulations.
4.7
Chemical processes are adjusted during operations to suit product quality
requirements and production priorities.
4.8
Sampling and testing of processes and products meet company frequency and
quality specifications.
4.9
Batches are processed in accordance with production priorities and company
quality and speed requirements.
4.10
The completion of drum or processor operations is confirmed in accordance
with company specifications.
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4.11
Processing problems affecting hide or skin quality are identified and reported in
accordance with company specifications.
4.12
Hides or skins and waste liquors are unloaded, handled, and transferred in
accordance with company specifications.
4.13
Process control checks and documentation are completed in accordance with
company specifications.
Outcome 5
Describe the effects of incorrect post-tanning drum or processor operations.
Evidence requirements
5.1
The effects of incorrect drum or processor operations are described in terms of
cost to a tannery.
Range
effects include but are not limited to – damage, requirements for
rework, customer dissatisfaction, financial loss.
Outcome 6
Describe processing stages preceding and following post-tanning drum or processor
operations.
Range
includes but is not limited to – key processing steps, production outcomes,
quality outcomes, effects of non-conformance.
Evidence requirements
6.1
6.2
This unit standard is
Production requirements of the following processing stages are described in
accordance with company
specifications.
expiring
Production requirements of the preceding processing stages are described in
accordance with company specifications.
Outcome 7
Demonstrate team-work.
Evidence requirements
7.1
The quality and completeness of tasks meet the operational requirements of
downstream co-workers.
7.2
Communication and feedback are provided to and requested from co-workers to
maintain and improve task and product quality.
7.3
Co-workers are not endangered through the operator's methods and
equipment.
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7.4
Assistance is provided to co-workers within the confines of product flow and
operator availability.
7.5
Machinery, equipment, and facility malfunctions, and product non-conformance
problems are identified and reported in accordance with company requirements.
7.6
Conflict resolution techniques are applied to minimise interpersonal differences
with co-workers that may adversely affect team performance.
Outcome 8
Comply with company and statutory health, safety, and environment requirements.
Evidence requirements
8.1
Company-supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment and materials,
are worn and used in accordance with company and statutory requirements.
8.2
Work methods comply with company and statutory requirements to minimise
the risk of ill-health and injuries to the operator and others.
8.3
Unsafe and unhealthy conditions are identified and reported in accordance with
company and statutory requirements.
8.4
Cleanliness of equipment, operator, and work area complies with company
specifications.
8.5
Waste disposal meets company safety and environmental requirements.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
This unit standard is
expiring 31 December 2015
1
28 August 1996
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
2
13 January 1997
31 December 2015
Revision
3
23 March 1999
31 December 2015
Revision
4
20 February 2002
31 December 2015
Revision
5
16 January 2003
31 December 2015
Revision
6
14 October 2004
31 December 2015
Review
7
14 December 2007
31 December 2015
Review
8
21 February 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
9
20 March 2015
31 December 2017
Rollover
10
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0185
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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