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Maintain and care for key cutting machines
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: inspect, and ensure safety
of, key cutting machines; replace cutters; set up cutting adjustments for
accurate duplication; and clean and care for the machine.
Subfield
Mechanical Engineering
Domain
Locksmithing
Status
Registered
Status date
19 May 2006
Date version published
19 May 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0013
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Definition
Worksite procedures refers to the documented and/or verbal procedures that include:
worksite rules, business procedures, equipment operating instructions, quality
management systems, and health and safety requirements.
2
All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented worksite
safety procedures (where these exceed any applicable code) for personal, product,
and worksite safety, and must comply with current legislation.
3
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Inspect, and ensure safety of, key cutting machines.
Performance criteria
1.1
Machine safety features are inspected and made safe according to
manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
1.2
shields, guards, power leads.
Cutters are inspected for damage according to manufacturer’s specifications.
Range
broken teeth, cutter damage.
Element 2
Replace cutters.
Performance criteria
2.1
Machine is isolated from power source according to worksite procedures.
2.2
Tools selected are suitable for use on the machine according to manufacturer’s
specifications.
2.3
Machine is disassembled without damage according to manufacturer’s
specifications.
2.4
Cutter is chosen, and the machine reassembled, according to manufacturer’s
specifications.
Element 3
Set up cutting adjustments for accurate duplication.
Performance criteria
3.1
Key guides are adjusted in both X and Y directions to provide accurate
duplication.
3.2
Accuracy of adjustment is verified according to industry practice.
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Element 4
Clean and care for the machine.
Performance criteria
4.1
Machine is isolated from power source according to worksite procedures.
4.2
Machine is lubricated according to manufacturer’s specifications.
4.3
Bearings and other moving parts are checked for wear and if necessary
replaced, according to manufacturer’s specifications.
4.4
Swarf is removed and the machine is cleaned according to worksite procedures
and manufacturer’s specifications.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report 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 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 the Competenz qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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