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Operate a cable stripper for scrap metal recycling
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the scrap metal recycling industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to operate a cable
stripper to strip insulated cable; and operate a cable stripper to recover scrap
metal.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Scrap Metal Recycling
Status
Registered
Status date
26 January 2007
Date version published
26 January 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
All work practices must comply with the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms
Act 1996, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and Resource Management
Act 1991.
2
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
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Definitions
Cable stripper refers to manually operated equipment with rotating blades that
remove insulation from cable.
Company procedures means the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, environmental, and quality management requirements.
They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare to operate a cable stripper to strip insulated cable.
Range
copper, aluminium.
Performance criteria
1.1
Health and safety hazards are identified and controlled in accordance with
legislation and company procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – material selection, blades.
1.2
Stripping equipment is checked for serviceability, and corrective action is taken
in accordance with company procedures.
1.3
Cable is separated, sorted, and prepared prior to stripping in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
sorting by metal type and diameter; may include sizing lengths of
cable.
Element 2
Operate a cable stripper to recover scrap metal.
Range
copper, aluminium.
Performance criteria
2.1
Stripping equipment is used in accordance with operating manuals and/or
company procedures.
2.2
Use of stripping equipment ensures that separation of cable and insulation
meets specified contamination range for type of metal.
2.3
Nonconforming product is reprocessed and/or recycled in accordance with
company procedures.
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2.4
Routine problems with stripping are resolved in accordance with company
procedures.
Range
equipment malfunction, nonconformance of product.
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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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