NZQA registered unit standard
17465 version 4
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Title
Service a mould for expanded polystyrene moulding production
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to remove a
jammed product from a mould, and service an expanded
polystyrene mould in an expanded polystyrene moulding
operation.
Classification
Plastics Processing Technology > Expanded Polystyrene
Moulding
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 17461, Perform basic process operations for expanded
polystyrene moulding.
Explanatory notes
1
All work practices must meet enterprise health and safety requirements.
2
Definitions
Enterprise means an organisation where training and/or assessment is taking place,
and/or where the trainee is employed.
Enterprise procedure is defined as actions which comply with the policies, systems,
and directives in a particular enterprise. Enterprise procedure must comply with the
requirements of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and subsequent
amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Remove a jammed product from a mould.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Jammed product is removed, and the mould is cleaned and inspected in
accordance with enterprise procedure.
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Production is restarted and is monitored to meet enterprise product specification
in accordance with enterprise procedure.
Outcome 2
Service an expanded polystyrene mould.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Routine mould inspection is carried out during production in accordance with
enterprise procedure.
inspection includes – moulding surfaces, mould contact surfaces,
sealing surfaces, ejection system, filling system.
Range
2.2
Mould servicing procedures on mould components are performed and reported
in accordance with enterprise requirements.
mould servicing procedures may include – inspection, cleaning,
lubricating, adjusting, replacing;
mould components may include – moulding surfaces, mould
contact surfaces, fastenings, sealing system, water cooling
system, core vents, ejection system, filling system.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
29 May 2000
31 December 2015
Revision
2
17 March 2004
31 December 2015
Rollover and
Revision
3
25 September 2006
31 December 2015
Review
4
21 January 2011
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0134
This AMAP 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, 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 granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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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.
Consent 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 Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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