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Prepare, and sharpen shearing blades
Level
3
Credits
30
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare, sharpen, and
maintain shearing blades.
Subfield
Wool Harvesting
Domain
Shearing
Status
Registered
Status date
21 August 2009
Date version published
21 August 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The following documents provide both a source of the national standard as stated in
the performance criteria, and useful background information relating to this unit
standard –
Shearing Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-2-X.
Available from Tectra Ltd., PO Box 7327, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240.
Best practice guideline for the New Zealand shearing industry: A guide for
workplaces (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2008), available from
http://www.dol.govt.nz.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare shearing blades.
Performance criteria
1.1
Safety procedures for blade preparation are demonstrated in accordance with
the Shearing Handbook.
Range
grinding, stoning.
1.2
Blades are pulled back, cut out, and cockspur, knocker, and driver are installed
in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
1.3
Blades are set and adjusted in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
Element 2
Sharpen, and maintain shearing blades.
Performance criteria
2.1
Techniques of grinding and stoning to achieve desired bevel and edge are
carried out in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
2.2
Points are dressed, blades are ground and sharpened, and the cockspur and
driver are installed in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
2.3
Blades are sharpened and confirmed as sharp by demonstration of industry
accepted testing procedures in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
Please note
Providers must be 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 accredited by NZQA 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.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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