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Conduct gear experting for machine shearing
Level
4
Credits
40
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: trim, straighten, and finish
combs; side scallop combs; and install minor components in a handpiece.
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
Trim, straighten, and finish combs.
Performance criteria
1.1
Equipment, gear, and tools are used in a manner which avoids injury to self or
others throughout the experting process.
1.2
Signs of non-optimal gear performance are identified and described in terms of
effects on production.
Range
firmness of teeth, bevel, polish.
1.3
Gear is experted in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
1.4
Gear is adapted and presented in a form which meets individual shearing style.
1.5
Optimising gear performance is described in terms of the application of heat to
allow teeth alignment.
1.6
The trim, straighten, and finish meets the requirements of the current shearing
task.
Element 2
Side scallop combs.
Performance criteria
2.1
The relationship between correct side scalloped combs and shearing
performance is described in terms of density of wool, time of year, and breed.
2.2
The techniques and method of side scalloping are explained in terms of the
Shearing Handbook.
2.3
Combs are side scalloped to meet individual shearing style in accordance with
the Shearing Handbook.
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Element 3
Install minor components in a handpiece.
Performance criteria
3.1
Minor repair kit components are installed in accordance with the Shearing
Handbook.
Range
parts requiring regular replacement – tension sleeve, tension pin,
tapered bottom cup, centre post, tapered top cup, fork yoke.
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.
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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