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Conduct blade experting, and maintain blades for blade shearing
Level
4
Credits
40
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: pull back, customise, set,
and dress points of blades; grind blades; stone blades; maintain the stone;
and check blades in readiness for shearing, and attach safety features.
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
Pull back, customise, set, and dress points of blades.
Performance criteria
1.1
Blades are pulled back in accordance with individual requirements.
1.2
Bottom blade is selected to match individual requirements, and shearing
conditions.
Range
wool type, skin type, fleece contamination, temperature.
1.3
Blades are cut out, spiked, and knocker installed in accordance with the
Shearing Handbook.
1.4
Fit of blade is customised in accordance with individual grip.
1.5
Blades are set in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
1.6
Points of blade are optimised to ensure smooth wool entry, and to avoid blade
related injury to sheep while shearing.
Element 2
Grind blades.
Performance criteria
2.1
Bat and grinder set-up are optimised to match individual and bevel
requirements, and shearing conditions.
Range
2.2
wool type, skin type, fleece contamination, temperature.
Makers edge is ground to a fine white line in accordance with the Shearing
Handbook.
Element 3
Stone blades.
Performance criteria
3.1
Oil stone is selected in accordance with shearing conditions.
Range
types of stone include – fine, course, synthetic, natural;
shearing conditions include – wool type, skin type, fleece
contamination, temperature.
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3.2
Blade edges are stoned in accordance with the Shearing Handbook to ensure
white line is clearly visible.
3.3
Blades are backed off in accordance with the Shearing Handbook to ensure
smooth operation and clean cut.
Element 4
Maintain the stone.
Performance criteria
4.1
Surface of stone is dressed flat to ensure even grind.
4.2
Oil mixture and method of application optimise effective stoning.
Element 5
Check blades in readiness for shearing, and attach safety features.
Performance criteria
5.1
Safety features are added or attached in accordance with individual
requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – cockspur, driver.
5.2
Bows are adjusted in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
5.3
Blades are confirmed as sharp 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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