NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Carry out a steel casting operation on the floor
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
14
This unit standard is for people working in the steel
manufacturing sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare
casting machine; operate casting machine; carry out steel
quality operations; and tundish to mould shrouding device is set
up and monitored.
Classification
Steel Manufacturing > Steel Making
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
Company documentation refers to the documented procedures, manufacturer’s
manuals and selected reference texts for the equipment and process.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991.
3
This unit standard must be assessed in a workplace environment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare casting machine.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Checking, maintenance, and setting up of tundishes and associated equipment
are carried out in accordance with company documentation.
Range
1.2
tundishes and associated equipment includes but is not limited to
– oxygen lances, temperature probes, samplers, collars, shrouds.
Checking, maintenance, and setting up of dummy bars and moulds are carried
out in accordance with company documentation.
Range
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setting up includes but is not limited to – head set up, moulds
packed, emergency space prepared, launders prepared.
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1.3
Checking, maintenance, and setting up of the secondary cooling system are
carried out in accordance with company documentation.
Range
1.4
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checking includes but is not limited to – metallic build-up, machine
and spray alignment.
Checking, maintenance, and setting up of run out area equipment are carried
out in accordance with company procedures.
Range
run out area equipment includes but is not limited to – gas torches,
run out rolls.
Outcome 2
Operate casting machine.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Attachment of services to ladles is carried out in accordance with company
documentation when the ladle is ready to be opened and enables the
commencement and continuation of casting operation.
Range
services include but are not limited to – shroud, hydraulics, air.
2.2
Synthetic slag layer is formed in accordance with company documentation and
ensures that oxidation occurs.
2.3
Monitoring and adjustment of lubrication are carried out in accordance with
company documentation and enables casting operation to be carried out
without steel breakouts.
2.4
Slag inclusion is reduced to company quality standards.
2.5
Mould build-up meets company specifications.
2.6
Performance of tundish level control is in accordance with company
documentation.
Outcome 3
Carry out steel quality operations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Temperature tests meet company documentation for number and timing.
3.2
Samples sent to laboratory meet company documentation for number and
timing.
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3.3
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Samples sent to laboratory meet technical process specifications.
specifications include but are not limited to – size, shape, surface
quality.
Range
Outcome 4
Tundish to mould shrouding device is set up and monitored.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Shrouding device is set up in accordance with company documentation.
4.2
Shielding gas is connected, and flows are monitored, in accordance with
company documentation.
4.3
Condition of the shrouding device is checked, and in case of poor condition,
action is taken in accordance with the company documentation.
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 January 1997
31 December 2012
Revision
2
18 July 2000
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
3
15 March 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0013
This CMR 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,
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.
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.
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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 qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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