NZQA registered unit standard
11079 version 2
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Title
Prepare and inspect ladles for steel casting
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
35
This unit standard is for people working in the steel
manufacturing sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare
ladles; inspect ladles; heat ladles; and emergency box liquid
steel.
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 ladles.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Installation and operation components are checked to ensure casting ladles are
ready in time for scheduled requirements.
Range
1.2
components include but are not limited to – gates, hydraulic rams,
lines.
Sanding of ladles meets company specifications for type, moisture content, and
volume.
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Outcome 2
Inspect ladles.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Ladles are inspected after drying and pre-heating in accordance with company
documentation to ensure casting ladles are ready for use.
Range
2.2
inspection includes but is not limited to – refractories, gate
blockages.
Ladles are inspected after casting in accordance with company documentation
to ensure casting ladles are cycled through the steel making sequence.
Range
inspection includes but is not limited to – refractories, gates,
skulling.
Outcome 3
Heat ladles.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Ladles are heated in accordance with company documentation.
Range
3.2
heating includes but is not limited to – dry new ladles or pre-heat
ladles for use.
Ladles are heated in accordance with company documentation for temperature
and time.
Outcome 4
Emergency box liquid steel.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The number of boxes available for emergency boxing is sufficient to
accommodate one full ladle.
4.2
Directions given to crane operators ensures liquid steel is poured into boxes
without spillage occurring.
Planned review date
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SSB Code 101571
31 December 2012
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NZQA registered unit standard
11079 version 2
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
29 April 1998
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
2
15 March 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0013
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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.
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016