NZQA proposed unit standard
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Title
Carry out oxygen blowing machine (OBM) floor operations
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
12
This unit standard is for people working in the steel
manufacturing sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out
steel quality operations; service and tap oxygen blowing
machine (OBM); and maintain stock levels for floor operations.
Classification
Steel Manufacturing > Steel Making
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Company documentation refers to the documented procedures, manufacturer’s
manuals and selected reference texts for the equipment and process.
OBM refers to oxygen blowing machine.
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
Carry out steel quality operations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Temperature tests meet company documentation for number and timing.
Range
1.2
evidence of a minimum of two tests is required.
Samples sent to laboratory meet company documentation for number and
timing, and technical process specifications.
Range
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specifications include but are not limited to – size, shape, surface
quality;
evidence is required of two different samples.
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Adding of alloys is carried out to meet company documentation requirements.
Outcome 2
Service and tap OBM.
Evidence requirements
2.1
OBM servicing tasks are carried out to company documentation.
servicing tasks include but are not limited to – lances cleaned,
tapholes cleaned and reblocked.
Range
2.2
Steel is tapped with minimum spillage and skulling.
2.3
Tapped steel flow strikes the ladle target.
2.4
The amount of slag in the ladle is minimised in accordance with company
documentation.
Outcome 3
Maintain stock levels for floor operations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Maintenance of stock levels is carried out in accordance with company
documentation.
3.2
Maintenance of stock levels enables production schedule to be achieved.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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.
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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.
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