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Title
Feed and tail out a planer, and monitor planer performance
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
5
People credited with this unit standard are able to: manage
safety and hazards when feeding and tailing out a planer;
demonstrate knowledge of the operation and operating
principles of a planer; feed timber into a planer; out-feed planed
timber; monitor planer performance; and record downtime, and
report machinery breakages.
This unit standard includes the feeding of sawn or planed
timber (feedstock) into a planing machine, and the out-feeding
of planed timber.
Classification
Solid Wood Manufacturing > Timber Machining
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 164, Tally timber; Unit 165, Handle, sort and stack timber;
and Unit 15774, Demonstrate knowledge of timber machining;
or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1
The following apply to the performance of all outcomes of this unit standard:
a All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite health and safety and environmental procedures (where these exceed
the code) for personal, product and worksite health and safety, and must meet the
obligations required under current legislation, including the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their
subsequent amendments.
b All work practices must meet documented worksite operating procedures. This
includes the recording (by electronic or non-electronic means) of activities,
events, and decisions.
c All evidence of communications gathered in relation to this unit standard must be
in accordance with worksite procedures for content, recipient, timing and method.
2
For assessment against this unit standard, planer operators that have not been
trained to adjust the machine, must recognise problems and alert supervisor.
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Definitions
Corrective action refers to actions such as communication to management,
communication to on-site technical person, communication to off-site technical
support person, cleaning, communication with maintenance staff, recalibration, or
changes made to the operating system in accordance with worksite documentation.
Worksite policies and procedures refer to documented policies and to documented or
other directions provided to staff. These include, but are not limited to, ways of
managing health and safety, environmental considerations, quality, and production,
and must conform to legislation. Examples include standard operating procedures,
company health and safety plans, on-site briefings, and supervisor’s instructions.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Manage safety and hazards when feeding and tailing out a planer.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Hazards associated with feeding and tailing out a planer are identified and
actions to be taken to isolate, minimise or eliminate the hazards are described
in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Range
1.2
hazards may include but are not limited to – moving equipment,
lifting, noise;
evidence of three is required.
Safe working practices associated with feeding and tailing out a planer are used
in accordance with worksite policies and procedures and legislative
requirements.
Range
practices include – isolation procedures, lockouts, emergency
stops, machine guarding, wearing of appropriate safety
equipment.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the operation and operating principles of a planer.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Purpose and function of the planer are explained in accordance with worksite
policies and procedures.
2.2
Operating parameters and capability of the planer are explained in accordance
with worksite policies and procedures.
Range
2.3
includes but is not limited to – maximum and minimum cross
sections, maximum and minimum output lengths.
Operating components of the planer are explained.
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Range
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feed system, fences, pressures, chip breakers, extraction system,
electrical controls, cutterheads and cutters.
Roles and responsibilities of the planer operator are described in accordance
with worksite policies and procedures.
Outcome 3
Feed timber into a planer.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Alignment of in-feed components is set in accordance with worksite policies and
procedures.
3.2
Starting procedure for cutterheads and feed gear is carried out in accordance
with worksite policies and procedures.
3.3
Input timber is checked for dimension, grade, and moisture content in
accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
3.4
Foreign matter that could affect the cutters is removed in accordance with
worksite policies and procedures.
3.5
Feedstock is fed in accordance with worksite policies and procedures, so that
the pressures hold it to the fence and bed.
3.6
Feedstock is fed butted together in accordance with worksite policies and
procedures.
3.7
Bowed, cupped and crooked stock is fed with the hollow aligned to the bed or
fence in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Outcome 4
Out-feed planed timber.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Alignment of out-feed components is set in accordance with worksite policies
and procedures.
4.2
Dimension and finish of output timber are checked and reported, including
brand marks where required, in accordance with worksite policies and
procedures.
4.3
Output timber is sorted to customer requirements, and out-of-specification
timber is segregated, in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
4.4
Timber is stacked and packed in accordance with worksite policies and
procedures.
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Problems associated with incorrect stacking are identified and corrected in
accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Outcome 5
Monitor planer performance.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Operating faults and malfunctions are detected and corrective action taken in
accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Range
operating faults and malfunctions – mechanical, electrical,
pneumatic, hydraulic.
5.2
In-feed rate is maintained to meet the capability of the machine and worksite
production requirements.
5.3
Product quality is monitored and adjustments are made in accordance with
worksite policies and procedures.
5.4
Housekeeping standards are maintained in accordance with worksite policies
and procedures.
5.5
Output data are recorded, and production identifications and records are
maintained, in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Outcome 6
Record downtime, and report machinery breakages.
Evidence requirements
6.1
Downtime data are recorded in accordance with worksite policies and
procedures.
6.2
Any machinery breakages are reported and recorded in accordance with
worksite policies and procedures.
Planned review date
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 January 1994
31 December 2012
Review
2
24 October 1996
31 December 2012
Review
3
10 February 1999
31 December 2012
Review
4
18 December 2006
31 December 2012
Review
5
15 April 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
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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 (CMRs). 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
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