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Sand wood products for wood product manufacturing
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of a
sanding machine in wood product manufacturing; prepare for wood product
component sanding; operate and maintain a sanding machine to sand wood
products for wood product manufacturing; and monitor and control the
performance of a sanding machine.
Subfield
Solid Wood Manufacturing
Domain
Wood Product Manufacturing Skills
Status
Registered
Status date
18 December 2006
Date version published
18 December 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0173
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definition
Worksite documentation refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
(including the application of legislation to worksite situations), which are formally
documented, and are available for reference at the worksite. Examples are standard
operating procedures, specifications, manuals, and manufacturer's information.
2
Range
pre-paint, finish.
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The following apply to the performance of all elements 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.
4
All activities must be completed within a timeframe agreed between candidate and
assessor.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain fundamentals of a sanding machine in wood product manufacturing.
Performance criteria
1.1
The purpose of a sanding machine in wood product manufacturing is described
in accordance with worksite documentation.
1.2
Operating principles of a sanding machine are described in accordance with
worksite documentation.
1.3
Operating parameters and capability of a sanding machine are explained in
accordance with worksite documentation.
Range
1.4
Operating components and process controls of a sanding machine are identified
and their purpose is explained in accordance with worksite documentation.
Range
1.5
maximum and minimum sizes, feed speeds, grit size, belt type.
height control, pressure, feed rollers, feed speed control, tables.
Hazards associated with using a sanding machine are identified and actions to
be taken to isolate, minimise or eliminate the hazards are described in
accordance with worksite documentation.
Range
hazards may include but are not limited to – moving equipment,
noise;
actions may include but are not limited to – safety isolation
procedures, lock-outs, emergency stops, guards,dust extraction.
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Consequences of non-conformance with worksite standards are described in
terms of equipment damage, production loss, and personal safety.
Element 2
Prepare for wood product component sanding.
Performance criteria
2.1
Job specifications are obtained and interpreted in accordance with order
requirements and worksite documentation.
2.2
Materials that do not conform to the job specifications are identified and
disposed of in accordance with worksite documentation.
Element 3
Operate and maintain a sanding machine to sand wood products in wood product
manufacturing.
Performance criteria
3.1
Safe work practices associated with operating and maintaining a sanding
machine are identified and used in accordance with worksite documentation.
Range
practices may include but are not limited to – isolation procedures,
lock-outs, emergency stops, machine guarding, the wearing of
appropriate safety equipment.
3.2
Sanding machine is started up, operated, and shut down in accordance with
worksite documentation.
3.3
Requirements for correcting operating faults and malfunctions are described in
accordance with worksite documentation.
Range
3.4
operating faults and malfunctions – electrical, mechanical,
hydraulic, pneumatic, instrumentation.
Preventative maintenance and cleaning schedule for sanding machine is carried
out in accordance with worksite documentation.
Element 4
Monitor and control the performance of a sanding machine.
Performance criteria
4.1
Monitoring of product quality and feedback information enable process
requirements, plant performance, and product quality to be maintained in
accordance with worksite documentation.
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4.2
Control information is entered into any fitted control device in accordance with
worksite documentation.
4.3
Setting adjustments made to machine tools and implements enable production
requirements to be achieved in accordance with worksite documentation.
Range
adjustments – pressure, feed speed, grit size;
production requirements – product quality, volume, production
rate, continuity of process.
4.4
Product quality, volume and production rate are maintained in accordance with
worksite documentation.
4.5
Reject material is identified and dealt with in accordance with worksite
documentation.
4.6
Completed components are stacked and/or packaged in accordance with
worksite documentation and/or customer requirements.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Competenz at info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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