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Demonstrate knowledge of the solid wood manufacturing industry
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of:
solid wood manufacturing operations; markets for solid wood products; and
solid wood manufacturing key performance indicators.
Subfield
Wood Manufacturing - Generic Skills
Domain
Wood Manufacturing Foundation 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 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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Definitions
Solid wood manufacturing industry refers to the conversion of logs into sawn timber
and by-products, and the secondary processing steps required to produce stable and
saleable commodity products.
Timber and lumber are used to describe sawn product in a variety of shapes.
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.
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All performance criteria must be demonstrated and assessed in accordance with the
reference text: Demonstrate Knowledge of the Solid Wood Processing Industry
(Auckland: Competenz, 2002) and available from Competenz, PO Box 9005,
Newmarket, Auckland 1149.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of solid wood manufacturing operations.
Performance criteria
1.1
Wood resources are identified.
Range
1.2
Processing activities found in a solid wood manufacturing plant are identified in
accordance with the reference text.
Range
1.3
processing may include but is not limited to – log preparation,
sawmilling, grading, drying, timber machining, wood preservation,
wood product manufacturing, by-product processing.
Equipment and raw materials found in a solid wood manufacturing plant are
identified in accordance with the reference text.
Range
1.4
location, harvest volume and wood species.
equipment may include but is not limited to – debarkers, chippers,
primary and secondary breakdown equipment, resaws, kilns,
docking saws, wood treatment plant, machining equipment,
packaging equipment.
Condition and end use of products found in a solid wood manufacturing plant
are identified in accordance with the reference text.
Range
condition may include but is not limited to – green rough sawn,
green machined, dried rough sawn, dried machined, treated
timber;
end use may include but is not limited to – structural, appearance,
clears, industrial solid wood products, chips, sawdust, bark,
shavings.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of markets for solid wood products.
Performance criteria
2.1
Solid wood products are described and linked to local and export markets.
Range
2.2
evidence of six.
Reasons for importation of wood products are described in accordance with the
reference text.
Range
evidence of three.
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Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of solid wood manufacturing key performance indicators.
Performance criteria
3.1
Terms used in key performance indicators are defined in accordance with
worksite documentation.
Range
3.2
terms may include but are not limited to – target production, actual
production, grade recovery, volume recovery, up-time, down-time,
production rate, yield, feed speed, machine speed, reject material.
Factors affecting key performance indicators are identified and linked to the
identified indicators.
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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