NZQA registered unit standard
695 version 7
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Title
Apply bonding agents for wood panel manufacture
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain
fundamentals of bonding and bonding agents; monitor bonding
agent mixing; apply bonding agents; and monitor their
application.
Classification
Wood Manufacturing - Generic Skills > Wood Panel
Manufacturing Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Range
Wood panels may include but are not limited to – plywood, particleboard,
strandboard, fibre-faced strandboard, laminated veneer lumber (LVL);
evidence is required for one.
2
This unit standard is not relevant to people in the medium density fibre board sector,
for whom the relevant unit standard is Unit 720, Refine wood chips and glue fibre.
3
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
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 quality management
requirements. This includes the recording (by electronic or non-electronic
means) of activities, events, and decisions.
c
All communications must be made in accordance with worksite procedures for
content, recipient, timing and method.
4
The reference text for this unit standard is Apply Bonding Agents for Wood Panels
Manufacture: Trainees’ Handbook (Auckland: Competenz, 1995). It is available from
the Competenz PO Box 9005 Newmarket, Auckland 1146.
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695 version 7
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Definitions
Preventative maintenance refers to the care and servicing of equipment and
machinery. This may include periodic checks and inspections, testing,
measurements, adjustments, or parts replacement as required in accordance with
worksite policies and procedures for the purpose of preventing faults or failures and
to maintain production requirements.
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
Explain fundamentals of bonding and bonding agents.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Adhesives used in wood panels manufacturing are identified in terms of their
applications.
Range
1.2
may include but are not limited to – urea formaldehyde, melaminefortified urea resins, isocyanate resins, phenolic resins, resorcinol
adhesives, tannin.
The purpose of introducing additives to synthetic resins is explained in terms of
the additives’ effect on curing time and pot life.
Range
additives may include but are not limited to – curing agents,
hardeners, buffers.
1.3
The chemical reaction that is heat-activated in the press is described in
accordance with the reference text.
1.4
The consequences of non-conformance with worksite standards are described
in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
1.5
Physical factors affecting the bonding of wood are explained in accordance with
the reference text.
Range
1.6
may include but are not limited to – wood moisture content, glue
type and mix, pressing time and temperature, wood fibre.
Safety data sheets are explained in terms of their location, chemical content
and potential hazards.
Outcome 2
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Monitor bonding agent mixing.
Range
bonding agents may include but are not limited to – curing agents, hardeners,
waxes, scavengers.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Recipes are selected for given products in accordance with worksite policies
and procedures.
2.2
Mixing operations are monitored to ensure the prescribed ratios are being
maintained in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Outcome 3
Apply bonding agents.
Range
equipment may include but is not limited to – glue blender and/or spreader
and/or injection nozzles, and/or glue curtain.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Adhesives are applied to wood furnish in accordance with worksite policies and
procedures.
3.2
Hazards associated with bonding and bonding agents are identified and
managed in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
3.3
Adhesive application rate is matched to wood flow.
3.4
Equipment is set up, started up, operated, and shut down in accordance with
worksite policies and procedures.
3.5
Operating faults and malfunctions are identified, and corrective action is taken,
in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Range
3.6
out-of-specification applications, incorrect formulations.
Preventative maintenance and cleaning requirements are explained and applied
in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Outcome 4
Monitor application of bonding agents.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Monitoring and interpretation of feedback information, and adjustment of control
parameters, enable process requirements, plant performance, and bonding to
be maintained in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
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4.2
Wood panel product meets bonding specifications in accordance with worksite
policies and procedures.
4.3
Production, maintenance and quality records are explained and completed in
accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 January 1995
31 December 2012
Review
2
24 November 1995
31 December 2012
Revision
3
12 February 1998
31 December 2012
Review
4
25 March 1999
31 December 2012
Review
5
29 March 2005
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
6
23 February 2007
31 December 2013
Review
7
19 April 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
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Please note
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of study leading to that assessment.
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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 the Competenz at info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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