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Take and record measurements and make calculations in wood
manufacturing
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: take and record
measurements used in the wood manufacturing industry; calculate generic
quantities from measurements; calculate specific wood manufacturing
parameters using formulae; and estimate measurements of identified wood
manufacturing products.
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
1
Calculators and/or computers may be used in achievement of credit for this unit
standard.
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2
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.
3
Definitions
Wood manufacturing refers to solid wood, pulp and paper, wood panels, or wood
product manufacturing.
Identified wood manufacturing products refers to solid wood, pulp and paper, wood
panels, or wood product manufacturing products identified by the assessor.
Worksite refers for people already employed in the industry, to their employer's. For
other people, the worksite will be either a local worksite or a typical New Zealand
worksite. For these learners, the Industry Training Organisation will ensure that the
training given by accredited providers meets these standards.
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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Take and record measurements used in the wood manufacturing industry.
Range at least eight units of measurement, including at least one from each of length,
mass, and time;
length – m, cm, mm;
mass – tonne, kg, g;
time – hours, minutes, seconds;
temperature – degrees celcius.
Performance criteria
1.1
The measurement device selected is appropriate to the quantity or product to be
measured.
1.2
Measurement is made to an appropriate degree of accuracy and recorded in
accordance with worksite documentation.
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Element 2
Calculate generic quantities from measurements.
Range
area, volume, speed;
at least three of – ratio, percentage, average, relative humidity, moisture
content, sawmill conversion.
Performance criteria
2.1
The calculation is appropriate to the quantity or product.
2.2
The calculated quantity is consistent with the measurements used.
2.3
Results of calculations are presented to a level of accuracy appropriate to the
situation in accordance with worksite documentation.
Element 3
Calculate specific wood manufacturing parameters using formulae.
Performance criteria
3.1
Formulae are manipulated and applied to calculate wood manufacturing
parameters.
Range
wood manufacturing parameters may include but are not limited to –
log volume, knot area ratio, feed speed, moisture content, chemical
concentrations, lineal content of timber packets, sawmill conversion,
weight/volume ratios log conversion, sheet density, panel density,
wood density (green and basic), chip packing density, sheet
grammage, modulus of rupture, energy consumption, burst index,
tear index, kappa number, furnish freeness, tensile index, chemical
addition rate, percent chemical on fibre, panel area, panel volume,
chemical ratios;
evidence is required for five formulae.
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Element 4
Estimate measurements of identified wood manufacturing products.
Range
wood manufacturing products may include but are not limited to – pieces of
timber; packets of: timber, wooden components, posts, poles, or wood panels;
wood veneer; chips; sawdust; wood shavings; laminated products; finger jointed
products; bales of pulp; rolls of paper; pallets of tissue products.
Performance criteria
4.1
Measurements are estimated for identified wood manufacturing products.
Range
estimates should include an example for – length, volume, weight;
estimates must be accurate within +/- 25%.
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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