NZQA registered unit standard 24607 version 3
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Title Wrap wood products manually
Level
Purpose
2 Credits 3
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of product wrapping and wood product handling; wrap wood product efficiently and safely; and separate, store, recycle, and dispose of off-line wood product.
Classification Solid Wood Manufacturing > Wood Product Manufacturing
Skills
Available grade Achieved
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 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 Definitions
Manually wrapping covers all processes where the cover is applied and secured manually. Product may be moved by conveyor and strapping can be manual, semiautomatic or fully automatic.
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, onsite briefings, and supervisor’s instructions.
Wrapping covers the use of shrinkwrap, stretchwrap, plastic, medium density fibreboard (MDF) coversheets, paper, and pulp materials used to enclose products for distribution.
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Outcome 1
Explain fundamentals of product wrapping and wood product handling.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Function and purpose of the wrapping process are explained in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
1.2 Equipment used to manually wrap product is identified, and its role is explained, in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Range equipment may include but is not limited to – knives, guillotines, wire and strapping cutters, fork lifts, waste and recycle bins, conveyors, reel kickers, product lifts, corner protectors, strap.
1.3 Customer and worksite requirements for wrap finishing are explained in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Range wrapper type, labelling.
1.4 Hazards associated with manual wrapping are identified, and the role of protective equipment and safety features used to manage these, are explained in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Range hazards may include but are not limited to – moving plant, knives, paper cuts, lifting, electricity; safety features may include but are not limited to – safety isolation procedures, lockouts, emergency stops, guards.
1.5 Consequences of non-conformance with worksite standards are described in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Outcome 2
Wrap wood product efficiently and safely.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Safe work practices associated with manually wrapping product are identified and used in accordance with worksite policies and procedures and legislative requirements.
Range practices may include but are not limited to
– isolation procedures, lock outs, emergency stops, machine guarding, wearing appropriate safety equipment.
2.2 Selection of wrappers meets customer requirements.
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24607 version 3
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Wrapping is carried out and meets production and customer requirements in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Range production and customer requirements may include but are not limited to – throughput, wrap security, labelling, absence of wrapping defects.
Outcome 3
Separate, store, recycle, and dispose of off-line wood product.
Range may include but is not limited to – rejects and/or downgraded wood product; wood product stored off line temporarily; packaging items including straps, pallets, and wrappers.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Off-line wood product is identified for separation, storage, recycling, or disposal, in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
3.2 Equipment is selected to handle the off-line product in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
3.3 Off-line wood product is separated, stored, recycled, or disposed of in accordance with worksite policies and procedures.
Planned review date 31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 25 January 2008 31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
2 15 April 2011 31 December 2015
Review 3 20 March 2014 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0173
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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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.
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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
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