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Operate a granulator for processing scrap copper
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the scrap metal recycling industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to, and operate a
granulator to process scrap copper.
Subfield
Resource Recovery
Domain
Scrap Metal Recycling
Status
Registered
Status date
26 January 2007
Date version published
26 January 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)
(MITO)
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0114
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
All work practices must comply with:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used
throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.
3
Definition
Company procedures means the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, environmental, and quality management requirements.
They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare to operate a granulator to process scrap copper.
Performance criteria
1.1
Health and safety hazards of granulating operations are identified and
controlled in accordance with legislation and company procedures.
1.2
Adverse effects on the environment are identified and controlled in accordance
with legislation and company procedures.
1.3
Granulator is checked for serviceability, and corrective action is taken in
accordance with company procedures.
1.4
Copper is separated and sorted prior to granulation in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
separation – contaminated copper; sorting – baled, wire, item size.
1.5
Large items are sheared into lengths appropriate for specific granulator in
accordance with company procedures.
1.6
Baled scrap is broken into loose streams in accordance with company
procedures.
Element 2
Operate a granulator to process scrap copper.
Range
includes but is not limited to – pipe, coated cable scrap.
Performance criteria
2.1
Startup and shutdown of granulator is demonstrated in accordance with
operating manuals and company procedures.
2.2
Control ensures consistent feed into granulator in accordance with company
procedures.
2.3
Control of granulator components ensures that separation of metal and tailings
meets specified contamination range for metal.
Range
2.4
components – cutters, vibrating screen, aspirator, dust extractor,
air table.
Tailings are reprocessed and/or recycled in accordance with company
procedures.
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2.5
Routine problems with granulator operations are resolved in accordance with
company procedures.
Range
variations in feed, blocked screens, equipment malfunction, nonconformance of product.
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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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