NZQA registered unit standard
8263 version 7
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of tannery operations
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
5
This is an entry-level unit standard for people new to the
fellmongery or leather processing industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: sources and types of raw materials received by a
tannery; tannery processing departments and their major
functions; types of leather manufactured by a tannery; quality
procedures used in a tannery; and company health, safety, and
environment policies and procedures.
Classification
Fellmongery and Leather Processing > Leather Processing
Knowledge
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Definition
Organisational requirements – instructions to staff on policies and procedures which
are documented in memo, electronic or manual format and are available in the
workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of sources and types of raw materials received by a tannery.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Raw material sources are described in terms of major and regular suppliers to a
tannery.
Range
1.2
sources may include but are not limited to – country of origin, New
Zealand region.
Raw material types are described in terms of the species of animal from which
they originate and methods of preservation used for shipment to a tannery.
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Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of tannery processing departments and their major functions.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Tannery processing departments are identified and described in terms of their
functions.
2.2
Tannery processing departments are identified and described in terms of the
primary outcomes for which they are responsible.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of types of leather manufactured by a tannery.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The range of leather types produced by a tannery are identified and described
in terms of their primary end uses.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of quality procedures used in a tannery.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Quality procedures are described in terms of organisational requirements.
Range
4.2
requirements may include but are not limited to – quality manuals,
job and task instructions, batch processing cards, recipe
formulations, internal communication systems.
Quality procedures are described in terms of staff member responsibilities for
quality assurance.
Range
responsibilities may include but are not limited to – process and
product inspection, product and process sampling, product nonconformance handling and reporting procedures.
Outcome 5
Demonstrate knowledge of company health, safety, and environment policies and
procedures.
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Evidence requirements
5.1
Company policies are identified and described in terms of health, safety, and
environment systems applying within a tannery.
systems may include but are not limited to – hazard identification,
hazard prevention and minimisation, accident reporting,
evacuation, waste treatment and discharge.
Range
5.2
Company practices are identified and described in terms of health, safety, and
environment responsibilities applying to tannery staff.
responsibilities may include but are not limited to – hazard
identification, hazard prevention and reporting, accident reporting,
use of protective clothing and equipment, waste disposal.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 August 1996
31 December 2014
Revision
2
23 March 1999
31 December 2014
Revision
3
20 February 2002
31 December 2014
Revision
4
16 January 2003
31 December 2014
Revision
5
14 October 2004
31 December 2014
Review
6
14 December 2007
31 December 2015
Review
7
21 February 2013
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
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
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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 Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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