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Title / Run a tubing machine for paper bag and sack converting
Level / 4 / Credits / 20
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: check job documentation; demonstrate knowledge of factors affecting tubing standards; use quality control equipment; run and monitor tubing machine, and remove and stack tubes, in accordance with workplace practices; recognise and report or rectify problems encountered during the production run; undertake post production requirements in accordance with workplace practices; and follow safety requirements for the tubing machine being used.
Classification / Fibreboard Packaging > Fibreboard Packaging Production
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and safety prerequisites / Unit 340, Demonstrate knowledge of safe working practices in the printing and graphic pre-press industries, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Recommended skills and knowledge / Unit 25741, Set up a tubing machine for paper bag and sack converting.
Explanatory notes
1 All workplace practices must meet any applicable and recognised codes of practice, and documented workplace health, safety, and environmental procedures for personal, product, and workplace health, safety, and environmental matters, and the obligations required under current law including the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments.
2 Definitions
job documentation refers to the documentation that is used in the workplace that contains the instructions and requirements for a particular production job. This may include but is not limited to factory orders, production orders, factory specifications, samples, lay cards;
job requirements refer to specific requirements for the job at hand. These requirements may or may not be covered in the job documentation and may include special instructions, quality requirements expected by the customer, and/or production standards as set down by the workplace;
workplace practices refer to the documented procedures for the machine and/or workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Check job documentation.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Job documentation is checked to ensure that all specifications for the process being undertaken are complete, and any discrepancies are reported in accordance with workplace practices.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of factors affecting tubing standards in accordance with workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Characteristics of acceptable tubing standards are listed.
2.2 Factors which affect the tube quality are listed.
Range adhesives, materials.
2.3 Factors which affect the machine speed for the job are listed.
Range may include but is not limited to – quality requirements, substrates and materials being used, machine condition.
Outcome 3
Use quality control equipment.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Quality control equipment is used to maintain the required production standards and quality throughout the run.
Range may include but is not limited to – quality control sheets, approved sample, porosity tester, coefficient of friction tester.
Outcome 4
Run and monitor tubing machine in accordance with workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
4.1 Production running speed is maintained ensuring that required quality and production standards are met.
4.2 Checks for faults are carried out during production running.
Range faults may include but are not limited to – depth and position of perforations, creasing and folding, cuts, glue seepage, stepping, sticky tubes.
4.3 Action is immediately taken to identify and rectify or report any faults, and fault-free production running is successfully resumed.
4.4 Guide positions are monitored and adjusted to ensure adhesives are applied evenly to meet job requirements.
4.5 Tubing machine is fine-tuned to ensure that the required quality and production standards are achieved.
4.6 A sample from the tubing machine is selected and checked to ensure it conforms to the required quality standards.
4.7 Adjustments are made to the tubing machine when production standards are not met.
4.8 Samples are monitored for faults throughout the run and any faults are rectified.
4.9 Wastage is monitored and disposed of in accordance with product requirements.
Range recyclable waste, non-recyclable waste.
Outcome 5
Remove and stack tubes in accordance with workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
5.1 Stacking methods for avoiding problems are identified.
Range ties for stability, height.
5.2 Tubes are removed from tubing machine and stacked to meet job requirements.
Range manual, robotic.
Outcome 6
Recognise and report or rectify problems encountered during the production run.
Evidence requirements
6.1 Problems encountered during the print run are rectified or reported in accordance with workplace practices.
Outcome 7
Undertake post production requirements in accordance with workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
7.1 Quantity produced is confirmed against job documentation and any discrepancies in quantity are rectified or reported.
7.2 Correct shut down procedure is followed in accordance with machine operating manual and occupational health and safety requirements.
7.3 Raw material is unloaded safely in accordance with occupational health and safety requirements.
7.4 All documentation is completed.
Range may include but is not limited to – time sheets, record of waste, production order data, quality control data, provision of product sample(s), final count confirmation.
Outcome 8
Follow safety requirements for the tubing machine being used.
Range operating manual, workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
8.1 Tubing machine start up, shutdown and emergency procedures in the workplace are explained.
8.2 Hazard control measures, as circulated by the company, are described and followed.
8.3 Potential and actual hazards in the workplace are identified and reported.
Planned review date / 31 December 2014Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 17 April 2009 / N/A
Revision / 2 / 22 August 2014 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0005
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 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.
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CompetenzSSB Code 101565 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2014