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Demonstrate knowledge of the solid wood manufacturing industry

Level / 2
Credits / 5

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: solid wood manufacturing operations; markets for solid wood products; and solid wood manufacturing key performance indicators.

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

Special notes

1Definitions

Solid wood manufacturing industry refers to the conversion of logs into sawn timber and by-products, and the secondary processing steps required to produce stable and saleable commodity products.

Timber and lumber are used to describe sawn product in a variety of shapes.

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.

2All performance criteria must be demonstrated and assessed in accordance with the reference text: Demonstrate Knowledge of the Solid Wood Processing Industry (Auckland: Competenz, 2002) and available from Competenz, PO Box 9005, Newmarket, Auckland 1149.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Demonstrate knowledge of solid wood manufacturing operations.

Performance criteria

1.1Wood resources are identified.

Rangelocation, harvest volume and wood species.

1.2Processing activities found in a solid wood manufacturing plant are identified in accordance with the reference text.

Rangeprocessing may include but is not limited to – log preparation, sawmilling, grading, drying, timber machining, wood preservation, wood product manufacturing, by-product processing.

1.3Equipment and raw materials found in a solid wood manufacturing plant are identified in accordance with the reference text.

Rangeequipment may include but is not limited to – debarkers, chippers, primary and secondary breakdown equipment, resaws, kilns, docking saws, wood treatment plant, machining equipment, packaging equipment.

1.4Condition and end use of products found in a solid wood manufacturing plant are identified in accordance with the reference text.

Rangecondition may include but is not limited to – green rough sawn, green machined, dried rough sawn, dried machined, treated timber;

end use may include but is not limited to – structural, appearance, clears, industrial solid wood products, chips, sawdust, bark, shavings.

Element 2

Demonstrate knowledge of markets for solid wood products.

Performance criteria

2.1Solid wood products are described and linked to local and export markets.

Rangeevidence of six.

2.2Reasons for importation of wood products are described in accordance with the reference text.

Rangeevidence of three.

Element 3

Demonstrate knowledge of solid wood manufacturing key performance indicators.

Performance criteria

3.1Terms used in key performance indicators are defined in accordance with worksite documentation.

Rangeterms may include but are not limited to – target production, actual production, grade recovery, volume recovery, up-time, down-time, production rate, yield, feed speed, machine speed, reject material.

3.2Factors affecting key performance indicators are identified and linked to the identified indicators.

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.

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