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Title / Make adhesive to meet a corrugator's production schedule requirements for fibreboard manufacture
Level / 3 / Credits / 8
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: select the required materials for making a batch of adhesive; make up a batch of adhesive according to the recipe selected and following workplace practices; demonstrate knowledge of the process for mixing adhesives; and follow safety requirements for the equipment being operated in accordance with workplace practices.
Classification / Fibreboard Packaging > Fibreboard Manufacture
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.
Explanatory notes
1All workplace practices must meet any applicable and recognised codes of practice, and documented workplace health, safety, and environmental procedures for personal, product, workplace health, safety, and environmental matters, and the obligations required under current law including the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Resource Management Act 1991, Privacy Act 1993 and their subsequent amendments.
2Workplace practices refer to the documented procedures for the equipment and/or workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select the required materials for making a batch of adhesive.
Evidence requirements
1.1The recipe selected for adhesive preparation meets the requirements of the job specifications.
1.2Availability of materials is confirmed against the recipe before mixing is commenced.
Outcome 2
Make up a batch of adhesive according to the recipe selected and following workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
2.1A batch of adhesive is made up to meet the job requirements.
Rangesequence as per recipe, quantities + 1.5%, temperatures.
2.2Quality checks are carried out and recorded.
Rangemay include but is not limited to checks for – viscosity, gel point, tackiness, temperature.
2.3Corrective actions are immediately undertaken where checks indicate conditions are outside the tolerance limits as specified in the recipe.
2.4Adhesive of usable quality is delivered to the corrugator tanks.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the process for mixing adhesives.
Evidence requirements
3.1The effects on board manufacture of using incorrect quantities of water and materials are explained.
3.2The effects on adhesive condition of not following the recipe sequence as specified are explained.
3.3The effects on board manufacture of adhesive conditions outside tolerance limits are explained.
Rangeviscosity, gel point, tackiness, temperature.
3.4Actions to be taken when checks show adhesive conditions are outside tolerance limits are explained in terms of workplace practices.
Outcome 4
Follow safety requirements for the equipment being operated in accordance with workplace practices.
Evidence requirements
4.1Equipment start up, shutdown, and emergency procedures in the workplace are explained.
4.2Hazards identified by the company are described, and procedures established for dealing with these are followed.
4.3Potential hazards for the equipment being operated are identified and reported in accordance with workplace practices.
Replacement information / This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 27818.This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 28 April 1995 / 31 December 2015
Revision / 2 / 19 December 1997 / 31 December 2015
Revision / 3 / 27 March 2001 / 31 December 2015
Review / 4 / 27 April 2005 / 31 December 2015
Rollover and Revision / 5 / 12 December 2008 / 31 December 2015
Review / 6 / 20 September 2012 / 31 December 2019
Rollover / 7 / 10 December 2015 / 31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0005
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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.
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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.
CompetenzSSB Code 101571 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut