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Title / Buff and polish leather
Level / 3 / Credits / 20
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret company processing requirements; set up leather buffing and polishing machinery for operation; operate buffing and polishing machinery and buff and polish leather; describe the effects of incorrect leather buffing and polishing operations; describe processing stages preceding and following leather buffing and polishing operations; demonstrate team-work; and comply with company and statutory health, safety, and environment requirements.
Classification / Leather Manufacturing > Leather Manufacture
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 and the Resource Management Act 1991.
2 Definitions
Company specifications are criteria set by the company related to materials, processes and practices.
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy, procedures and practices related to activities in the workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Interpret company processing requirements.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Processing details are interpreted from company production information.
Range include but are not limited to – batch identification, skin or hide type, number of skins or hides, processing instructions, comments, and special requirements.
1.2 Production planning priorities are identified in accordance with company and customer requirements.
1.3 Departures from company specifications are checked and authorised in accordance with company requirements.
1.4 The completion of lead-in production processes is checked against production information and confirmed before processing commences.
Outcome 2
Set up leather buffing and polishing machinery for operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Safety checks meet company specifications prior to machinery start-up.
2.2 Machines failing safety checks are reported in accordance with company specifications.
2.3 Machinery adjustments meet company specifications for the leather type, substance, and finish required.
2.4 Buffing and polishing machinery is set up and buffing papers fitted in accordance with leather processing requirements, production planning priorities, and company specifications.
2.5 Set up permits leather to be buffed and polished within company specified tolerances for the substance and quality required.
Outcome 3
Operate buffing and polishing machinery and buff and polish leather.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Start-up, monitoring, maintenance, shutdown, and cleaning of leather buffing and polishing machinery meet company specifications.
3.2 Leather is inspected, assessed, presented, and fed into buffing and polishing machinery in accordance with company specifications.
3.3 Feed-in of leather is coordinated with co-workers in accordance with company requirements.
3.4 Buffing and polishing machinery is adjusted to suit leather quality requirements and production priorities.
3.5 Machine stoppages, blockages, and breakdowns are handled and reported in accordance with company specifications.
3.6 Leather batches are processed in accordance with production priorities and company quality and speed requirements.
3.7 Processed leather meets company buffing, polishing, and quality tolerance specifications.
3.8 Processed leather is presented, stacked, and transferred to the next stage of processing in accordance with company specifications.
3.9 Process control checks and documentation are completed in accordance with company specifications.
Outcome 4
Describe the effects of incorrect leather buffing and polishing operations.
Evidence requirements
4.1 The effects of incorrect leather buffing and polishing operations are described in terms of cost to a tannery.
Range effects include but are not limited to – damage, requirements for rework, customer dissatisfaction, financial loss.
Outcome 5
Describe processing stages preceding and following leather buffing and polishing operations.
Range include but are not limited to – key processing steps, production outcomes, quality outcomes, effects of non-conformance.
Evidence requirements
5.1 Production requirements of the preceding processing stages are described in accordance with company specifications.
5.2 Production requirements of the following processing stages are described in accordance with company specifications.
Outcome 6
Demonstrate team-work.
Evidence requirements
6.1 The quality and completeness of tasks meet the operational requirements of downstream co-workers.
6.2 Communication and feedback are provided to and requested from co-workers to maintain and improve task and product quality.
6.3 Co-workers are not endangered through the operator's methods and equipment.
6.4 Assistance is provided to co-workers within the confines of product flow and operator availability.
6.5 Machinery, equipment, and facility malfunctions, and product non-conformance problems are identified and reported in accordance with company requirements.
6.6 Conflict resolution techniques are applied to minimise interpersonal differences with co-workers that may adversely affect team performance.
Outcome 7
Comply with company and statutory health, safety, and environment requirements.
Evidence requirements
7.1 Company-supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment and materials, are worn and used in accordance with company and statutory requirements.
7.2 Work methods comply with company and statutory requirements to minimise the risk of ill-health and injuries to the operator and others.
7.3 Unsafe and unhealthy conditions are identified and reported in accordance with company and statutory requirements.
7.4 Cleanliness of equipment, operator, and work area complies with company specifications.
7.5 Waste disposal meets company safety and environmental requirements.
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 Assessment /Registration / 1 / 28 August 1996 / 31 December 2015
Revision / 2 / 23 March 1999 / 31 December 2015
Revision / 3 / 20 February 2002 / 31 December 2015
Revision / 4 / 16 January 2003 / 31 December 2015
Revision / 5 / 14 October 2004 / 31 December 2015
Review / 6 / 14 December 2007 / 31 December 2015
Review / 7 / 21 February 2013 / 31 December 2015
Rollover / 8 / 20 March 2015 / 31 December 2017
Rollover / 9 / 17 September 2015 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0185
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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.
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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