Sub-Field:Footwear and Leather Trades

10169 version 4

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level:3

credit:18

planned review date:November 2005

sub-field:Footwear and Leather Trades

purpose:People credited with this unit standard are able to: set up and maintain bending equipment; bend knife steel to pattern shape; and complete documentation.

entry information:Open.

accreditation option:Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.

moderation option:A centrally established and directed national moderation system has been set up by Competenz.

special notes:1Company safety requirements must conform to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Health and Safety in Employment Regulations 1995, and their subsequent amendments.

2This unit standard refers exclusively to making knives using various widths and thicknesses of 'pre-sharpened cold bend knife blade steel'(knife steel). Common widths are, 19mm, 23.8mm, 32mm, 50mm. This unit standard is not applicable to making 'forge steel knives' or knives from 'rule steel'.

Elements and Performance Criteria

element 1

Set up and maintain bending equipment.

performance criteria

1.1Pattern is matched to cut knife steel lengths.

1.2Bending machine is selected to match knife steel width and/or company practice.

Range:manual, hydraulic.

1.3Male and female bending tools are selected to match knife steel width.

1.4Bending tools are checked for compliance with company tolerances.

Range:vertical, no excess wear.

1.5Bending tools not complying with company tolerances are reground or replaced according to company practice.

element 2

Bend knife steel to pattern shape.

performance criteria

2.1End of knife steel length is ground to match inside bevel (if any) of knife steel.

2.2Knife steel is bent to conform with pattern shape.

2.3Knife steel is grooved to make sharp angle bend in accordance with pattern requirements.

2.4Bent shape is checked against pattern to comply with company tolerances.

Range:matches pattern, ends align, flat, no damage.

2.5Rejected shapes are modified to match pattern according to company tolerances.

2.6Work practices meet company safety requirements.

element 3

Complete documentation

Range:accuracy, legibility.

performance criteria

3.1Time spent is entered on company document in accordance with company practice.

Comments on this unit standard

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Please Note

Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated inter-institutional body before they can register 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 providers wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.

This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0030 which can be accessed at

 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018