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Plan and monitor engineering production processes

Level                            6

Credits                          20

Purpose       People credited with this unit standard are able to plan engineering
              production processes, and monitor engineering production processes,
              working from provided production requirements.


Subfield                          Engineering

Domain                            Generic Engineering

Status                            Registered

Status date                       24 February 1998

Date version published            18 December 2006

Planned review date               31 December 2008

Entry information                 Open.

Accreditation                     Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
                                  industry.

Standard setting body (SSB)       InfraTrain New Zealand

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference                 0101
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1   The credit value of this unit standard has been calculated on the basis that people
    seeking credit have acquired knowledge and understanding of the production
    processes involved.

2   This unit standard applies to continuous and non-continuous production processes,
    involving existing plant only.

3   Range
    a   engineering – mechanical, or process and materials;
    b   provided production requirements – product specifications, volumes, time
        constraints and production sequence;
    c   resources – materials, plant, labour, in-process product.




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      4   The following applies to the performance of all elements of this unit standard, all
          activities must comply with: any policies, procedures, and requirements of the
          organisations involved; the ethical codes and standards of relevant professional
          bodies; the cultural requirements of the organisations and individuals involved;
          and any relevant legislative and/or regulatory requirements, which can include
          but are not limited to – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource
          Management Act 1991, Employment Relations Act 2000, Fair Trading Act 1986,
          Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, and their subsequent and delegated
          legislation.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Plan engineering production processes.

Performance criteria

1.1       Comparison of provided production requirements with existing resources
          establishes planning requirements for availability of plant, labour, and materials,
          and for changes to production sequence.

1.2       Graphical representation of work layout identifies the flow of resources required
          to produce the product.

          Range         layouts – jobbing, batch, continuous, group.

1.3       Planned resource usage enables product to be produced to the required
          standards within time constraints and within company requirements for cost-
          effectiveness.

          Range         resources – quantities and quality, from stock, from external
                        suppliers;
                        standards – customer specifications, company specifications,
                        regulatory requirements, New Zealand and international product
                        standards.

1.4       Plans account for historical and forecast production data.

1.5       Plans are documented and communicated in accordance with company
          requirements.

Element 2

Monitor engineering production processes.

Performance criteria

2.1       Monitoring activities establish the degree to which actual production operations
          conform to the requirements of production plans.

          Range         activities – scrutiny of production records, direct observation.


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2.2       Actions taken realign production with plans.

          Range         actions – redeploy plant and/or labour, re-balance volumes,
                        reschedule activities, rework product.

2.3       Recommendations for improvements are communicated in accordance with
          company policy.

          Range         improvements relating to product quality, production plans,
                        production sequence.

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.

Comments on this unit standard

Please contact InfraTrain New Zealand askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.




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