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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 
REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: 

Perform routine operations on volume manufacturing equipment 
SAQA US ID UNIT STANDARD TITLE
12660  Perform routine operations on volume manufacturing equipment 
ORIGINATOR
SGB Manufacturing and Assembly Processes 
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY
-  
FIELD SUBFIELD
Field 06 - Manufacturing, Engineering and Technology Manufacturing and Assembly 
ABET BAND UNIT STANDARD TYPE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL CREDITS
Undefined  Regular  Level 3  NQF Level 03  10 
REGISTRATION STATUS REGISTRATION START DATE REGISTRATION END DATE SAQA DECISION NUMBER
Passed the End Date -
Status was "Reregistered" 		 2004-12-02  2005-04-13  SAQA 1657/04 
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT
2006-04-13   2009-04-13  

In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise.  

This unit standard is replaced by: 
US ID Unit Standard Title Pre-2009 NQF Level NQF Level Credits Replacement Status
119162  Perform routine operations on plastics manufacturing equipment  Level 3  NQF Level 03  10   

PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD 
Starting up, monitoring and shutting down the production line. 

LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING 
This unit standard has been designed as part of a progression. It is one of a series of unit standards for activities below, at and above this level. The credits assigned to it are based on the assumption that I have already been assessed and have obtained credits for related activities at this level or below it.

If I have experience in these related activities but do not have such credits, I can obtain credits by being assessed through a process which recognises prior learning.

If I do not have such experience, then my learning time will be increased. I can choose to be assessed and obtain credits against those other unit standards as I make progress towards the outcomes of this unit standard. 

UNIT STANDARD RANGE 
Setting parameters include:
  • Temperature
  • Pressure 
    		•

    Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: 

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 
    Monitor equipment and material, conduct quality checks and resolve problems. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Production outputs meet specification. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Machine runs effectively - Start, stop, run. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. Reports and records reflect events and conditions. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. The person relieving me knows what the production status is. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    5. Machine started and running. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
    6. Machine stopped and shut down. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 
    Start up, purge and shut down machine. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Production outputs meet specification. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Machine runs effectively - Start, stop, run. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. Reports and records reflect events and conditions. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. The person relieving me knows what the production status is. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    5. Machine started and running. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
    6. Machine stopped and shut down. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 
    Report and record information. 

    ASSESSMENT CRITERIA     

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 
    1. Production outputs meet specification. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 
    2. Machine runs effectively - Start, stop, run. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 
    3. Reports and records reflect events and conditions. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 
    4. The person relieving me knows what the production status is. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 
    5. Machine started and running. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•

    ASSESSMENT CRITERION 6 
    6. Machine stopped and shut down. 
    ASSESSMENT CRITERION NOTES 
    Indicators:
    1. good housekeeping
    2. safe working
    3. sufficient material available
    4. lack of machine defects
    5. Amount of rejects within limits

    Understanding confirmed:
    1. Explain, show and discuss consequences of:
  • Emergencies
  • Fire
  • Injuries
  • Power failure
  • Oil spillage
  • Material spillage
  • Machine breakdown
  • Out of spec product 
    		•


    UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS 
  • My assessment will be governed by the policies and guidelines of an Education and Training Quality Assurer who has jurisdiction over this field of learning. My assessor will (at the very least) be accredited and have a technical qualification in this learning area.
  • I can be assessed in the language of my choice although if I have to report incidents, or conditions to someone else I will be assessed on my ability to report in the language commonly used in my working environment.
  • I will be assessed in the workplace but I can submit documents, projects, test results and assignments that were not produced in the workplace.
  • I can be assessed against this unit standard to obtain credits or as part of an integrated assessment for a qualification. 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE 
    Names & functions of:
  • Parts and components of processing, testing and packing equipment
  • Instrumentation and measuring units and tools
  • Specifications and standards
  • Production-related documents
  • Cleaning and purging materials

    Attributes, descriptions, characteristics & properties:
  • Materials, equipment, controls

    Sensory cues:
  • Ad hoc tests for conditions (smell, colour, sound)

    Purpose of:
  • Purging, cleaning, heat soak, cooling

    Processes, events, causes and effects, implications:
  • Identification of polymers
  • Nature and sequence of operations
  • Collecting measuring conditions and outcomes
  • Operational parameters
  • Shrinkage, oxidation and degradation

    Categories:
  • Problems
  • Materials

    Procedures and techniques
  • Start up
  • Shut down
  • Purging

    Regulations, legislation, agreements, policies, standards
  • Safety standards and regulations
  • Workplace procedures and standards

    Theory: rules, principles, laws
  • Circuits, components
  • Work, temperature, phase changes, degradation, gas evolution
  • Pressure, speed

    Relationships, systems:
  • Relationships between equipment, material, processes and final product 
    		•


    Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): 

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING 
    Identify and solve problems .
  • Recognise and respond to deviations, incorrect settings 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING 
    Work effectively with others .
  • Interact with others to achieve outcomes 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING 
    Organise and manage myself and my activities.
  • Plan and manage machine operations 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING 
    Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information.
  • Translate conditions or instructions into specific actions or criteria 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING 
    Communicate effectively.
  • Report incidents and conditions related to the process or the operations 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE 
    Use science and technology effectively and critically.
  • Operate machine, equipment and tools effectively
  • Treat materials correctly 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING 
    Demonstrate an understanding of the world as a set of related systems.
  • Relate the machine conditions to the condition and properties of the final product 
    		•

    UNIT STANDARD NOTES 
    This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 119162, which is 'Perform routine operations on plastics manufacturing equipment', Level 3, 10 credits. 

    QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
      ID QUALIFICATION TITLE PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL NQF LEVEL STATUS END DATE PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY
    Core  20889   National Certificate: Plastics Manufacturing  Level 3  NQF Level 03  Passed the End Date -
    Status was "Registered"     		 2005-04-13  Was MERSETA until Last Date for Achievement 


    PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: 
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