22670 Operate a Granulator for Processing Scrap Copper

22670 version 1 Page 1 of 3 Operate a granulator for processing scrap copper

Level 3

Credits 4

Purpose This unit standard is for people working in the scrap metal recycling industry.

People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to, and operate a granulator to process scrap copper.

Subfield Resource Recovery

Domain Scrap Metal Recycling

Status Registered

Status date 26 January 2007

Date version published 26 January 2007

Planned review date 31 December 2012

Entry information Open.

Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.

Standard setting body (SSB) NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0114 This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1 All work practices must comply with: Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Resource Management Act 1991.

2 Hazard controls, safety procedures, and personal protective equipment must be used throughout operations in accordance with company procedures.

3 Definition

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Company procedures means the documented methods for performing work activities and include health and safety, environmental, and quality management requirements. They may refer to manuals, codes of practice, or policy statements.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Prepare to operate a granulator to process scrap copper.

Performance criteria

1.1 Health and safety hazards of granulating operations are identified and controlled in accordance with legislation and company procedures.

1.2 Adverse effects on the environment are identified and controlled in accordance with legislation and company procedures.

1.3 Granulator is checked for serviceability, and corrective action is taken in accordance with company procedures.

1.4 Copper is separated and sorted prior to granulation in accordance with company procedures.

Range separation – contaminated copper; sorting – baled, wire, item size.

1.5 Large items are sheared into lengths appropriate for specific granulator in accordance with company procedures.

1.6 Baled scrap is broken into loose streams in accordance with company procedures.

Element 2

Operate a granulator to process scrap copper.

Range includes but is not limited to – pipe, coated cable scrap.

Performance criteria

2.1 Startup and shutdown of granulator is demonstrated in accordance with operating manuals and company procedures.

2.2 Control ensures consistent feed into granulator in accordance with company procedures.

2.3 Control of granulator components ensures that separation of metal and tailings meets specified contamination range for metal.

Range components – cutters, vibrating screen, aspirator, dust extractor, air table.

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2.4 Tailings are reprocessed and/or recycled in accordance with company procedures.

2.5 Routine problems with granulator operations are resolved in accordance with company procedures.

Range variations in feed, blocked screens, equipment malfunction, non- conformance of product.

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 the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO) [email protected] if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.

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