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Title Maintain and control a manufacturing process to ensure product

quality

Level 3 Credits 8

Purpose This unit standard is designed for people who work in

manufacturing industries and are required to use a range of
equipment and materials to perform tests to monitor and control
manufacturing processes and product quality.

People credited with this unit standard are able to: perform
manufacturing process control procedures; analyse the results
of manufacturing process tests and record results; and adjust
manufacturing process parameters as required to ensure
product quality.

Classification Manufacturing Skills > Manufacturing Processes

Available grade Achieved

Entry information

Recommended skills Unit 19506, Demonstrate knowledge of company quality policy

and knowledge on a manufacturing site, and Unit 8491, Read and interpret
information presented in tables and graphs, or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.

Explanatory notes

1 References
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the: Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Resource Management Act 1991; Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 and any subsequent amendments.

2 Definitions
SPC – statistical process control procedures or indicators.
Worksite procedures – documents that include: worksite rules, codes, and practices;
equipment operating instructions; documented quality management systems; and
health and safety requirements.

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3 Assessment information
– All work practices must meet recognised codes of practice and documented
worksite safety procedures (where these exceed the codes) for personal, product,
and worksite safety), and must also meet the obligations required under current
legislation.
– People seeking credit for this unit standard will be able to perform simple
chemical, visual and physical tests required to monitor and control continuous
manufacturing processes. Tests may include chemical titrations, surface coating
thickness tests, visual checks for powder-coating defects (over/under spray),
chromate testing and effluent pH testing. The tests involve checking parameters,
which affect the process and are at a higher level of performance to simple
product checks such as personal quality checks (PQCs), or quality bench checks.

Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1

Perform manufacturing process control procedures.

Evidence requirements

1.1 Equipment required for performing process control procedures are identified,
and correct operation is demonstrated.

1.2 Knowledge of worksite quality indicators is demonstrated.

Range includes but is not limited to – conforming and non-conforming

process or product boards, run charts, SPC indicators.

1.3 Process control procedures are integrated into the process operation within a
timeframe and in a manner that optimises productivity and minimises the need
for rework.

1.4 Equipment used for monitoring, and the control of a manufacturing process is
clean and operational for next user.

Outcome 2

Analyse the results of manufacturing process tests and record results.

Evidence requirements

2.1 Demonstrate knowledge of quality control policy according to worksite

procedures.

Range includes but is not limited to – variations, bands, parameters,

statistical process control procedures.

2.2 Perform analysis of process control data according to worksite procedures.

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2.3 Process control results are accurate and complete, and the need to retest is
identified according to worksite procedures.

2.4 Knowledge of factors affecting test results is demonstrated.

Range includes but is not limited to – wear on test equipment, non-

standard solutions, contamination, temperature effects, supplied
materials.

2.5 Document test results according to worksite procedures.

Outcome 3

Adjust manufacturing process parameter as required to ensure product quality.

Evidence requirements

3.1 Manufacturing process inputs and outputs meet specification requirements.

3.2 Process control factors affecting manufacturing process operation are identified,
and action taken according to worksite procedures within a timeframe that
optimises quality.

Planned review date 31 December 2015

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 18 December 2002 31 December 2012
Revision 2 12 January 2006 31 December 2012
Rollover and
3 24 August 2007 31 December 2014
Revision
Review 4 18 March 2011 N/A

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0013

This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, 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 granted consent to assess against standards by

NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

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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.

Consent 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.

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