Domain - Leather Processing Knowledge

Domain - Leather Processing Knowledge

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Level 2

Demonstrate knowledge of hide processing operations
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 10

8011 Unit Standard 2 Credits

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This pre-entry unit standard is for people wanting to work in the fellmongery or leather processing industries. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: hide product reception, storage, use, and markets; and hide processing operations.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of tannery operations
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 9

8263 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This pre-entry unit standard is for people wanting to work in the fellmongery or leather processing industries. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: sources and types of raw materials received by a tannery; tannery processing departments and their major functions; types of leather manufactured by a tannery; and quality procedures used in a tannery.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Level 3

Demonstrate knowledge of hazards associated with chemicals used within tanneries
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 10

8388 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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This unit standard is for people new to the fellmongery or leather industries or those wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the effects of hazardous chemicals used in the tannery; the measures required to reduce risk from hazardous chemicals; and basic first aid practices for the effects of hazardous chemicals.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Demonstrate knowledge of tannery quality control
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 10

8390 Unit Standard 7 Credits

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This unit standard is for people new to the fellmongery or leather industries or those wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the requirements of finished leathers; quality control checks carried out on raw material and chemical supplies; quality control checks carried out on leather manufacturing processes; and tests carried out on finished leather.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Level 4

Evaluate measurements used in leather manufacture
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8408.

27897 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the measurement of hide and skin raw material characteristics; evaluate the measurements used for process control in leather manufacturing; and evaluate the measurements used to define finished leather properties.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of product quality assurance requirements for leather manufacturing

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Version 2

28577 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the principles governing quality assurance programmes used in leather manufacture; ISO 9001:2015 standard and the Leather Working Group audit protocols; and quality control checks carried out on raw material and chemical supplies and processing stages.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of process stages, machinery and chemicals used in pretanning leather

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Version 1 This unit standard and unit standard 32049 replaced unit standard 8386.

32043 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the pretanning stages; describe tannery and wet work machines; and identify and describe tannery chemicals, used in pretanning leather.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Contains Māori components

Describe the stages, machinery and chemicals used from tanning to finishing in leather manufacture

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Version 1 This unit standard and unit standard 32043 replaced unit standard 8386.

32049 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe the tanning, post tanning and finishing stages; describe tanning and dry work machines identify and describe tannery chemicals and their purpose, used from tanning to finishing in leather manufacture.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of chemistry used in leather manufacture

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Version 8

8380 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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This unit standard is for people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: matter relevant to leather manufacture; organic compounds relevant to leather manufacture; chemical structures of skin and hair and wool; and the hazards associated with use of leather manufacturing chemicals.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Identify and describe species, equipment, preserving method and classification of hides or skins for leather manufacture

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Version 10

8383 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe animal species used; identify and describe the equipment used in hide or skin removal; describe preservation methods used on hides or skins; and describe the features of classification systems used to grade hides or skins, in leather manufacture.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Describe the physical structure and chemical composition of hides or skins used in leather manufacture

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Version 10

8384 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the physical structure of hides or skins; and identify and describe the chemical composition of hides or skins, used in leather manufacture.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Identify and describe hide or skin faults and the elimination or reduction of faults in leather manufacture

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Version 10

8385 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to identify and describe: hide or skin faults; and the elimination or reduction of hide or skin faults, in leather manufacture.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 33 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of manufacturing stages used in leather manufacture
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 10 This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 32043 and unit standard 32049.

8386 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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This theory-based unit standard is for experienced people in the fellmongery or leather industries or those wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the key stages; the machinery used; and the purpose of specific chemicals used in leather manufacture.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of leather finishing
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Version 9 This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 27908.

8398 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: chemicals used for, and objectives of, leather finishing; leather finishing methods and equipment; and leather finishing performance testing.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Level 5

Analyse chemical testing in tanneries
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8391.

27893 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse chemical procedures used on leather and tannery process liquors, and outline the effects of incorrect chemical analyses on tannery processes and products.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Analyse physical testing of leather
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8392.

27894 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse physical testing used on leather, and outline the effects on tannery processes and product of failure to meet physical testing requirements.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate pretannage processes for woolskins
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8402.

27895 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of pretannage stages used in woolskin manufacture; evaluate chemical mechanism of woolskin pretannage stages; evaluate woolskin pretannage effects on end-product characteristics; and evaluate potential damage to woolskin product from incorrect pretannage processing.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate leather drying methods and conditioning
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8406.

27896 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of leather drying and leather drying methods; and evaluate leather conditioning.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate vegetable tannage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8400.

27898 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of vegetable tanning agents; evaluate the mechanism of vegetable tannage; demonstrate knowledge of vegetable tanning practice; and evaluate vegetable tanned leather characteristics.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate pretannage processes for bovine hides
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8401.

27899 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of pretannage stages used in bovine hide leather manufacture; evaluate chemical mechanism of pretannage stages; evaluate pretannage hide and skin characteristics; and evaluate potential damage associated with incorrect pretannage processing.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate chrome leather wet post-tannage processes
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8403.

27900 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of wet post-tannage stages; evaluate the mechanism of chrome leather neutralisation and chemicals used in dyeing, fatliquoring, and retanning; demonstrate knowledge of chrome leather wet post-tannage methods; and evaluate dyed chrome leather product properties.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate woolskin post-tannage processes
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8404.

27901 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of woolskin post-tannage process stages; evaluate chemistry and chemicals used in woolskin post tannage processes; demonstrate knowledge of woolskin post-tannage processes; and evaluate dyed woolskin product properties.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate vegetable leather wet post-tannage processes
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8405.

27902 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of wet post tannage stages used in vegetable leather manufacture; evaluate the chemistry of wet-post tannage stages used for vegetable leather manufacture; demonstrate knowledge of vegetable leather wet post-tannage methods; and evaluate dyed vegetable leather product properties.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of and analyse miscellaneous tannages
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Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8407.

27903 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: miscellaneous tanning agents used in leather manufacture; the mechanisms of miscellaneous tannages; miscellaneous tannage practices; and analyse miscellaneous tanned leather characteristics.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Analyse and evaluate leather finishing requirements
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 8398.

27908 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: analyse chemicals used for, and objectives of, leather finishing; demonstrate knowledge of leather finishing methods and equipment; and evaluate leather finishing performance testing.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Develop tannery production processes for product development
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 9

8382 Unit Standard 40 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to further develop their skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret company production requirements and customer leather performance criteria; determine tannery process steps and process control parameters; prepare, conduct, and monitor tannery pilot processes; evaluate leather and select processes to meet organisational and customer requirements; prepare tannery production processes for bulk production runs; and conduct, monitor, and evaluate initial bulk tannery production runs.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Analyse and evaluate leather colour
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Version 9

8395 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of elementary colour theory for leather manufacture; evaluate colour measurement on leather; and analyse tannery procedures used for colour matching leather.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Evaluate chrome tannage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 9

8399 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of chrome tanning agents; evaluate the mechanism of chrome tannage; demonstrate knowledge of chrome tannage practices; and evaluate chrome tanned leather chemical and physical characteristics.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Level 6

Research and develop leather processes and products
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 9

8393 Unit Standard 40 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop their technical skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify leather processing problems and causes, and recommend solutions; develop and improve leather-making processes; evaluate leather processing chemicals with a common usage; and develop new types of leather.

Standard-setting body:

Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council

Develop systems for managing tannery waste discharges
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Version 8

8394 Unit Standard 40 Credits

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This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to further develop their skills in leather manufacture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of legislation and bylaws related to tannery waste discharges; evaluate tannery processes that generate waste; evaluate methods to minimise and treat tannery waste; develop management systems for the elimination and reduction of tannery wastes; manage discharges of tannery wastes; and comply with organisational and statutory hygiene and safety requirements.

Standard-setting body:

Primary Industry Training Organisation (NZITO)

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