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Level 3

Clarify liquor for wood pulp manufacturing

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3617 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of liquor clarification; operate and maintain a liquor clarification system efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a liquor clarification system.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Slake lime and regenerate liquor for wood pulp manufacturing

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3618 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe fundamentals of slaking and causticising; operate and maintain a slaking and causticising system efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a slaking and causticising system.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Condition liquor using BLOX plant for wood pulp manufacturing

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3622 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of liquor oxidation; operate and maintain BLOX plant efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of BLOX plant. This unit standard is primarily for people working in chemical recovery operations in the wood pulp industry.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Operate and acid wash a white liquor pressure filter for wood pulp manufacturing

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3625 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of the kraft white liquor pressure filter system; operate and maintain a white liquor pressure filter system efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of, and acid wash, a white liquor pressure filter system.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Describe principles of causticising and lime kiln operation in wood pulp manufacturing

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3637 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the purpose and features, fundamentals of plant, chemistry, and safety and environmental factors involved in causticising operations.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Describe principles of black liquor combustion for wood pulp manufacturing

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3638 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the chemical reaction of black liquor within the furnace area, fundamentals of green liquor production, and fundamentals of chemical make up and reclaim. This unit standard is designed primarily for operators of soda recovery boilers systems, and aims to provide a working knowledge of the principles and equipment used in black liquor combustion.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Level 4

Prepare primary brine for electrolysis in pulp and paper chemical plants

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15821 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the fundamentals of brine systems; operate and maintain a primary brine system efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a primary brine system.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Prepare, test, and wash electrolysers for pulp and paper chemical plant production

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15823 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of electrolyser operation; prepare electrolyser for production; carry out voltage tests; and drain and wash the electrolyser.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Prepare purified brine for electrolysis in pulp and paper chemical plants

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16287 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of brine purification; operate and maintain equipment for brine purification efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of process and equipment for brine purification.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Operate a waste gas system in a kraft pulp chemical plant

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21495 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of a waste gas system; operate a waste gas system efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a waste gas system.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Load pulp and paper chemical by-products into road or rail tankers

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21496 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify chemical by-product tanker loading equipment and associated requirements; prepare for chemical by-product tanker loading; load chemical by-products to the tanker; and complete the loading process.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Condition liquor using black liquor evaporator for wood pulp manufacturing

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3620 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of liquor conditioning using black liquor evaporators; operate and maintain a black liquor evaporator efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a black liquor evaporator.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Process crude tall oil from tall oil soap as a by-product of wood pulp manufacturing

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3623 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of crude tall oil production; and cook black liquor soap for tall oil production.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Process crude sulphate turpentine and red oil as a by-product of wood pulp manufacturing

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3624 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of sulphate turpentine production; and refine crude sulphate turpentine and crude red oil.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Manufacture burnt lime for kraft liquor production in a pulp and paper plant

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3626 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of the manufacture of burnt lime; operate and maintain a lime kiln efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a lime kiln.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Filter lime mud for burnt lime manufacture in a pulp and paper plant

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3627 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of drum filters; operate and maintain a drum filter efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a drum filter.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Explain principles of the chemical recovery process in the production of kraft wood pulp

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5680 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to explain: the purpose of the chemical recovery process in the kraft cycle, the black liquor evaporation process, the operating principles of a recovery boiler, and the recausticising process. This unit standard aims to provide knowledge of the principles and equipment used in the recovery of chemicals in the kraft process.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Level 5

Manufacture sodium chlorate in a pulp and paper chemical plant

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16292 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of sodium chlorate manufacture; operate and maintain equipment to manufacture sodium chlorate efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of process and equipment to manufacture sodium chlorate.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Generate chlorine dioxide for wood pulp bleaching

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 16293 and unit standard 16294.

21492 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of chlorine dioxide generation; operate and maintain equipment for generating chlorine dioxide efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of process and equipment for generating chlorine dioxide.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Manufacture sodium hydroxide and chlorine products for pulp bleaching

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 15822, unit standard 15824, unit standard 16288, unit standard 16289, unit standard 16290, and unit standard 16291.

21493 Unit Standard 30 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of sodium hydroxide and chlorine, liquid chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and sodium hypochlorite manufacture; efficiently operate and maintain sodium hydroxide and chlorine, hydrochloric acid, and liquid chlorine manufacturing plants; monitor and control the efficient performance of a sodium hydroxide and chlorine, a liquid chlorine, and a hydrochloric acid manufacturing plant; and operate and maintain equipment, and monitor and control efficient performances of processes and equipment for sodium hypochlorite manufacture.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Shut for maintenance and restart a chlorine-based chemical plant in pulp manufacturing

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21494 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the chlorine-based chemical plant operations; prepare the chemical plant for maintenance; and restart the chemical plant after maintenance.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Control chemical recovery boiler systems for wood pulp manufacturing

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3619 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain chemical recovery boiler systems; operate and maintain a chemical recovery boiler system efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a chemical recovery boiler system.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 173 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

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

Data as at 01 December 2023