Domain - Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Skills
TOP > Manufacturing > Wood Fibre Manufacturing > Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Skills
| 0 Qualifications | 23 Assessment Standards (23 Units) | View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess |
Qualifications Domain-full
No qualifications currently registered at this level. Also check fields and sub-fields.
Assessment Standards
Hide education organisations, CMR & purpose »
Level 3
Operate pulp or paper mill auxiliary equipment
Version 5
10833 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to, in a pulp or paper mill: operate cleaning equipment; operate auxiliary moving, lifting and securing equipment; and operate communication equipment.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Reclaim wood pulp fibre at low consistency for pulp or paper manufacturing
Version 4
15832 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of pulp concentration; operate low consistency pulp concentration equipment; and monitor and control the performance of low consistency pulp concentration equipment.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Test in-process pulp and chemicals as a pulp or paper manufacturing plant operator
Version 6
3510 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain pulp or paper testing; select, apply pulp or paper tests, and record and report data. This unit standard is for operators working in pulp or paper plants who are required to test in-process product as part of their job requirements. It addresses generic testing skills that can be applied at all stages of these production processes.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Assist with changing machine clothing in pulp or paper manufacturing
Version 6
3514 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe clothing removal and installation methods; describe methods involved in threading and seaming clothing on the machine; select machine clothing; and prepare and assist in the removal and installation of machine clothing.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Operate a pulp bale making unit
Version 6
3517 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of a pulp bale making unit; operate a pulp bale-making unit; and monitor and control the performance of a pulp bale-making unit.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Form wood pulp web using a vat former for pulp manufacture
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 5
3580 Unit Standard 8 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of vat forming; operate and maintain a vat former efficiently; and monitor and control the efficient performance of a vat former.
Standard-setting body:
Level 4
Operate bark burner systems
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 5
10834 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of bark burner systems used in a pulp mill; operate and maintain bark burner and associated equipment efficiently; monitor and control the efficient performance of bark burner and associated equipment.
Standard-setting body:
Prepare and monitor chemical additives in the pulp or paper industry
Version 4
15827 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of chemical hazards, handling, and mixing procedures; prepare chemicals for use; and monitor chemicals and maintain records.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Screen furnish
Version 4
15829 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of furnish screening to remove reject material; operate a furnish screening system; and monitor and control the performance of a furnish screening system.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Dewater furnish at high consistency
Version 4
15831 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of furnish dewatering; operate a high-consistency dewatering press; and monitor and control the performance of a high-consistency dewatering press.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Form wood pulp web for wood pulp manufacturing using a fourdrinier former
Version 4
15833 Unit Standard 20 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to, for wood pulp manufacture: demonstrate knowledge of a fourdrinier former; operate a fourdrinier former; and monitor and control the performance of a fourdrinier former.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Operate an extended nip press to press wet pulp or paper webs
Version 3
21489 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of an extended nip press; operate an extended nip press; and monitor and control the performance of an extended nip press.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Operate multi-cylinders to dry pulp or paper webs
Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 3521 and, with unit standard 21491, replaced unit standard 3575.
21490 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of web drying; operate multi cylinder dryer section, associated hood, and sheet tensioning equipment; and monitor and control the performance of dryer section, associated hood, and sheet tensioning equipment.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Dry pulp webs using air drying process
Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 3522 and, with unit standard 21490, replaced unit standard 3575.
21491 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the air drying process; operate and control airborne dryer section and sheet tensioning equipment; and monitor and control the performance of the airborne dryer and sheet tensioning equipment.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Clean furnish
Version 6
3509 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of furnish cleaning; operate a furnish cleaning system; and monitor and control the performance of a furnish cleaning system.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Laboratory test pulp, paper, and chemical products
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
Version 6
3511 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain fundamentals of pulp, paper and chemical product testing in a laboratory; gather samples, and select and apply tests in a laboratory; and record, analyse, and report test data.
Standard-setting body:
Run machine clothing in pulp or paper manufacturing
Version 6
3513 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the removal and installation of machine clothing; supervise machine clothing de-cloth and installation; operate machine clothing; and monitor and control the performance of machine clothing.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Control a pulp storage system in the pulp or paper manufacturing industry
Version 6
3518 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of pulp storage systems; operate a pulp storage system; and monitor and control the performance of a pulp storage system.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Press wet pulp and paper webs in the pulp or paper manufacturing industry
Version 6
3519 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of web pressing; operate the press section; and monitor and control the performance of the press section.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Blend furnish
Version 6
3524 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of furnish blending; operate stock chests and agitators to blend furnish; and monitor and control the performance of furnish blending equipment.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Dewater wood pulp using twin wire
Version 6
3572 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of twin wire dewatering; operate a twin wire; and monitor and control the performance of a twin wire.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Control a pulp or paper machine broke system
Version 6
3596 Unit Standard 5 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of a broke system; operate a pulp or paper machine broke system; and monitor and control the performance of a pulp or paper machine broke system.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Operate a white water system for pulp or paper manufacturing
Version 6
3597 Unit Standard 10 Credits
View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess »
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of conservation of raw materials, fibre, and water in pulp or paper manufacturing; demonstrate knowledge of a pulp or paper white water system; operate and balance the white water system; and monitor and control the performance of the white water system.
Consent & Moderation Requirements:
CMR 173
Standard-setting body:
Data as at 14 May 2026