FIELD                   MANUFACTURING

 

Review and reclassification of Veneer Manufacturing domainunit standards 730-735

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Wood Panels Manufacturing	Veneer Manufacturing	730-735

 

Forest Industries Training and Education Council (FITEC) has completed the review of the unit standards listed above that were last registered in March1999 following their review.

 

Date new versions published                        July 2006

 

Planned review date                        December 2011

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

Unit standards in the Wood Panels Manufacturing subfield were reviewed in 2004 and re registered in 2005.  Members for the Veneer Manufacturing domain expert panel were unavailable until November 2004.  As a result, this group has now completed the review of the Veneer Manufacturing domain unit standards in conjunction with the development of new qualifications for the industry.

 

An advisory group met to review the current unit standards and determined that their sector of the industry was not as well advanced in terms of training culture.  The unit standards needed to be simplified to reflect the current level of training and competency in their sector.  As a result the unit standards have been redrafted to better meet the needs of this sector of the wood panels industry. Panel members for the Wood Panels Sector Advisory Group have endorsed the final drafts of the reviewed unit standards.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

The review process has resulted in the following changes.

·        Unit standards 731-734 have been moved to a new Veneer Slicing Operations domain in the new Solid Wood Manufacturing subfield.

·        Credits amended for some unit standards to more accurately reflect the time taken for delivery, learning, and assessment in this sector of the industry.

·          Levels amended for some unit standards to more accurately reflect the knowledge and skill level of the outcomes.

·        Unit standards updated to incorporate feedback on the complexity required by industry. Unit standards updated to meet current NZQA registration criteria.

·        Special notes have been improved and updated.

·        Five new unit standards have been developed to fill gaps in industry specific areas.

·        Unit standard 735 was considered no longer fit for purpose.  This will expire and not be replaced.

 

Unit standard 735, designated as category D, expires at the end of December 2008.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

Current Accreditation for			Accreditation extended to
Nature of accreditation	Classification	Level	Nature of accreditation	Classification	Level
Subfield	Wood Panels Manufacturing	Any	Domain	Veneer Slicing Operations	Same
Domain	Veneer Manufacturing	Any	Domain	Veneer Slicing Operations	Same

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

AMAP 0029 has been designated as expiring.  The coverage of AMAP 0173 has been extended to include the standards in the new domain Veneer Slicing Operations.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

Qualifications that contain the reviewed standards or classifications are tabled below.

 

Affected	The qualification lists a reviewed classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits The qualification lists a C or D category standard
Not materially affected	The qualification lists a standard that has a new title The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

The following FITEC qualifications are affected by the outcome of this review and will be revised/reviewed in 2006.

 

Qualification title	Classification in the qualification
National Certificate in Wood Panels Manufacturing (Level 2) [Ref: 0433]	Veneer Manufacturing
National Certificate in Wood Panels Manufacturing (Level 4) [Ref: 0254]	Veneer Manufacturing

 

Summary of main changes to unit standards’ ids, classification, titles, levels, and credits

 

The following summary shows the changes made to unit standards as a result of the review.  All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category
A	Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the replacement unit standard carries the same id and a new version number
B	Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same – the replacement unit standard carries the same id and a new version number
C	Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement unit standard with a new id
D	Unit standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Subfield                        Wood Panels Manufacturing

                        Solid Wood Manufacturing

Domain                        Veneer Manufacturing

                        Veneer Slicing Operations

id	Title	Level	Credit	Review category
730	Prepare flitches for slicing into veneers Condition logs for slicing into veneers	4 3	6 7	B
731	Slice flitches into veneer leaves Slice logs into veneer leaves	4 3	14 10	B
732	Clip and grade veneers	4 3	10	B
733	Cut and glue veneer leaves	3	8 10	B
734	Make layons from veneer leaves	4 3	8 10	B
23099	Cut logs for veneer slicing	3	7	New
23100	Rip logs to size in preparation for veneer slicing	3	7	New
23101	Dry wood veneer leaves	3	10	New
23102	Guillotine veneer leaves	3	7	New
23103	Repair veneer layons	3	7	New

 

Subfield                        Wood Panels Manufacturing

Domain                        Veneer Manufacturing

id	Title	Level	Credit	Review category
735	Manufacture veneer edging tape	4	5	D