Field           Engineering and Technology

 

Expiry of Electronic Manufacturing unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Electronic Engineering

Electronic Manufacturing

12573-12592, 20400-20405, 20524, 22732, 22733

 

The Skills Organisation has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Summary

 

These unit standards were included in the National Certificate in Electronic Manufacturing (Level 3) [Ref: 0434] and the National Certificate in Electronic Manufacturing (Level 4) with strands in Manufacturing Technology, and Manufacturing Leadership [Ref:0435].

 

During the review that was completed in August 2016, the industry stakeholders recommended that the national qualifications be phased out, and the associated unit standards set to expire on December 2021.  There has been no usage of these unit standards in the past 2 years.

 

The Skills Organisation will continue to offer electronics and electrical unit standards, leaving the manufacturing suite of standards with the relevant Standard Setting Bodies. 

 

Main changes

 

These unit standards were set to expire without replacement.

 

These Category D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2021

 

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

 

Key to review category

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Engineering and Technology > Electronic Engineering > Electronic Manufacturing

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

12573

Deal with hazardous materials in an electronic manufacturing environment

3

10

D

12574

Pack electronic products

2

10

D

12575

Assemble through-hole printed circuit boards manually

3

10

D

12576

Assemble surface mount printed circuit boards manually

3

15

D

12577

Assemble electronic products

3

15

D

12578

Assemble electronic components

3

15

D

12579

Perform hand soldering in electronic manufacturing

3

10

D

12580

Operate printed circuit board flow soldering equipment

3

10

D

12581

Operate automatic assembly equipment for printed circuit boards

3

35

D

12582

Control printed circuit board fabrication operations

3

30

D

12583

Control printed circuit board manufacturing processes

3

30

D

12584

Control printed circuit board screenprinting processes

3

30

D

12585

Prepare screenprinting stencils for printed circuit board processes

3

20

D

12586

Apply protective coatings to electronic products

3

10

D

12587

Inspect electronic products visually

3

10

D

12588

Conduct go/no-go testing of electronic products in electronic manufacturing

3

10

D

12589

Test and adjust electronic products in electronic manufacturing

4

20

D

12590

Repair printed circuit boards

4

20

D

12591

Prepare production batches for manufacture of electronic products

4

15

D

12592

Manage the production of electronic products within a manufacturing cell

4

30

D

20400

Rework surface mount printed circuit boards

3

10

D

20401

Rework through-hole printed circuit boards

3

10

D

20402

Identify and follow safety practices and procedures in an electronic manufacturing environment

2

5

D

20403

Identify electronic components

2

5

D

20404

Assemble electronic equipment racks or cabinets

3

20

D

20405

Describe and use electrostatic discharge control procedures in electronic manufacturing

2

2

D

20524

Assemble through-hole printed circuit boards using semi-automatic assembly equipment

3

10

D

22732

Apply intermediate knowledge of electronic manufacturing

5

15

D

22733

Demonstrate advanced knowledge of electronic manufacturing process engineering

6

15

D