Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | New Zealand Certificate in Finger Jointing (Level 4) | |
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Qualification Type | Certificate | |
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Level | 4 | |
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Credits | 135 | |
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
This purpose of this qualification is to provide the solid wood manufacturing industry with people who have the advanced technical skills and knowledge required to operate, without supervision, as trade-level finger jointer operators.
Graduates will be able to operate and maintain plant and equipment safely and efficiently and will be able to troubleshoot and make decisions to maintain productivity. |
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Graduate profile |
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
- Grind and maintain a finger jointing cutterhead. - Interpret and apply specifications and knowledge of the technical aspects of tooling and machinery to operate a finger jointing machine. - Inspect and maintain a finger jointing machine. - Set up an edge-to-edge or face-to-face finger jointing machine. - Coordinate in-feed, out-feed, production volume and shook quality for a finger jointing operation. - Diagnose product and joint defects and implement corrective actions to meet production and quality requirements of a finger jointing operation. - Control glue systems for wood product manufacturing. |
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Education pathways |
This qualification builds on the Finger Jointing Strand of the New Zealand Certificate in Solid Wood Manufacturing (Level 3) with strands in Finger Jointing; Pole, Post and Pile; Saw Doctoring; Sawmilling; Timber Drying; Timber Grading and Optimising; Timber Machining and Timber Treatment [Ref: 1969].
This qualification can lead to the New Zealand Certificate in Manufacturing (Level 5) [Ref: 2732]. |
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Entry Requirements |
Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996. Resource Management Act 1991. |
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Education Organisation | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |
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Developed By | Hanga-Aro-Rau Manufacturing, Engineering and Logistics Workforce Development Council | |
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |
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Number | 2311 | |
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Status | Current | |
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Created | 2013-12-23 00:00:00.0 | |
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Last Reviewed | 2014-05-12 09:31:38.0 | |
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Next Review | 2025-12-31 00:00:00.0 | |
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Content |
*Finger Jointer cutter head and cutters hazards and safe work practices refit, reassembly and maintenance. *Operation and operating principles of a grinder; Grinder components; Roles and responsibilities of grinding room and tool room operators. *Machinery and grinding wheel functions and maintenance. *Mechanical and chemical cleaning of cutter heads, inspection for damage. *Principles Centrifugal force, grinding wheel, pneumatic pressure and productivity calculations. *for dismantling, balancing, maintaining and replacing cutters *Finger joint profile options and tooling choices. *Finger joint saw types, their function and comparison of different tooth and mounting combinations. *Control of the press *Hazards, isolation and maintaining wood forming machinery. *Disassembly, cleaning, repair and reassembly for wood forming machines *Role and responsibility of the finger jointer operator and purpose of setting up a face-to-face or edge-to-edge finger jointer *The role of the finger jointing operation; infeed operations; production and quality of shooks; outfeed operations. *Finger jointed defects; Joint failure problems; Solutions to finger joint product defects; Work site documentation.
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