Corrugated S/NVQs > Level 3
Print & Graphic Communication NTO - Fibreboard Manufacture & Conversion Units

004 - Overview
Maintain equipment in working order

To achieve your unit certificate, you must show that you can 

This involves:

• planning cleaning operations so that disruption to production is minimised;
• identifying and dealing with machinery problems which may affect production;
• making sure waste and pollution are minimised;
• briefing others on what cleaning work is required;
• diagnosing and rectifying machine faults;
• reporting faults which it is not your job to rectify;
• recording faults and production down-time;
• making sure that machines are safe to run.

Collecting the evidence for this unit

Your performance evidence must show that you have covered all of the statements in the 'You must show' section in each element, and must be the result of real work activities in actual production situations. Simulation is not acceptable for this unit.

Your assessor will need to be satisfied that you have the necessary understanding specified in each 'K' list. Where this is not evident from your performance, you may be asked oral or written questions, or to write a short report.

The equipment cleaned is the equipment for which you are responsible in your job. This will depend on your area of work and the specific type of equipment you use. For example:

• machine printing/slotting - various types
• die cutting - rotary or flat bed
• machine closing - multipoint gluers, gluers and stitching machines
• corrugators - various types

You may need to provide other information to support your performance evidence. Here are some examples:

• a copy of plans for cleaning operations
• documents giving information about machine faults
• records of machine faults and down time
• written or spoken reports describing
• your responsibilities and your team's responsibilities for cleaning equipment
• the action you took to deal with recurring faults, such as giving the operator on-the-job training, reporting difficulties to your manager, re-assigning the operator to other tasks
  

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