NQF Level 3 Learnership in Plastics Manufacturing
This Education & Training program can be attended as two individual Skills programs, making up the bulk of the requirements for a full learnership leading to the National Certificate in Plastics Manufacturing – NQF Level 3
It consists of a generic section where most of the fundamentals are tackled and a technologically specific section.
Technologies: Injection Moulding & Extrusion Blow Moulding
Venue: Run in-plant only
Min / Max no of candidates: 5 / 9 learners
Duration: 80 Hours
Min entry level: Completed NQF Level 2 / Equivalent and / or relevant experience
Attainable credits: 89
Quality/Soft Skills
• Principles of Quality and applications
• Time Management
• Building Internal customer & supplier relationships
• Business calculations & more advanced maths
• Personal financial plan
• Controlling budgets
• Product evaluations
• Developing and applying learning techniques
• Organisational diversity and procedures
• Verbal and written communications
• Portfolio of evidence compilation
• Teamwork & communication
• Formative assessments & related assignments
Technologically specific section
• Intermediate Raw materials and behaviours
• Raw material preparation and control
• Waste management
• Health, Safety & housekeeping application
• Process Operations and change-overs
• Start-up & Shut down the equipment
• Practical tasks
• Problem solving applications
• Basic maintenance
• Formative assessments & related assignments
Please note: Training by subject experts will need to be contacted in order to fulfill all the necessary requirements of the full qualification, though Productive Services should be appointed as the main provider.
UNIT STANDARDS
UNIT STD. No | UNIT STANDARD DESCRIPTION | CREDITS | TYPE |
13234 | Apply quality procedures | 8 | Core |
9530 | Manage work time effectively | 3 | Core |
116720 | Show understanding of diversity in the workplace | 3 | Core |
8968 | Accommodate audience and context needs in oral communication | 5 | Fundamental |
8969 | Interpret and use information from texts | 5 | Fundamental |
9012 | Investigate life and work related problems using data and probabilities | 5 | Fundamental |
8973 | Use language and communication in occupational learning programmes | 5 | Fundamental |
8970 | Write texts for a range of communicative contexts | 5 | Fundamental |
14445 | Frame and implement an individual action plan to improve productivity within an organisational unit | 3 | Elective |
13223 | Apply safety, health and environmental protection procedures | 6 | Core |
119174 | Perform routine maintenance tasks on plastics manufacturing equipment | 2 | Core |
119162 | Perform routine operations on plastics manufacturing equipment | 10 | Core |
119142 | Transport and care for tooling in plastics manufacturing processes | 6 | Core |
119169 | Work with and look after materials in the plastics manufacturing production process | 12 | Core |
114104 | Handle production waste | 3 | Elective |
119179 | Conduct simple tests during the plastics manufacturing process | 2 | Elective |
119182 | Control materials and consumables for plastics manufacturing processes | 5 | Elective |
