Filter Rod Sending Station Maintenance Procedures Training

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate knowledge of filter rod sending station components and their functions.
• Apply safe maintenance procedures in accordance with occupational health and safety regulations.
• Analyze common faults and diagnose root causes in sending station operation.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks including cleaning, lubrication, and component replacement.
• Evaluate maintenance records and recommend improvements to enhance equipment reliability.

Target Audience

Maintenance technicians, mechanical fitters, and production supervisors working in filter rod manufacturing or tobacco processing facilities who are responsible for the upkeep of sending stations.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment. However, learners should be employed in a maintenance or production role within a tobacco manufacturing environment.

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions allow learners to apply theoretical knowledge to real equipment. Under supervision, they perform inspections, adjustments, troubleshooting, and preventive maintenance on a filter rod sending station, reinforcing safe work practices and procedural accuracy.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Mechanical Inspection and Lubrication — Learners conduct a full mechanical inspection of the sending station, including belt tensioning, bearing lubrication, and alignment checks. (8h)
• Practical 2: Pneumatic and Electrical Fault Diagnosis — Learners diagnose and rectify common pneumatic and electrical faults introduced by the instructor, such as cylinder leaks and sensor misalignment. (8h)
• Practical 3: Preventive Maintenance Execution — Learners perform a complete preventive maintenance routine on the sending station, including cleaning, sensor calibration, and control panel checks. (8h)
• Practical 4: Component Replacement and System Testing — Learners replace a motor and realign the drive system, then test the station for correct operation. (8h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.