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Monitor quality controls and procedures in clothing production
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe
quality control procedures for each production stage; identify common
problems and faults in clothing production and describe methods of
rectification; monitor workplace quality control methods; and source internal
and external testing facilities and agents.
Subfield
Clothing Manufacture
Domain
Apparel Production Planning
Status
Registered
Status date
19 June 2009
Date version published
19 June 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0030
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
This unit standard is for production personnel responsible for clothing production
systems, and those involved in both systems and production planning within a
production unit.
2
Common faults and problems are those identified in associated range statements.
3
Statutory requirements will depend on product and market.
4
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
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Definitions
Product, style or garment specifications are all terms for the same document. The
terminology varies between workplaces but they all refer to the documentation that
accompanies each manufacturing order. This documentation sets out the material to
be used for the garment, the size range for manufacturing, the product assembly
sequence, product finishing procedures and the component specifications.
Workplace procedures refer to the verbal or documented procedures for performing
work activities and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality
management requirements. They may refer to manuals, manufacturer's
specifications, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify and describe quality control procedures for each production stage.
Performance criteria
1.1
Procedures for examining quality of incoming fabrics are identified and
described in terms of workplace procedures.
1.2
Procedures for controlling quality during fabric spreading are identified and
described in terms of workplace procedures.
Range
1.3
Procedures for controlling quality of markers are identified and described in
terms of workplace procedures.
Range
1.4
accuracy, faults and rectifications, bundling, ticketing, work
instructions.
Procedures for controlling quality in the sewing room are identified and
described in terms of workplace procedures.
Range
1.6
accuracy of marker, alignment, identification, size labels.
Procedures for controlling quality during the cutting room procedures are
identified and described in terms of workplace procedures.
Range
1.5
fabric checking, alignment, shading, number of plies, wastage,
shrinkage.
handling methods, work instructions, tension, foot pressure,
organisation of sewing room operations.
Procedures for controlling quality during finishing and pressing operations are
identified and described in terms of workplace procedures.
Range
accessories, product specifications, packing, visual inspection.
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Element 2
Identify common problems and faults in clothing production and describe corrective action
to be taken.
Performance criteria
2.1
Cutting room problems and faults are explained in terms of cause and
corrective action required.
Range
2.2
Sewing room problems and faults are explained in terms of cause and
corrective action required.
Range
2.3
fabric faults, cutting knife temperature, knife condition, faulty
bundling, number of plys, identification marks movement in the lay,
fabric characteristics.
stitch length, thread compatibility, curling, shading, uneven panels,
pulling or puckering, stretching, needle type, needle damage.
Pressing room problems and faults are explained in terms of cause and
corrective action required.
Range
application conditions – fabric, equipment, shrinkage, shine.
Element 3
Monitor workplace quality control methods.
Performance criteria
3.1
Sampling plans and methods, and testing and inspection methods, are
described in terms of suitability for monitoring quality at identified production
stages.
3.2
Control charts are prepared and implemented to monitor quality during
production according to workplace procedures.
3.3
Data and results of quality control monitoring are analysed and interpreted in
relation to product specifications, and recorded according to workplace
procedures.
3.4
Procedures for ensuring compliance with statutory requirements are explained
in terms of company products and workplace procedures.
Range
country of origin, care labelling, composition of product, product
purpose.
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Element 4
Source internal and external testing facilities and agents.
Range
tests can include but are not limited to – pilling, shrinkage, dye fastness, fabric
composition, delamination.
Performance criteria
4.1
All workplace tests are identified and described in terms of purpose of test and
specification requirements.
Range
company products.
4.2
Internal and external testing agents are selected according to requirements of
production specifications.
4.3
All test requisitions and results are actioned according to workplace procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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