NZQA registered unit standard
27582 version 1
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Title
Apply advanced decorative forms to signs manually
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
20
This unit standard is for experienced people working in the
signmaking industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan and
prepare to apply advanced decorative forms to signs; layout
sign; apply advanced decorative forms to signs; and clean
equipment and work area.
Classification
Printing > Signmaking
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and references relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to
– Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Definitions
Company requirements refer to any documented policies and procedures of the
company involved.
Client may refer to business owners, printers, property owners, sign manufacturers,
statutory bodies.
Tools, equipment and materials may refer to – cotton wool or velvet, gelatine, gilder’s
pad, gilding knife, gilding mug, gilding tip, heating pots, stove, adhesives, blackboard
paint, crayons, felt tip pens, fixitives, pastels, transfer paper, acrylic paint, enamel
paint, water-based paint, artist’s brushes, charcoal, easel, mediums, sketch pad.
Substrates may refer to – corflute, glass surfaces, metals, card, chalkboard surfaces,
paper, tyvek, timber, canvas.
Advanced decorative forms may refer to hand-rendered pictorials, lines and scrolls,
gilding, showcards and chalkboards.
3
A minimum of two different signs using two different decorative forms is required.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan and prepare to apply advanced decorative forms to signs.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Work area is prepared for signwriting in accordance with company and
legislative requirements.
1.2
Job specifications are identified in accordance with any drawings, job
requirements and the client’s brief.
1.3
Tools, equipment and materials are selected to carry out tasks in accordance
with company requirements.
1.4
Substrates are identified and prepared to meet the job requirements in
accordance with company requirements.
Outcome 2
Layout sign.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Layout is set and produced in accordance with job specifications and company
requirements.
2.2
Drawings and any graphics are transferred to layout in accordance with job
specifications and company requirements.
Outcome 3
Apply advanced decorative forms to signs.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Decorative forms are produced in accordance with job specifications and
company requirements.
3.2
Illustrations are reproduced applying proportion and perspective, and
texture, light and shade effects to create visual realism in accordance with job
specifications and company requirements.
3.3
Completed signs are checked to ensure compliance with job specifications.
3.4
Completed signs are presented to the client for approval in accordance with
company requirements.
Outcome 4
Clean equipment and work area.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Equipment is cleaned and stored in accordance with legislative and company
requirements.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Work site is cleaned and waste removed in accordance with legislative and
company requirements.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 1059, unit
standard 1060, and unit standard 9133.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
19 January 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0005
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016