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Create window displays in a retail or distribution environment
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to create window displays in
a retail or distribution environment.
Subfield
Retail, Distribution, and Sales
Domain
Merchandising and Marketing
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2006
Date version published
20 November 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2010
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
ServiceIQ
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0225
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Performance of the elements of this unit standard must comply with the requirements
of the following: Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Fair Trading Act 1986, Sale of
Goods Act 1908, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and their subsequent
amendments.
2
Definition
Organisational procedures refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are formally documented, or generally accepted within the workplace.
3
Evidence is required for two window displays.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Create window displays in a retail or distribution environment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Types of window display are described.
Range
1.2
A display pattern consistent with type of goods and window is selected.
Range
1.3
may include but is not limited to – balance, rhythm, proportion,
symmetry, asymmetry, repetition, colour, alternation, progression,
positioning, street appeal.
Accessories used complement display design.
Range
1.5
may include but is not limited to – horizontal, vertical, triangle,
circle, curve, diagonal, rectangle, pyramid, radiation, overlap,
graduation, dominance, grouping.
Display is set up showing use of design principles.
Range
1.4
may include but is not limited to – traditional, contemporary,
special event, promotion.
may include but is not limited to – posters, promotional materials,
related products, risers, props, videos, audios, window dressing,
lighting.
Special requirements of displayed goods are met.
Range
may include but are not limited to – perishability, security,
dangerous goods, legislative requirements.
1.6
Display condition is monitored and maintained in accordance with organisational
procedures.
1.7
Safety and security procedures for installation and maintenance of display are
followed.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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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 the ServiceIQ qualifications@serviceiq.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
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