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Title
Design layouts for signs
Level
2
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Credits
Purpose
20
This unit standard is for entrants in the signmaking industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to produce
design roughs, and a finished design.
Classification
Graphic Arts > Signmaking
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The candidate will produce the layout of a sign which is two dimensional and not
computer drawn.
2
Candidates should produce sufficient layouts to cover the ranges indicated below.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Produce design roughs.
This unit standard is
Project requirements in terms of constraints, materials, and equipment are
determined from design brief.
expiring
Evidence requirements
1.1
Range
1.2
consideration to be given to – size, budget, time schedule,
proposed purpose, proposed site, material, paper, paints, markers,
drawing equipment.
Layout principles are incorporated into design roughs and reflect design brief.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
includes but is not limited to – positive and negative space,
symmetrical and asymmetrical balance, proportion, pattern,
harmony.
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1.3
Principles on the use of colour are incorporated in design roughs and reflect
design brief.
Range
1.4
includes but is not limited to – legibility, purpose, function, fashion,
company/client image, formal, informal.
Graphic skills are demonstrated in design roughs and reflect design brief.
Range
1.6
consideration to be given to – primary, secondary and
intermediate colours, complementary, analogous, monochromatic,
polychromatic, split complementary colour schemes.
Principles governing the selection of typeface are demonstrated in the design
roughs.
Range
1.5
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includes but is not limited to – translation of photos and images to
line drawings, manipulation of images using projection equipment.
Design of rough is refined to client requirements and final rough is within design
and budget constraints.
Outcome 2
Produce a finished design.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Design complies with job specifications.
2.2
Design is completed to client satisfaction.
This unit
standard is
This unit standard, unit standard 1035, unit standard
1036, and unit standard 1048 have been replaced by
unit
standard 27575.
expiring
Replacement information
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 April 1995
31 December 2014
Review
2
25 March 1996
31 December 2014
Revision
3
9 March 1999
31 December 2014
Revision
4
12 December 2000
31 December 2014
Review
5
16 December 2003
31 December 2014
Rollover and
Revision
6
23 January 2009
31 December 2014
Review
7
19 January 2012
31 December 2014
Reinstatement
8
16 April 2015
31 December 2019
Rollover
9
10 December 2015
31 December 2019
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016