NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
Gild with metal leaf
Level
4
1059 version 10
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Credits
Purpose
15
This unit standard is for people who wish to acquire the
specialist skill of gilding for the signmaking industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for
gilding with metal leaf; gild letters and graphics; and ensure the
task is complete.
Classification
Graphic Arts > Signmaking
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare for gilding with metal leaf.
Evidence requirements
1.1
1.2
This unit standard is
Substrate is prepared to expiring
a condition which will ensure a commercially
Selection of equipment and materials is consistent with requirements of client
brief.
acceptable finish.
Range
1.3
Mordant or size selected is consistent with job requirements.
Range
1.4
includes but is not limited to – dry, clean, smooth, blemish free.
examples include but are not limited to – oil gold size, Japan gold
size, enamel, matt gold size, gelatine size.
Transfer of letters and graphics to surface is completed to specifications.
Outcome 2
Gild letters and graphics.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
1059 version 10
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Selection of metal leaf is consistent with requirements of substrate and client
brief.
Range
examples include but are not limited to – gold leaf standard,
double gold, ribbon gold, platinum, white gold, dutch gold, imitation
gold, aluminium, silver.
2.2
Size is applied evenly, to adhere to substrate and dry uniformly, allowing
sufficient time for application of transfer gilding.
2.3
Most economical use of metal is demonstrated and blemish free application is
achieved.
2.4
Gilding is burnished to produce shiny, wrinkle-free finish with all waste leaf
removed.
2.5
Application of decorative effects complies with design brief.
2.6
Protective coating compatible with metal leaf is applied evenly to achieve
complete coverage and without damage to gilding.
Outcome 3
Ensure the task is complete.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Work site is clean and waste removed as specified in contract.
This unit standard is
Replacement information
This
unit standard, unit standard 1060, and unit standard
expiring
9133 have been replaced by unit standard 27582.
3.2
Client approval of completed work is obtained.
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
NZQA Expiring unit standard
1059 version 10
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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
31 January 1997
31 December 2014
Revision
4
9 March 1999
31 December 2014
Revision
5
12 December 2000
31 December 2014
Review
6
16 December 2003
31 December 2014
Rollover and
Revision
7
23 January 2009
31 December 2014
Review
8
19 January 2012
31 December 2014
Reinstatement
9
16 April 2015
31 December 2019
Rollover
10
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.
This unit standard is
Requirements for consent to assessexpiring
and an outline of the moderation system that applies
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.
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