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Title Set lockstitch sewing machine for canvas fabrication
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Level
Purpose
3 Credits 4
This unit standard is for people who work in the canvas fabrication and allied industries. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of lockstitch sewing machine; carry out routine maintenance and adjustment of sewing machine; and fit feet and attachment to sewing machine.
Classification
Available grade
Entry information
Outdoor Fabric Products > Canvas Fabrication
Achieved
Recommended skills and knowledge
Unit 1314, Operate hand tools and machines used in canvas fabrication prior to or concurrently with this unit or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1 The following legislation (and subsequent amendments) is applicable to this unit standard and must be followed where applicable:
– Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2 Award of credit for this unit standard requires competence to be demonstrated across the following range of lockstitch sewing machines: plain, needle feed, compound feed, zig zag.
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of lockstitch sewing machine for the canvas fabrication and allied industries.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Type of machine is selected for the work in hand according to the machine manufacturer’s specifications and company policy.
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Machine operation is described according to the machine manufacturer’s specifications and company policy.
1.3 Machine threading up procedure is demonstrated according to machine manufacturer’s specifications.
1.4 Machine adjustment points are indicated and their function described according to the machine manufacturer’s specifications.
Range foot heights, stitch length, timing.
1.5 Machine lubrication and cleaning procedures are demonstrated according to machine manufacturer.
Outcome 2
Carry out routine maintenance and adjustment of sewing machine for the canvas fabrication and allied industries.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Routine maintenance is perf recommendation. ormed according to machine manufacturer‘s
2.2 Machine is tested for dynamic performance according to machine manufacturer‘s recommendation.
2.3 Machine is adjusted to maintain manufacturer’s specified performance under supervision accordi ng to machine manufacturer‘s recommendation.
2.4 Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Range personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Outcome 3
Fit feet and attachment to sewing machine for the canvas fabrication and allied industries.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Feet are fitted to sewing machine according to machine manufacturer’s specifications.
Range plain, zip, piping (left and/or right hand fit).
3.2 Attachment is fitted to the sewing machine and adjusted for the job according to machine manufacturer’s specifications.
Range automatic folder, automatic binder.
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3.3 Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Range
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Replacement information This unit standard has been replaced by 23489 and unit standard 23490.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 3 August 1995 31 December 2016
Revision
Revision
2
3
16 September 1997
4 November 1997
31 December 2016
31 December 2016
Revision
Review
Review
4
5
6
28 May 1998
17 August 1999
26 March 2007
31 December 2016
31 December 2016
31 December 2016
Rollover 7 19 November 2010 31 December 2016
Rollover 8 20 November 2015 31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0014
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (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 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.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Conesnt 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.
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
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SSB Code 101542