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Title
Make a back rest and base cover for a vehicle seat
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work in the motor trimming
industry. Those credited with this unit standard are able to:
demonstrate knowledge of base covers and back rests;
prepare to make the back rest and base cover; and make the
back rest and base cover.
Classification
Motor Industry > Motor Trimming
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Unit 8299, Identify, use, and store materials, and make a
template, in the motor trimming industry, or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Explanatory notes
1
The following legislation and regulations (and subsequent amendments) are relevant
to this unit standard and must be followed where applicable:
– Health and Safety in Employment Act, 1992.
2
When the evidence requirements state company policy, it is assumed that it is in line
with the vehicle manufacturer's repair standards.
3
Back rest may also be known as squab cover, and base cover may also be known as
the seat cushion.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of base covers and back rests.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Types of back rests and base covers are identified according to seat and
vehicle manufacturers' specifications.
Range
bench, bucket.
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Materials used to make base covers and back rests are identified according to
seat and vehicle manufacturers' specifications.
Range
vinyl, cloth, leather.
1.3
Designs and patterns are identified according to material, seat, and vehicle
manufacturers' specifications.
1.4
Method of attachment to frame is identified according to vehicle manufacturer's
specifications.
Outcome 2
Prepare to make a back rest and base cover.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Tools and equipment are identified, and are used according to the tool and
equipment manufacturers' specifications.
Range
shears, square, measuring tape, sewing machine, needle, thread,
skewers, markers, rule.
2.2
Customer requirements and cover specification are identified, and are verified
according to company policy.
2.3
Materials that enable the cover to be made to specification are identified.
Range
padding, cover, plain, patterned, flat, pile, stretch, vinyl, quilted,
UV treated.
2.4
Defects in fabric are identified and omitted according to company policy.
2.5
Template that enables the rest and cover to be made is created according to
specification.
Outcome 3
Make the back rest and base cover.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Material is laid out, measured, marked out, and cut, and all measurements are
according to specification and company policy.
Range
matching pattern, pile consistency and direction, allowance for
seams, hems, stretch, shrinkage; allowance of +/- 2mm.
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Material is assembled and stitched according to specification, and there are no
breaks in the stitching, and minimal wastage of materials, according to company
policy.
Range
sewing machine, hand sewing; piping, fluting/pleating, seaming,
quilting, top sewing, saddle seams, top stitch; stitching even, joints
flat and even; allowance of +/- 2mm.
3.3
Buttons are fitted as necessary according to customer requirements and
company policy.
3.4
Unused materials are disposed of or stored, according to manufacturer's
specifications and company policy.
3.5
Cover and padding are fitted on frame and fit according to specification.
Range
piping even, neat and aligned, marks aligned, no wrinkles,
matching pattern.
3.6
Tools and equipment are clean and put away in their place according to
company policy.
3.7
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Range
personal safety, safety to other people, environmental safety;
vehicle safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 8317 have been
replaced by unit standard 23522 and unit standard
23523.
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
21 August 1996
31 December 2016
Revision
2
14 November 2000
31 December 2016
Revision
3
16 October 2003
31 December 2016
Review
4
26 March 2007
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
19 November 2010
31 December 2016
Rollover
6
18 February 2016
31 December 2020
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0014
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, 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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