NZQA Expiring unit standard
8315 version 6
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Title
Make and fit a range of protective covers in the motor trimming
industry
Level
3
Credits
4
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 protective covers; prepare to make
covers; and make and fit protective covers.
Classification
Motor Industry > Motor Trimming
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 8299, Identify, use, and store materials, and make a
template, in the motor trimming industry, or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
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
This unit standard applies to making spare wheel covers, stone guards, fender pad,
loose seat covers, boot liners, dash covers, over mats, vehicle and boat covers,
motor cycle seat and tank covers in the motor trimming and allied industries.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8315 version 6
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of protective covers.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Functions of and types of protective covers are identified according to company
policy.
Range
1.2
Materials used to make protective covers are identified according to vehicle and
material manufacturers' specifications.
Range
1.3
protection, decoration.
light canvas, cotton, vinyl, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), calico backed
foam.
Methods of attachment are identified according to vehicle manufacturer's
specifications.
Outcome 2
Prepare to make covers.
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,
punch, drill, pop riveter, straight edge, compass, marker.
2.2
Customer requirements and cover specification are identified and verified
according to company policy.
2.3
Materials that enable the covers to be made to specification are identified, and
are used according to the material manufacturer's specifications and company
policy.
Range
fabric, fasteners, cord, foam, piping, wire, elastic bias.
2.4
Defects in fabric are identified and omitted according to company policy.
2.5
Template is made according to customer specification and company policy.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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8315 version 6
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Outcome 3
Make and fit protective covers.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Material is laid out, measured, marked out, and cut, and all measurements are
according to specification and company policy.
Range
3.2
matching pattern, hems, stretch, shrinkage; seam allowance of +/2mm.
Material is stitched and assembled according to specification and company
policy, and there are no breaks in the stitching, and no wastage of materials.
Range
sewing machine, hand sewing; fasteners aligned and evenly
spaced; stitching even, seams even and allow for shedding water,
no loose threads; allowance of +/- 2mm.
3.3
Fasteners are fitted to the cover according to material and vehicle
manufacturers' specifications and company policy.
3.4
Unused materials are stored, and scrap materials are disposed of according to
material manufacturer's specifications and company policy.
3.5
Cover fits according to specification.
Range
neat and aligned, fasteners aligned and evenly spaced, no
wrinkles, matching pattern, sheds water.
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.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8315 version 6
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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
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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016