NZQA registered unit standard
27894 version 1
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Title
Analyse physical testing of leather
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for experienced people wishing to develop
their technical skills in leather manufacture.
People credited with this unit standard are able to analyse:
physical testing used on leather, and the effects on tannery
processes and product of failure to meet physical testing
requirements.
Classification
Fellmongery and Leather Processing > Leather Processing
Knowledge
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Analyse physical testing used on leather.
Range
evidence is required of five physical testing procedures and the equipment
required for each which may include but are not limited to – slot tear strength,
stitch tear strength, tensile strength, grain strength, rub fastness, light fastness,
wash fastness, water spotting, finish adhesion, water penetration.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Procedures, including sampling methodology where applicable, are analysed to
determine the appropriate physical tests for each tannery process stage.
1.2
Each procedure is analysed to determine the apparatus and equipment required
to carry out the tests for each tannery process stage.
Outcome 2
Analyse the effects on tannery processes and product of failure to meet physical testing
requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27894 version 1
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Consequences of failure to meet requirements of physical testing are analysed
in terms of specified tests applied at specified process stages and potential
impact on the tannery and customer.
Range
evidence is required of four consequences, which may include but
are not limited to – off specification product, wastage, reworking,
effluent loadings, customer dissatisfaction, loss of orders, added
cost.
Replacement information
Planned review date
This unit standard replaced unit standard 8392.
31 December 2017
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 February 2013
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0033
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.
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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016