NZQA registered unit standard
23483 version 2
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of reinforcements and attachments used in
the industrial textile fabrication industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This theory-based unit standard is for people who work in the
industrial textile fabrication industry. People credited with this
unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of:
reinforcements; and fastener and fitting attachments, used in
the industrial textile fabrication industry.
Classification
Industrial Textile Fabrication > Industrial Textile Fabrication
Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – the Health
and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Fair Trading Act 1986, Consumer Guarantees
Act 1993, and replacements.
2
Definition
Industry requirements refer to those practices and procedures commonly used as
standard procedures to produce items of acceptable merchantable quality in the
industrial textile fabrication industry.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of reinforcements used in the industrial textile fabrication industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Purposes and uses of reinforcements are described in accordance with
textbook descriptions and industry requirements.
Range
1.2
includes but is not limited to – edge and corner patches,
attachments, flapping and rubbing, seams.
Materials used for reinforcing are described in accordance with manufacturer
specifications.
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includes but are not limited to – webbing, Velcro tape, Dacron
tape, sticky back tape, leather, polyvinyl chloride (PVC) patches.
Range
1.3
Procedures for adding reinforcements are described in accordance with
textbook descriptions and industry requirements.
1.4
Tools and equipment for fitting reinforcements and attachments are identified in
accordance with textbook instructions.
includes but is not limited to – sewing machines, welding
machines, presses, hot knife, marking tools, swaging tools, hank
attachment tools, spanners, screwdrivers, Allen keys, cutting tools,
splicing tools.
Range
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of fastener and fitting attachments used in the industrial textile
fabrication industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Type and size of fasteners and fittings are described in accordance with the
manufacturer specifications.
includes but is not limited to – eyelets, domes, turnbuckles, rivets,
studs, hooks, shock cord fastenings, rope end and splice clips,
hook and loop, stayput, lift the dot, buckles, zippers, sister clips,
overcentre buckles, cam buckles, rave hooks, grommets, rings,
press rings, rope, zips, press studs swivels, press eye.
Range
2.2
Applications for the attachments are described in accordance with the
manufacturer specifications.
2.3
Methods for attaching fasteners and fittings are described in accordance with
manufacturer specifications.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
26 March 2007
31 December 2018
Review
2
27 January 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0014
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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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 NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) (MITO)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016