NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of measuring and marking material, and
making templates for industrial textile fabrication
Level
3
Credits
3
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: preparing
products for measuring and marking; measuring the fabric
and/or material; marking out material; and making templates.
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.
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.
3
Sewing related textbooks can be sourced from a local book retailer, school or
polytechnic library, or the public library lending service; useful websites include but
are not limited to Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com; Capital Books
http://www.capitalbooks.co.nz; local public library websites; Techbooks Ltd
http://www.techbooks.co.nz; Whitcoulls http://www.whitcoulls.co.nz.
4
Award of credit for this unit standard requires competence to be demonstrated
through a written test.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of preparing products for measuring and marking.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Factors that determine the way products are laid out are described in
accordance with industry requirements.
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Range
1.2
type and size, quantity, templates, cutting method, space
available.
Procedures for laying out products for measuring and marking are described in
accordance with industry requirements.
Range
1.3
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moving materials, manual handling, table, floor.
The importance of checking products prior to measuring and marking are
described in accordance with industry requirements.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of measuring fabric and/or material.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Locating and interpreting overall sizes are described in accordance with
industry requirements.
Range
from sketch, drawing, plan, sample, job specifications, job card,
template.
2.2
Procedures for transferring measurements to fabric and/or material are
described in accordance with industry requirements.
2.3
Procedures for determining individual piece sizes are described in accordance
with industry requirements.
2.4
Allowances are described in accordance with industry requirements.
Range
seams, hem stretch, shrinkage.
2.5
Procedures for minimising waste are explained in accordance with textbook
instructions and industry requirements.
2.6
Tools and equipment used for measuring and marking are described in
accordance with industry requirements.
Range
tape measure, rules, squares, straight edges, anchoring devices,
string lines, push pins, staple gun, knee pads.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of marking out material.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Marking out materials are identified in accordance with industry requirements.
Range
pens, pencils, chalk, marking spikes, felt pen.
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NZQA registered unit standard
3.2
Procedures for marking out material are described in accordance with industry
requirements.
Range
3.3
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pens, pencils, chalk, marking spikes, felt pen, piece alignment
marks.
The importance of marking pieces for product and assembly identification is
explained in accordance with the industry requirements.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of making templates.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The uses of templates are described in accordance with textbook instructions
and industry requirements.
4.2
Materials used to make a template are described in accordance with textbook
instructions.
includes but is not limited to – scissors, knives, saws, paper,
cardboard, ply, markers, skewers.
Range
4.3
Procedures for making templates are described in accordance with industry
requirements.
Range
smooth edges, no sharp or irregular edges, allowances.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 23488, unit standard
23493, and unit standard 23494 replaced unit standard
1318.
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
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
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.
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(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
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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.
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SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016