NZQA registered unit standard
23488 version 2
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Title
Identify job details, and measure and mark out material for industrial
textile fabrication
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work in the industrial textile
fabrication industry. People credited with this unit standard are
able to: identify job details and select and lay out material;
obtain dimensions for marking out; and measure and mark out
material.
Classification
Industrial Textile Fabrication > Industrial Textile Fabrication
Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 23487, Demonstrate knowledge of measuring and marking
material, and making templates for industrial textile fabrication;
and Unit 23513, Demonstrate knowledge of job specifications
for the industrial textile fabrication industry; or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
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
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures which
are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – company specifications and
procedures, work instructions, manufacturer specifications, product quality
specifications, and legislative requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify job details and select and lay out material.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23488 version 2
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Job details are identified, and material type is determined for each piece in
accordance with job specifications and company requirements.
Range
job specifications, sample, workplace directive.
1.2
Material is selected from storage in accordance with company requirements.
1.3
Material is laid out for measuring and marking in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
moving materials, manual handling, table, floor.
1.4
Material is checked for faults and size to ensure it can accommodate the job in
accordance with company requirements.
1.5
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range
includes – personal safety; safety of other people; workshop
safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety;
may include but is not limited to – knee pads.
Outcome 2
Obtain dimensions for marking out.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Overall sizes are established in accordance with job specifications.
Range
may include but is not limited to – sketch, drawing, plan, sample,
job specifications.
2.2
Individual piece sizes are determined in accordance with job specifications.
2.3
Allowances are applied to each piece in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
2.4
Piece marking out dimensions are recorded in accordance with company
requirements.
Range
2.5
seams, hem stretch, shrinkage.
workbook, job card.
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Range
23488 version 2
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personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
Outcome 3
Measure and mark out material.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Layout of pieces is determined for the most economic use of material in
accordance with company requirements.
Range
3.2
job specifications, fabric and/or material characteristics.
Pieces are measured and marked out on the selected material using an
appropriate marker in accordance with company requirements.
may include but is not limited to – french chalk, felt pen, biro,
pencil, chalkline.
Range
3.3
Piece alignment marks are applied in accordance with company requirements.
Range
pen, chalk, holes, cuts, nicks.
3.4
Pieces are marked for product and assembly identification in accordance with
company requirements.
3.5
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range
personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 23487, 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
2
27 January 2015
N/A
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
23488 version 2
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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,
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)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016