NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Hand sew materials and finish rope work in the industrial textile
fabrication industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work in the industrial textile
fabrication industry. People credited with this unit standard are
able to: prepare to hand stitch material; sew by hand; and finish
rope work.
Classification
Industrial Textile Fabrication > Industrial Textile Fabrication
Core Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 23491, Demonstrate knowledge of hand sewing materials
in 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
Prepare to hand stitch material.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
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personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
1.2
Material to be stitched is identified in accordance with customer and company
requirements.
1.3
Tools and equipment are selected and used in accordance with the
manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
Range
1.4
may include but is not limited to – sewing palms, needle types and
sizes, thread types and sizes, bees wax, bench hook, cutting tools,
awl types.
Work area is prepared in accordance with company requirements.
Outcome 2
Sew by hand.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range
2.2
Sewing palm, needle, and thread are used to sew product to company
requirements of speed, accuracy and finish.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – seaming, hemming, darning,
grommets, eyelet, rope edges, skipped stitches, finishing work,
attachments, corners, pockets, tapes, patches, damage; round
seam, flat seam, flat felled; straight, zigzag, round hand.
Work is checked in accordance with company requirements.
Range
2.4
personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
may include but is not limited to – quality, part missed, rework,
product labelled.
Work area is cleaned and tools and equipment are cleaned and put in their
places in accordance with company requirements.
Outcome 3
Finish rope work.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Ropes are cut to length with splicing and finishing allowance in accordance with
company requirements.
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3.2
Rope ends are finished in accordance with company requirements.
Range
3.3
whipping, crown knot, crimping.
Ropes are spliced in accordance with job specifications and company
requirements.
Range
3.4
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eye splice, crimped eye, short splice, long splice, tapered splice.
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 23479, unit standard
23480, and unit standard 23491 replaced unit standard
1314.
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
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
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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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