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Demonstrate knowledge of industrial textile fabrication materials for
performance requirements
Level
4
Credits
6
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: fabrics and their construction; fabric finishes for
industrial textile fabrication; fabric specifications; standard fabric tests; and
material aesthetic properties.
Subfield
Industrial Textile Fabrication
Domain
Industrial Textile Fabrication Core Skills
Status
Registered
Status date
26 March 2007
Date version published
26 March 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 23509 replaced unit
standard 1323.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0014
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
None.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of fabrics and their construction.
Performance criteria
1.1
Fibre types are identified for fabrication.
Range
1.2
Yarn and thread construction are identified.
Range
1.3
single and multi-ply, continuous monofilament, continuous multifilament, spun staple, core spun.
Fabric construction methods and features are identified and described in
accordance with the product specifications.
Range
1.4
natural, spun viscose, synthetics and their generic group names.
plastic extruded sheet, knitted, spun bonded, felt bonded, woven,
warp, weft, bias, selvedge, stentering.
Weaving types are identified.
Range
plains, oxford, twill, desuiti, jaquard, ripstop, panama, corespun.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of fabric finishes for industrial textile fabrication.
Performance criteria
2.1
Fabric treatments are described in accordance with the product specifications.
Range
2.2
Fabric colouring methods and colourants are described in accordance with the
product specifications.
Range
2.3
coatings, waterproofing, ultra violet (UV) stabilisers, mildew
inhibiters.
methods – mass dyed, yarn dyed, piece dyed, printed;
colourants – dye stuffs, pigments.
Polyvinylchloride (PVC) coating methods are identified.
Range
laminate, hot melt, spread coat.
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Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of fabric specifications.
Performance criteria
3.1
Terminology used to specify mass per area of fabric is stated.
Range
3.2
Terminology used to specify the measurement of yarn is stated.
Range
3.3
loom state, finished state, ounces per square yard, grams per
square metre.
denier, tex, decitex, cotton count.
Terminology used to specify the thread count of a fabric is stated.
Range
pickscm, picksinch, endscm, endsinch, threads.
Element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of standard fabric tests.
Performance criteria
4.1
Standard fabric tests and the factors they measure are described in accordance
with the product specifications.
Range
tear strength, tensile strength, waterproofing, colour fastness,
abrasion, flex, stretch, shrinkage, cold crack, UV resistance.
4.2
Fabric test results and their application to workplace products are described in
accordance with the product specifications.
4.3
Specifications from two fabrics of similar end use capabilities are compared and
the effect of the specifications differences on fabric performance is described in
accordance with the product specifications.
Element 5
Demonstrate knowledge of material aesthetic properties.
Performance criteria
5.1
Fabric colours and their associated properties are described in accordance with
the product specifications.
Range
weathering, pollution, contamination, UV, water.
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5.2
Textures exhibited by workplace fabrics are described in accordance with the
product specifications.
Range
light effects – shadows, translucency, opacity, gloss, matt;
physical effects – rough, smooth, hard, soft, flexible, rigid.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 jlane@mito.org.nz if you wish
to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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