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Design, measure, and make a selection of articles in the industrial
textile fabrication industry
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work in the industrial textile fabrication
industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to: design articles
from customer requirements and draw them to scale; select, measure, mark
out and cut the articles to size; and make articles.
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
Recommended: Unit 23516, Make a selection of articles
under supervision in the canvas fabrication industry, or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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
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.
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Range
Competency in this unit standard applies to designing and making, without
supervision, ten of the following:
pop top sleeves; trailer cover; clothes line cover; awning; swag; shaped pool cover;
annex; tent; curtain side; shade; canopy; three way window; tonneau cover; vehicle
floor mats and/or rugs; vehicle convertible soft top; vehicle door panels; vinyl dash
cover for bus, car, or boat; hand sewn leather steering wheel cover; vehicle head
lining; tack-on windlace; vehicle seat cover; boat interior upholstery fittings; or any
article of a similar or higher skill standard made in the workplace.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Design articles from customer requirements and draw them to scale.
Performance criteria
1.1
Tools and equipment are identified and used in accordance with the
manufacturer specifications.
Range
shears, knives, measuring and marking equipment, sewing
machine, needle, thread, straight edge markers.
1.2
Customer requirements and job specifications are identified and verified in
accordance with company requirements.
1.3
Dimensions of the articles are determined in accordance with customer and
company requirements.
1.4
Products are designed and drawings made in accordance with customer and
company requirements.
Range
drawings – scale, freehand, orthographic, pictorial, template.
Element 2
Select, measure, mark out, and cut the articles to size.
Performance criteria
2.1
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range
2.2
personal safety; safety of other people; environmental safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
Fabric is selected, laid out, measured, and marked out from the drawings in
accordance with job and manufacturer specifications.
Range
checked for flaws, material recommended for the job, allowances,
measuring accurate, marking accurate and legible, attachments.
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2.3
Fabric is cut to size in accordance with job specifications and company
requirements.
Range
2.4
Fabric material is assembled and defects are identified and rectified in
accordance with company requirements.
Range
2.5
may include but is not limited to – matching pattern, allowance for
seams, hems, stretch, shrinkage; allowance of ± 2mm.
may include but is not limited to – uneven cutting, variations in
dimensions, ragged edges.
Unused materials are stored, and scrap materials disposed of in accordance
with manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
Element 3
Make articles.
Performance criteria
3.1
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range
3.2
personal safety; safety of other people; environmental safety; tool,
equipment, and machine safety.
Material is assembled and stitched in accordance with job specifications, and
there are no breaks in the stitching and no wastage of materials.
Range
may include but is not limited to – sewing machine, hand sewing;
stitching even, joints flat and even; allowance of ± 2mm.
3.3
Attachments are fitted as necessary in accordance with company requirements
and job specifications.
3.4
Unused materials are stored, and scrap materials disposed of in accordance
with manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
3.5
The articles are completed, quality checks are carried out, and the quality is in
accordance with job and manufacturer specifications and company
requirements.
Range
3.6
may include but is not limited to – pleats, no missed stitching,
piping even, neat and aligned, marks aligned, no wrinkles,
matching patterns.
Tools and equipment are cleaned and put away in their place and the workplace
is cleaned in accordance with company requirements.
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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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