NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
Shear carpet
Level
3
7199 version 7
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Credits
20
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the carpet
manufacturing industry. People credited with this unit standard
are able to: demonstrate knowledge of carpet shearing;
prepare a shearing machine for operation; shear carpet; and
maintain machine and work area.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Carpet Manufacture
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Plant safety practices and procedures comply with Health and Safety in Employment
(HSE) Act 1992, and workplace procedures.
2
Workplace productivity and quality requirements are met.
3
Competence may be demonstrated on unbacked or backed tufted carpet, or woven
carpet before or after backsizing.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of carpet shearing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Shearing is described in terms of process objectives.
Range
1.2
Shearing equipment is described in terms of function and operation.
Range
1.3
produce smooth surface, develop texture.
machine controls, blade, bed, cylinder, brushes, in-feed, out-feed,
safety interlocks and cut-outs, threading sequence, metal detector,
extraction system.
Safety procedures for the use of a shearing machine are described according to
workplace procedure.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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7199 version 7
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Outcome 2
Prepare a shearing machine for operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Machine is prepared according to plant safety procedures.
2.2
Machine settings produce shorn carpet to specification.
Range
2.3
feed rate, blade speed, blade height, cylinder speed, brush speed,
carpet width.
Carpet is presented to the machine and threaded according to operating
procedure.
Outcome 3
Shear carpet.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Machine is operated according to plant safety procedures.
3.2
Carpet is cut to height according to work instruction.
3.3
Cut surface is clean and meets quality standards.
3.4
Edge tufts of woven carpet are trimmed cleanly.
3.5
Machine operation is monitored according to workplace procedure.
Range
carpet in alignment, backing smooth, carpet not puckering.
3.6
Joins pass through machine without damage to machine or carpet.
3.7
Records are maintained according to workplace practice.
Outcome 4
Maintain machine and work area.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Shearing machine is maintained, and maintenance requirements are actioned
according to workplace practice.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
blade condition, oiling and lubrication, pad condition, brush is
clean.
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4.2
Work area is kept clean, and all waste material is collected and sorted
according to type to prevent contamination.
4.3
Shearing machine components are kept free of unwanted fibre, fluff, and grease
during processing according to plant requirement and in accordance with plant
safety procedures.
4.4
Fibre extraction equipment is maintained according to workplace practice.
4.5
Shearing machine is cleaned at end of a job according to plant requirement and
in accordance with plant safety procedures.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 May 1996
31 December 2019
Revision
2
16 November 1998
31 December 2019
Revision
3
10 October 2001
31 December 2019
Revision
4
12 August 2004
31 December 2019
Rollover and
Revision
5
26 March 2007
31 December 2019
Rollover
6
16 July 2010
31 December 2019
Review
7
19 May 2016
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0030
This AMAP 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, 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 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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
7199 version 7
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Consent 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 Apparel and Textile Industry Training Organisation
training@atito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016