NZQA Expiring unit standard
7210 version 6
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Title
Manage a gripper axminster carpet creel and monitor weaving
Level
3
Credits
16
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the carpet
manufacturing industry. People credited with this unit standard
are able to: identify yarns used in the workplace; load and
maintain a creel; empty a creel and carry out job end
procedures; and monitor and maintain the gripper axminster
weaving process.
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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify yarns used in the workplace.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Yarns are identified according to shade and construction differences.
Range
construction differences – count, twist, ply construction.
Outcome 2
Load and maintain a creel.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Packages are located on creel according to creel pattern.
2.2
Yarn joins are made according to workplace practice.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
cutting in, joins strong without tails, joins pass loom without
breaks.
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7210 version 6
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2.3
Yarn is threaded from creel to loom according to workplace practice.
2.4
Compressed air guns are used according to workplace safety procedures.
2.5
Empty packages are replaced according to the pattern.
2.6
Yarn supply packages run down evenly and according to the pattern.
2.7
Creel breakdown minimises knots and yarn breaks.
Outcome 3
Empty a creel and carry out job end procedures.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Yarn packages are removed and stored according to workplace procedure.
Range
packed, identified, weighed.
3.2
Creel and work area are cleaned according to workplace practice.
3.3
Waste yarn is sorted for type and colour according to workplace practice.
Outcome 4
Monitor and maintain the gripper axminster weaving process.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Loom is operated according to workplace practice, and in accordance with
workplace safety procedures.
4.2
Weaving faults are recognised and acted on according to workplace practice.
Range
4.3
broken warp and weft ends, missing tufts, pile surface
imperfection, backing imperfection, thrown leash.
Material supply packages are maintained according to workplace practice.
Range
weft, shuttle.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
7210 version 6
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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
Review
6
19 May 2016
31 December 2019
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0030
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016