NZQA Expiring unit standard
7204 version 7
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Title
Identify faults and grade finished tufted carpet
Level
5
Credits
25
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 inspection and
grading, and inspect and grade finished tufted carpet.
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
It is recommended that persons seeking credit for this unit standard have already
completed Unit 7197, Inspect and mend plain unbacked tufted carpet; and Unit 7198,
Inspect and mend patterned unbacked tufted carpet; or can demonstrate equivalent
knowledge and skills.
4
Competence requires excellent vision and colour discrimination.
5
Competence will be demonstrated over the range of products produced in the
workplace and will include plain and patterned carpet.
6
Range of faults
tufting – grinning, stop lines, uncut loops, pattern, pull down, knife faults, split loops,
clutch problems, cam faults, crossed ends, streaks and bands, bad mends, excess
yarn joins, poor trimming, low loops, yarn, polypropylene faults, dirt and
contamination, colour variation, gauge lines, high and low rows of tufts, creasing and
lapping;
yarn – soft and tight twist, thick and thin yarn, contaminated yarn, foreign yarn,
streaky yarn, uneven yarn, dirty yarn;
backing – latex on face, loose backing, heavy latex on back, under width, scorch
marks, dirty marks, irregular edges, cropping, bow and skew, creasing, pile
disturbance bands, wet carpet, oil spots pressure marks and other faults important in
the workplace.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
7204 version 7
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of carpet inspection and grading.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Finished tufted carpet inspection is described in terms of the inspection process
and the reasons for inspection.
Range
reasons – identification of faults, classification of faults, grading of
carpet.
1.2
Faults are identified and described in terms of their appearance and cause.
1.3
Carpet grading is described in terms of carpet faults and factors that determine
grade.
Outcome 2
Inspect and grade finished tufted carpet.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Faults are identified in the carpet and recorded according to workplace practice.
2.2
Carpet grades are allocated according to workplace grading standards.
2.3
Carpet is cut to isolate faults and maximise production of higher grade carpet.
2.4
Grading records document carpet grade and provide batch traceability,
according to workplace practice.
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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
7204 version 7
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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
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.
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