NZQA Expiring unit standard
26000 version 2
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Title
Process yarn in a continuous heat setting line
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of processing carried out in a continuous heat
setting line; comply with company and statutory health, safety,
and environment requirements; process yarn using continuous
heat setting line; clean continuous heat setting line and work
area.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Core Yarn Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the elements must comply with the Hazardous Substances and New
Organisms Act 1996; the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; and the
Resource Management Act 1991.
2
Workplace procedures refer to the verbal or documented procedures for performing
work activities and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality
management requirements. They may refer to manuals, manufacturer's
specifications, codes of practice, or policy statements.
3
In some cases, a continuous heat setting line is referred to as a Superba Heat
Setting Line or a Superba Steamline.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of processing carried out in a continuous heat setting line.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Continuous heat setting line sections are described in terms of their function
and operation.
Range
1.2
creel, tension devices, yarn preparation system, coiler, presteamer and cooler, heat set tunnel, accumulator, yarn separation,
winding.
Safety devices are identified and the risk they protect against explained.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
Range
26000 version 2
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safety devices will be those installed on the machine in the
workplace.
Outcome 2
Comply with workplace procedures and statutory requirements.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Company-supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment and materials,
are worn and used in accordance with workplace procedures and statutory
requirements.
2.2
Work methods comply with workplace procedures and statutory requirements to
minimise the risk of ill-health and injuries to self and others.
2.3
Unsafe and unhealthy conditions are identified and reported in accordance with
workplace procedures and statutory requirements.
Outcome 3
Process yarn using a continuous heat setting line.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Yarn is processed in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
3.2
machine – creel maintained, blockages and stoppages cleared,
broken ends mended, winder maintained;
production – production weighed, identified and recorded
according to workplace requirement.
Samples are taken in accordance with workplace procedures.
Outcome 4
Clean continuous heat setting line and work area.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Machine and work area is kept clean and waste yarn is collected and sorted in
accordance with workplace procedures.
4.2
Cleanliness of equipment and work area complies with workplace procedures.
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
26000 version 2
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 November 2009
31 December 2019
Review
2
19 May 2016
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