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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of natural textile fibres
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of: the origins of natural textile fibres; animal fibres
and vegetable fibres in terms of their properties and
characteristics; and natural fibre identification.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Core Yarn Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
This unit standard recognises knowledge of natural textile fibres, it builds on the
knowledge covered by Unit 19841, Demonstrate elementary knowledge of the
operations, processes and products of textile manufacturing. Unit 5877,
Demonstrate knowledge of manufactured textile fibres, covers the range of synthetic
and man-made fibres.
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Information to support the learning required for this standard can be obtained from
papers and articles published by AgResearch. These may be obtained by contacting
AgResearch http://www.agresearch.co.nz and searching using the keyword Textiles.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the origins of natural textile fibres.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The range of natural textile fibres is classified by generic type and source.
Range
generic type – animal fibres, vegetable fibres;
source – wool, hairs, furs, insect (silk), seed, bast, leaf.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of animal fibres in terms of their properties and characteristics.
Range
wool, goat fibres (mohair, cashmere, angora), cameloid fibres (alpaca, vicuna,
llama), insect fibres (silk).
Evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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2.1
The principal animal fibres are described and compared in terms of their
elementary characteristics.
Range
2.2
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characteristics – animal breed, fibre fineness, fibre length, crimp
and scale structure for wools and hairs, fibre formation of silk.
The principal animal fibres are described and compared in terms of their
properties and textile end uses.
Range
properties – strength and elasticity, moisture absorbency and
regain, thermal properties, dye affinity, reaction to chemicals;
end uses – two end uses that illustrate the typical textile use of the
fibre.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of vegetable fibres in terms of their properties and characteristics.
Range
cotton, linen, jute, ramie.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The principal vegetable fibres are described and compared in terms of their
elementary characteristics.
Range
3.2
characteristics – types (for cotton), fibre fineness, fibre length, fibre
structure.
The principal vegetable fibres are described and compared in terms of their
properties and textile end uses.
Range
properties – strength and elasticity, moisture absorbency and
regain, thermal properties, dye affinity, reaction to chemicals;
end uses – two end uses that illustrate the typical textile use of the
fibre.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of natural fibre identification.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Tests used to identify natural textile fibres are described in terms of the way the
test is carried out and the characteristic results for each natural fibre.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
fibres – wool, cotton, cashmere, mohair, linen, jute;
tests – visual, chemical, physical.
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Replacement information
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This unit standard and unit standard 5877 have been
replaced by unit standard 29448.
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
20 December 1995
31 December 2019
Revision
2
8 August 1997
31 December 2019
Revision
3
18 July 2000
31 December 2019
Revision
4
10 October 2001
31 December 2019
Revision
5
11 December 2003
31 December 2019
Review
6
23 April 2008
31 December 2019
Review
7
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