NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of spun yarns
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: yarn construction; spun yarn manufacturing
processes; and yarn processes that follow spinning.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Core Yarn Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
This unit standard recognises knowledge of spun yarn, it builds on the knowledge covered
by Unit 19841, Demonstrate elementary knowledge of the operations, processes and
products of textile manufacturing. Other sector-specific unit standards recognise
advanced knowledge of spun yarns.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of yarn construction.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Yarn terms are defined in relation to yarn production and yarn characteristics.
Range
yarn production – carding, gilling, combing, draft, parallelisation,
twist insertion;
yarn characteristics – count (tex and metric), single twist, ply twist,
S twist, Z twist, strength and extension, bulk, evenness.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of spun yarn manufacturing processes.
Range
woollen spinning, semi-worsted spinning, worsted spinning, open end spinning.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Equipment used for yarn manufacturing processes is described in terms of
function and operation.
Competenz
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NZQA registered unit standard
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The properties and end uses of yarns used for manufacturing processes are
described and compared.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of yarn processes that follow spinning.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Yarn processes are described in terms of the equipment used, and the reasons
for the process.
Range
twisting (ring twisting, 2 for 1 twisting), assembly winding, clearing,
package winding, yarn scouring, yarn setting, yarn jointing.
Planned review date
31 December 2021
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
N/A
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
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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 Competenz info@Competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016