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Title
Design and compile a quality specification for an apparel or textile
product
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select
product parameters that confirm product quality and establish
parameter tolerances; design a testing plan to measure
parameter tolerances; and validate draft testing plan and
document quality specification; for an apparel or textile product.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Core Yarn Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
2
Company procedures refer to the documented methods for performing work activities
and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management
requirements. They may be manuals, manufacturer’s specifications, or policy
statements.
3
End-user refers to a client or a following process.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select product parameters that confirm product quality, and establish parameter
tolerances for an apparel or textile product.
Range
end-user expectation will be defined by the product specification, but may also
include industry or national grading or labelling schemes.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Parameters necessary to prove the performance of a product are determined
and justified in relation to the end use expectation of product and according to
company procedures.
1.2
Parameter tolerances are established to recognise both manufacturing
capability and end-user expectations.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Outcome 2
Design a testing plan to measure parameter tolerances of an apparel or textile product.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Tests are identified for each parameter, and the testing procedure is
documented.
Range
test methods will be undertaken against nationally or industry
recognised standards.
2.2
Sampling procedures are established to ensure that product tested is
representative of the whole product lot or batch.
2.3
Draft testing plan is documented for use in production according to company
procedures.
Outcome 3
Validate draft testing plan and document quality specification for an apparel or textile
product.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Product is tested according to draft testing plan.
3.2
Testing results are evaluated and testing plan is confirmed or modified.
3.3
Quality specification is documented in accordance with company procedures.
Range
quality specification will include parameters and tolerances, testing
plan and sampling requirements.
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
26 March 2007
31 December 2019
Rollover
2
16 April 2010
31 December 2019
Review
3
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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