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LEATHER - BOTTOM STOCK, MAKING
AND LASTING
Cut footwear bottom stock components
from leather
level:
3
credit:
12
planned review date:
November 2005
sub-field:
Footwear and Leather Trades
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
the features and quality of bottom stock leathers; match the
requirements of bottom stock components to leather
features; produce cut work by press to industry specified
performance and company quality standards; and check and
organise cut work.
entry information:
Prerequisite: Unit 3371, Set up cutting equipment and
service cutting area prior to cutting materials or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Competenz.
special notes:
Specified industry performance is 55% BSI performance or
equivalent. BSI performance is the British Standards
Institute internationally recognised performance system
(BS3138) where 100% is the standard expected from a
competent fully qualified performer using the correct
methods and taking the allowed rest, working briskly, and as
though on an incentive. Other comparable rating or
performance systems such as the 60/80 system are
acceptable, with the appropriate performance adjustment.
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LEATHER - BOTTOM STOCK, MAKING
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Cut footwear bottom stock components
from leather
Company safety requirements conform to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Range:
may include – runners, half soles, soles, lifts, toppieces.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Identify the features and quality of bottom stock leathers.
performance criteria
1.1
Different bottom stock leathers are identified.
Range:
1.2
Leather is graded for quality.
Range:
1.3
prime, secondary, poor.
Major flaws are defined and the effects of flaws on the finished product are
identified.
Range:
1.4
bends, shoulders, bellies, splits, sides.
flay cuts, scars, insect damage, pipiness, growth marks, brand
marks.
Colour variations are identified and action taken according to company
requirements and practice.
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LEATHER - BOTTOM STOCK, MAKING
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Cut footwear bottom stock components
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element 2
Match requirements of bottom stock components to leather features.
performance criteria
2.1
Components requiring prime leather are identified according to company
practice.
2.2
Components using secondary quality leather are identified according to
company practice.
2.3
Components able to utilise poor quality leather are identified according to
company practice.
element 3
Press cut work.
performance criteria
3.1
Work is completed to specified industry performance standard.
3.2
Work is completed to company quality standards.
3.3
Documentation is completed to company requirements and practice.
3.4
Work practices meet company safety requirements.
3.5
Material utilisation is consistent with company requirements and practice.
3.6
Waste material has been disposed of according to company requirements and
practice.
3.7
Work is colour matched according to company requirements and practice.
3.8
Marks are cut into component parts according to company requirements and
practice.
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Cut footwear bottom stock components
from leather
element 4
Check and organise cut work.
performance criteria
4.1
Work is stacked by size and piece and banded and/or boxed according to
company requirements and practice.
4.2
Cut work is checked against order for quantity, quality and each piece
specified.
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.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit
standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation 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 providers wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0030 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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