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Force last uppers
level:
3
credit:
9
planned review date:
November 2005
sub-field:
Footwear and Leather Trades
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to
demonstrate knowledge of force lasting and select
equipment to meet product requirements; and force last
uppers to industry specified performance and company
quality standards.
entry information:
Open.
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.
Company safety requirements conform to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Competence may be demonstrated by either string or force
lasting depending on company requirements.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of force lasting and select equipment to meet product
requirements.
performance criteria
1.1
Purpose for force lasting is explained.
Range:
1.2
shape, fit, appearance, product type, cost.
Selected equipment, components, and materials match product specification
and work ticket requirements.
Range:
lasts, and/or formes, uppers, lasting pin, split lasting horn, and/or
insoles.
element 2
Last uppers.
performance criteria
2.1
Uppers are conditioned according to company practice.
2.2
Upper and last, and/or forme, match work ticket requirements.
Range:
left, right, size, style.
2.3
Upper is positioned on last, and/or forme, according to company requirements
and practice.
2.4
Work is completed to specified industry performance standard.
2.5
Upper is lasted to company quality standards.
Range:
force and string lasted – vamp depth, symmetry, top line, tight to
last or forme, back height, back seam flat bottom, last fully
extended;
string lasted only – string tensioned, secured, and trimmed.
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2.6
Documentation is completed to company requirements and practice.
2.7
Work practices meet company safety 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.
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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