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Footwear and Leather Trades
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the features and quality of pigmented side leather; match product requirements to leather features; cut work by clicking press to specified industry performance and workplace quality standards; and check and organise cut work. This unit standard is for those in the footwear and allied trades cutting various pigmented side leathers. 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.
Company safety requirements conform to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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Cut pigmented side leathers by clicking press
Range: footwear – vamp, quarters, counter, plug, tab, tongue, facings, binding, lining, straps; allied trades – components required for company's products.
Elements and Performance Criteria element 1
Identify the features and quality of pigmented side leather. performance criteria
1.1 The different areas of a side are identified.
Range: butt, backbone, neck, belly, flank, leg.
1.2 A side is graded for leather quality.
Range: prime, secondary, poor.
1.3
1.4
Direction of tightness is marked on a side.
Major flaws in side leather are defined and the effects of flaws on the finished product are described.
Range: flay cuts, scars, insect damage, pipiness, growth marks, brand marks, plate marks.
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Match requirements of component parts of products to leather features.
Range: see special notes. performance criteria
Parts requiring prime leather are identified according to company practice. 2.1
2.2 Parts using secondary quality leather are identified according to company practice.
2.3 Parts able to utilise poor quality leather are identified according to company practice.
2.4 Parts affected by direction of tightness are identified according to company practice.
2.5 Parts able to utilise reject leather are identified according to company practice. element 3
Produce cut work by clicking press.
3.5
3.6
3.2
3.3
3.4 performance criteria
3.1 Work is completed to specified industry performance standard.
Work is completed to company quality standards.
Documentation is completed according to company requirements and practice.
Work practices meet company safety requirements.
Leather utilisation is consistent with company requirements and practice.
Waste is disposed of according to company requirements and practice.
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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 cut order for quantity 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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