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level:
3
credit:
18
planned review date:
November 2005
sub-field:
Footwear and Leather Trades
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to: maintain
hand clicking tools and board; compare pattern types; and
hand cut production work to specified industry performance
and workplace quality standards. This unit standard is for
those cutting out leathers and synthetic materials by hand in
the footwear and leather industries.
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.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Maintain hand clicking tools.
performance criteria
1.1
Component parts of a leather hand clicking knife are described.
Range:
1.2
Blade shapes are matched to different materials.
Range:
1.3
jaws, cap, screw tightening mechanism, blade.
light leathers to 1mm, heavy leathers, multi layer fabric,
synthetics.
Blade shape is made without damaging temper of steel.
Range:
formed, sharpened.
1.4
Awl is sharpened.
1.5
Strap is maintained to company requirements and practice.
element 2
Maintain hand clicking board.
performance criteria
2.1
Board is scraped, planed and oiled according to company requirements and
practice.
2.2
Waste is disposed of according to company requirements and practice.
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element 3
Compare pattern types for different requirements.
Range:
brass bound, board, metal templates, light card patterns.
performance criteria
3.1
Pattern types are described and identified and reasons for different types
explained.
3.2
Different features of a pattern shape are identified and their purpose explained.
Range:
corner, slot, prick mark, inside notch.
element 4
Hand cut production work.
performance criteria
4.1
Patterns are selected according to job specifications.
4.2
Work is completed to specified industry performance standards.
4.3
Work is completed to company quality standards.
4.4
Documentation is completed to company requirements and practice.
4.5
Work practices meet company safety requirements.
4.6
Material utilisation is consistent with company requirements and practice.
4.7
Waste is disposed of according to company requirements and practice.
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.
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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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