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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of tannery quality control
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
7
This unit standard is for people new to the fellmongery or
leather industries or those wishing to develop their technical
skills in leather manufacture.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: the requirements of finished leathers; quality
control checks carried out on raw material and chemical
supplies; quality control checks carried out on leather
manufacturing processes; and tests carried out on finished
leather.
Classification
Leather Manufacturing > Leather Manufacture
Available grade
Achieved and Merit
Explanatory notes
Wherever a merit requirement appears in this unit standard it assumes that the
requirements for credit have been met.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
This unit standard is
Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements of finished leathers.
expiring
Evidence requirements
Outcome 1
1.1
Requirements of finished leathers are identified and defined in terms of
manufacturers' needs and customers' needs relating to specified end uses.
Credit
Merit
evidence is required of five of the following – colour, substance,
softness, drape, strength, water resistance, thermal stability, fire
resistance, lightfastness, rubfastness, flex resistance, lastability.
evidence is required of two others.
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Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of quality control checks carried out on raw material and chemical
supplies.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Checks carried out on hide and skin supplies into a tannery are identified and
described.
Credit
Merit
2.2
Checks carried out on process chemicals received for tannery use are identified
and described.
Credit
Merit
2.3
evidence is required of four of the following – quality, quantity,
condition, origin, delivery date, input batch number,
documentation.
evidence is required of two others.
evidence is required of four, which may include but are not limited
to any of – batch number, delivery date, use by date, appearance,
strength, purity, shade properties, emulsification.
evidence is required of two others.
Purpose of checks carried out on processing water is described in terms of
requirements for leather manufacture.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of quality control checks carried out on leather manufacturing
processes.
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expiring
Credit
evidence is required of two checks for four of the following -
Evidence requirements
3.1
Quality control checks carried out at tannery processing stages are identified
and described.
Merit
hide/skin storage, wet processing, mechanical operations, drying,
finishing.
evidence is required of three checks for all of the following hide/skin storage, wet processing, mechanical operations, drying,
finishing.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of tests carried out on finished leather.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The physical and chemical tests carried out on finished leathers are identified
and described in terms of meeting customer requirements.
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Credit
Merit
4.2
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evidence is required of four physical tests and two chemical tests.
evidence is required of one of each.
The fastness tests carried out on finished leathers are identified and described
in terms of meeting customer requirements.
Credit
evidence is required of two tests from any two of - upper,
upholstery, grain clothing, suede clothing, sheepskin garment,
sheepskin rug.
evidence is required of three tests from any three of - upper,
upholstery, grain clothing, suede clothing, sheepskin garment,
sheepskin rug.
Merit
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
24 September 1996
31 December 2015
Revision
2
23 March 1999
31 December 2015
Review
3
27 April 2000
31 December 2015
Revision
4
20 February 2002
31 December 2015
Revision
5
14 October 2004
31 December 2015
Review
6
14 December 2007
31 December 2015
Review
7
21 February 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
8
20 March 2015
31 December 2017
9
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
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unit standard
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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
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to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
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