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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of measurements used in leather
manufacture
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for people new to the leather industry or
those wishing to develop their technical skills in leather
manufacture.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of: measurement of hide and skin raw material
characteristics; the measurements used for process control in
leather manufacturing; and the measurements used to define
finished leather properties.
Classification
Leather Manufacturing > Leather Manufacture Technology
Available grade
Achieved and Merit
Explanatory notes
Version 3 of this unit standard introduced criteria for merit. 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 measurement of hide and skin raw material characteristics.
expiring
Evidence requirements
Outcome 1
1.1
Measurements and units used to define the condition and characteristics of
untanned hides and skins are described in relation to specified raw materials.
Credit
Merit
1.2
three of the following – weight, thickness, area, moisture content,
temperature, degree of preservation.
plus one other.
Instruments for measurement of raw hide and skin characteristics are described
in terms of their principle components, operating principles and methods of use.
Credit
Merit
two of the following – area measuring machine, thickness gauge,
moisture meter, dipslides.
plus one other.
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Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the measurements used for process control in leather
manufacturing.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Measurements used in tannery process control are described with reference to
example applications.
Credit
Merit
2.2
Instruments for leather process control measurement are described in terms of
their principle components, operating principles and methods of use.
Credit
Merit
2.3
four of the following – load weight, float length, pH, temperature,
specific gravity, and relative humidity.
plus one other.
three of the following – load cell, flow meter, pH meter,
hydrometer, hygrometer.
plus two others.
Chemical test indicators are described in relation to their use in leather process
control.
Credit
Merit
two of the following – deliming, pickling, neutralisation, syntanning.
plus one other.
Outcome 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the measurements used to define finished leather properties.
This unit standard is
expiring
Credit
three measurements for each of three of the following – upper,
Evidence requirements
3.1
Measurements used to define finished leather properties are described for
different specified leather types.
Merit
3.2
clothing, chamois, sole, woolskin, belt, upholstery.
plus one leather type.
Instruments for measurement of finished leather properties are described in
terms of their principle components, operating principles and methods of use.
Credit
Merit
three of the following – colour computer, tensometer, lastometer,
rub tester, soxhlet apparatus, flexometer or any other.
plus one other.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
27897.
New Zealand Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8408 version 9
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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
Rollover
9
17 September 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0185
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
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.
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
New Zealand Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101541
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016