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Title
Prepare carpet substrate for printing
Level
2
Credits
Purpose
6
This unit standard is for people working in the carpet printing
industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare
components and sew carpet to a leader cloth or preceding
carpet batch, and carry out batch end procedures.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Textile Dyeing and Finishing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
2
Definitions
Workplace procedures refer to the verbal or documented procedures for performing
activities including health and safety, operational, environmental and quality
management requirements. They refer to manuals, manufacturer's specification,
codes of practice, or policy statements.
Product specifications refer to the document which accompanies each manufacturing
order. This specifies all of the parameters for production of the yarn batch. This may
include the fibre specification, the shade, dye bath parameters, machinery to be used
and finishing procedures.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare components and sew carpet to a leader cloth or preceding carpet batch.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Carpet substrate conforms to product specifications.
1.2
Sewing equipment is prepared and set according to machine and workplace
procedures.
1.3
Carpet is sewn according to workplace procedures.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
edges aligned, pile faces up.
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Carpet substrate is measured and cut to length according to product
specifications.
Outcome 2
Carry out batch end procedures.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Leader cloth of following piece is attached according to product specifications.
2.2
Work area is cleaned according to workplace procedures.
2.3
Records are kept according to workplace procedures.
Range
production sequence, carpet substrate usage.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
25 October 1995
31 December 2019
Revision
2
8 August 1997
31 December 2019
Revision
3
18 July 2000
31 December 2019
Revision
4
10 October 2001
31 December 2019
Revision
5
15 January 2004
31 December 2019
Rollover and
Revision
6
25 July 2007
Review
7
17 April 2009
31 December 2019
Review
8
19 May 2016
31 December 2019
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0030
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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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
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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