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Title
Carry out visual shade checks on textiles
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
9
This unit standard is for people working in the dyeing and
finishing industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare to
carry out a visual shade check on textiles, and assess sample
shade.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Textile Dyeing and Finishing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Recommended: Candidates pass an Ishihara Colour Test or
equivalent before commencing this unit standard.
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
2
Definition
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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to carry out a visual shade check on textiles.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Viewing lights are functional and operate to the requirements of workplace
procedures.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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1.2
Standard shade sample is available and in condition required by workplace
procedures.
1.3
Sample for assessment is prepared according to workplace procedures.
1.4
Sample for assessment is viewed under different illuminants to establish that
metamerism between the standard and the sample does not occur.
Outcome 2
Assess sample shade.
Range
across full visible colour spectrum.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Sample for assessment is compared against standard shade sample according
to workplace procedures.
2.2
Difference in shade is assessed and described according to workplace
procedures.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 5387 have been
replaced by unit standard 29450.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
6
25 July 2007
31 December 2019
Review
7
17 April 2009
31 December 2019
Review
8
19 May 2016
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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.
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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016