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Title
Dye fabric in a jig dyeing machine
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
12
This unit standard is for people working in the dyeing and
finishing industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of jig dyeing; prepare and operate a jig dyeing
machine; and carry out batch end procedures.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Textile Dyeing and Finishing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Recommended for entry: Unit 5392, Demonstrate knowledge of
textile dyeing and finishing safety, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge or skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Dyeing is considered to include all pre-treatments, dyeings, and post-treatments
carried out in the dye machine.
2
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
3
The disposal or discharge of dyestuffs, chemicals, wastes, and packaging materials
must be carried out according to the requirements of the Resource Management Act
1991.
4
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
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Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of jig dyeing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Jig dyeing is described in terms of the process steps.
Range
1.2
Dyes and chemicals used in the workplace for jig dyeing are described in terms
of their nature, function, and safe handling requirements.
Range
1.3
chemical mixing, load preparation, pre-dyeing treatments, dyeing
cycle, post-dyeing treatments, rinsing, unloading, liquor discharge
and disposal.
dyestuffs, dyeing assistants, auxiliary chemicals.
Jig dye machine and related equipment are described in terms of their function
and operation.
Range
may include but is not limited to – dye bath, fabric path, end
detector, end counter, roll centralising mechanism, tension
system, addition tanks, dye machine controls.
Outcome 2
Prepare and operate a jig dyeing machine.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Fabric is identified according to product specifications.
2.2
Fabric is prepared and loaded according to product specifications and
workplace procedures.
Range
joined up to required length, joined to leader cloth, ends joined
square without overlap, joins are smooth without a ridge.
2.3
Machine is prepared and operated in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.4
Machine is emptied and cleaned to prevent contamination from the previous
dyeing.
Range
2.5
bath, leader cloth suitable for shade being dyed, addition tanks,
fabric path.
Machine is prepared according to workplace procedures.
Range
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liquor prepared, machine settings made, safety devices and
cut-outs operational, chemicals in addition tanks as specified, roll
centralised, tension adjusted, end detector set, end counter set.
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Machine is monitored during operation.
Range
fabric does not creep sideways, tension, end detector adjusted as
shrinkage occurs, fabric flat and not skewed, end counter reset,
chemicals added at time and sequence specified.
2.7
Samples are taken according to workplace procedures.
2.8
Machine is unloaded according to workplace procedures.
Range
leader cloth removed if specified, roll revolves while still wet.
Outcome 3
Carry out batch end procedures.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Liquor is discharged from machine according to workplace procedure.
3.2
Machine and work area are cleaned to prevent contamination.
Range
3.3
bath, addition tanks, fabric path, strainers and filters if used.
Any machine faults are reported according to workplace procedures.
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.
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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
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