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Title
Prepare a screen for textile printing
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
18
This unit standard is for people working in the fabric printing
industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare a
screen for coating; coat a screen with chemical; transfer a
pattern from film to screen; and prepare a screen for mounting
in printing machine.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Textile Dyeing and Finishing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Competence must be demonstrated on the type of screen used in the workplace.
2
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
3
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 a screen for coating.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Screen mesh is selected according to product specifications and workplace
procedures.
1.2
Frame is prepared according to workplace procedures.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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frame type, mesh tension, mesh secured.
Outcome 2
Coat a screen with chemical.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Chemicals are measured and mixed according to the product specifications.
Range
2.2
Screen and area are prepared for chemical application according to workplace
procedures.
Range
2.3
containers clean, quantities calculated.
screen and area clean and free of dust, screen mounted and
aligned.
Screen coating is in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
coating is even, dried.
Outcome 3
Transfer a pattern from film to screen.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Pattern conforms to product specifications.
3.2
Pattern location on screen meets product specifications and is in accordance
with workplace procedures.
Range
pattern orientation, reference marks aligned.
3.3
Screen and film are exposed to ultra violet light for specified time.
3.4
Wash off and curing meets workplace requirements.
Range
water pressure adjusted, drying temperature maintained.
Outcome 4
Prepare a screen for mounting in printing machine.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Blemishes are identified and repaired.
4.2
Screen is mounted according to machine requirements.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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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
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.
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