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Title
Print fabric on a flat bed screen printing 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 flat bed screen printing; prepare a flat bed
printing machine for operation; operate a flat bed printing
machine; and carry out batch end procedures.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Textile Dyeing and Finishing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Prerequisite: Unit 5392, Demonstrate knowledge of textile
dyeing and finishing safety, or demonstrate equivalent
knowledge or skills.
Explanatory notes
1
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
2
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.
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
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Demonstrate knowledge of flat bed screen printing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Machine sections are identified and described in terms of their function and
operation.
Range
belt, fabric feed and tension system, screens, print head,
squeegee, machine controls, edge guide, belt adhesive system.
Outcome 2
Prepare a flat bed printing machine for operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Fabric is identified according to product specifications.
2.2
Screen patterns conform to product specifications.
2.3
Screens are located in machine according to workplace procedures.
Range
2.4
screens in specified sequence, screens align with reference
marks, screens clean and undamaged.
Machine is prepared according to workplace procedures.
Range
squeegee type and size, print paste at specified screen, printing
strokes set, screen to belt gap set, fabric adheres to belt, printing
speed set, pressure roller in place, dryer temperature set.
2.5
Test sample is prepared according to workplace procedures.
2.6
Test sample is assessed and machine adjustments made to achieve product
specifications.
Range
pattern alignment, shade.
Outcome 3
Operate a flat bed printing machine.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Machine is operated in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.2
Fabric is printed according to workplace procedures.
Range
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paste maintained in screen, screen registration checked, screen
damage identified and rectified, dirt and contamination cleared
from screen.
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Fabric is dried to regain specified in the product specification.
Range
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fabric peels from belt to dryer, fabric centrally located in dryer.
Production records are kept according to workplace procedures.
Outcome 4
Carry out batch end procedures.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Machine is cleaned according to workplace procedures.
Range
4.2
squeegees removed and cleaned, screen clean and dry, machine
and work area clean.
Screens are inspected and stored 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.
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.
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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.
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