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Title
Print garments using a carousel 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 carousel printing; prepare for printing; apply print
to garments; 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
The disposal or discharge of dyestuffs, chemicals, wastes, and packaging materials
will be carried out according to the requirements of the Resource Management Act
1991.
3
Carousel printing is also known as placement printing.
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
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of carousel printing.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Machine sections and equipment are identified and described in terms of
function and operation.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
Range
1.2
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screen, screen holders, screen carousel, pallets, squeegee.
Inks, pigments, dyes, and chemicals used in the workplace are described in
terms of their function and use.
Outcome 2
Prepare for printing.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Screens are prepared according to workplace procedures.
2.2
Screens are examined and any faults repaired according to workplace
procedures.
2.3
Screens are located in sequence and orientation according to the design.
2.4
Screens are registered in relation to each other and the print position.
2.5
Paste is selected and prepared according to the design and workplace
procedures.
2.6
Pallets are sized in accordance with the substrate to be dyed.
Outcome 3
Apply print to garments.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Printing process is carried out according to workplace procedures.
3.2
Garments are located on pallets according to workplace procedures.
3.3
Paste is applied to garments according to workplace procedures.
Range
colour as specified in design, colour sequence as specified for
multi-colour designs, flashing as specified in work instruction,
squeegee selected, squeegee pressure maintained.
3.4
Screen breakdown and/or pin holes are identified and action taken according to
workplace procedures.
3.5
Printed garments are removed from pallets according to workplace procedures.
Range
3.6
wet paste not touched, garments not marked with unwanted ink or
dye.
Printed garments are fixed according to workplace procedures.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Outcome 4
Carry out batch end procedures.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Screens are washed and cleaned according to workplace procedures.
4.2
Machine and work area are clean to prevent contamination.
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