NZQA registered unit standard
5384 version 8
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Title
Prepare a dye recipe from a given shade sample
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
40
This unit standard is for people working in the dyeing and
finishing industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: select
dyestuffs, chemicals, and application method; produce a dye
recipe; assess dyed shade and make recipe modifications; and
document a dye recipe.
Classification
Textiles Manufacture > Textile Dyeing and Finishing
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 5383, Correct the shade of a textile sample to match a
given shade, Unit 5385, Carry out visual shade checks on
textiles.
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety at Work Act 2015.
2
Definitions
Workplace procedures – procedures used by the organisation carrying out the work
and applicable to the tasks being carried out. Examples are – standard operating
procedures, site safety procedures, equipment operating procedures, codes of
practice, quality management practices and standards, and procedures to comply
with legislative and local body requirements.
Product specifications – 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.
3
Range
Competence must be demonstrated over three fibre types using visual assessment
of shade.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
5384 version 8
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Select dyestuffs, chemicals, and application method.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Substrate is identified.
1.2
Dyestuff and chemical types selected achieve sample shade.
1.3
Dyestuff and chemical types selected meet product specifications.
Range
1.4
fastness, metamerism, resistance to shade change in following
processes, cost.
Dyeing method is appropriate for substrate, dye and chemical types, and
required shade.
Outcome 2
Produce a dye recipe.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Dyestuff and chemical proportions are assessed to produce the required shade.
2.2
Dyeing profile produces conditions required for application of dyes and
chemicals.
Range
2.3
temperature, time, rate of rise, rate of fall, dye and chemical
addition sequence, liquor conditions.
Sample taking and preparation procedures meet shade assessment
requirements.
Range
size, sampling location, sample pre-treatments prior to shade
assessment.
Outcome 3
Assess dyed shade and make recipe modifications.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Dyed sample is assessed for shade match with the given shade in accordance
with workplace procedures.
3.2
Dyestuff and chemicals proportion adjustments produce the required shade.
Outcome 4
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
5384 version 8
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Document a dye recipe.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Recipe is recorded in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
dye and chemical proportions, dyeing profile, adjustments and
modifications.
Planned review date
31 December 2021
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
N/A
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
NZQA registered unit standard
5384 version 8
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Competenz info@Competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016