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Tie in for narrow weaving
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
This standard is for people working in the narrow weaving industry. People
credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of warps
and drawing-in; prepare for drawing-in; draw-in warp and thread the reed;
and tie-on the warp.
Subfield
Textiles Manufacture
Domain
Weaving
Status
Registered
Status date
25 November 1996
Date version published
21 May 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Plant safety practices comply with Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and its
amendments, and workplace procedures.
2
Workplace productivity and quality requirements will be met.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of warps and drawing-in.
Performance criteria
1.1
Yarn twist directions are identified and distinguished between.
Range
1.2
Components of the warp are identified and described in terms of their function
and use.
Range
1.3
beam, heald wires, heald shafts, back reed.
Drawing-in variables are calculated according to work instructions.
Range
1.4
S, Z.
draft, number of heald wires per heald shaft, number of ends per
dent in reed, ends per heald.
Impact of tension and knots are identified and described in relation to affects on
company products and machinery.
Range
healds, front reeds, reed damage – no knots in heavy yarns or
cords.
Element 2
Prepare for drawing-in.
Performance criteria
2.1
Heald shafts are prepared according to draft specified in work instructions.
Range
heald wires mounted on heald shaft, eye direction according to
twist direction.
2.2
Beam is mounted in the stand so that the yarn draws from the beam according
to operating procedure.
2.3
Lease bands are replaced by rods so that no sections are missed.
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Element 3
Draw-in warp and thread the reed.
Range
drawing in – manual or handing-in machine.
Performance criteria
3.1
Yarn is drawn into the gear according to the draft.
Range
3.2
healds, shafts, reed.
Front reed is sleyed or dented according to work instructions.
Range
number of ends per dent, dents per inch of reed.
Element 4
Tie-on the warp.
Performance criteria
4.1
Yarn twist direction in new warp is identified and plant procedure followed when
twist direction in old warp is different to that in new warp.
4.2
Knots pass through healds without catching.
4.3
New warp ends correspond to ends in old warp.
4.4
Tension is even across all warp ends.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
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Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Competenz info@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the
content of this unit standard.
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