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Sort wool for wool scouring
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the wool scouring industry. People
credited with this unit standard are able to define wool characteristics and
classify wools according to these characteristics.
Subfield
Textiles Manufacture
Domain
Wool Scouring
Status
Registered
Status date
25 January 1995
Date version published
25 June 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2010
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Competenz
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0030
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Underpinning knowledge elements covered in this unit standard include wool
characteristics and their effect on processing and product.
2
All activities will be carried out in accordance with the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992.
3
Competence to be demonstrated using wools typical of those processed by the New
Zealand industry and wools classified by breed, yield, colour, length, fineness, and
contaminants.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of wool characteristics used to classify wool.
Performance criteria
1.1
Wool samples are inspected and classified according to characteristics.
Range
breed, yield, colour, length, fineness, contaminants.
Element 2
Inspect wool and sort into types.
Performance criteria
2.1
Wool bale identity is confirmed with work instructions
2.2
Work area is prepared according to workplace procedures.
Range
holding areas/receptacles, lighting conditions.
2.3
Wool types of different specifications are sorted into separate holding
areas/receptacles according to work instruction/product specification.
2.4
Records are maintained according to workplace requirement.
2.5
Off-sorts are weighed and recorded according to workplace requirement.
Element 3
Identify machining requirements for wool.
Performance criteria
3.1
Opening machinery is identified, operation described and
advantages/disadvantages compared in terms of function and operation.
Range
equipment used in the workplace.
3.2
Machining required by wool being sorted is selected according to wool
characteristics and machinery available in plant.
3.3
Machine settings identified for degree of opening according to work instructions.
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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.
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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