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Process yarn in a tapescour
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
processing carried out in a tapescour; comply with company and statutory
health, safety, and environment requirements; process yarn during tapescour
processing; and clean tapescour and work area.
Subfield
Textiles Manufacture
Domain
Woollen Yarn Processing
Status
Registered
Status date
23 April 2008
Date version published
23 April 2008
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
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992; Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996; and the Resource
Management Act 1991.
2
Workplace productivity and quality requirements must be met.
3
Workplace procedures refer to the verbal or documented procedures for performing
work activities and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality
management requirements. They may refer to manuals, manufacturer's
specifications, codes of practice, or policy statements.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of processing carried out in a tapescour.
Performance criteria
1.1
Tapescour sections are described in terms of their function and operation.
Range
1.2
Tapescour processes are described in terms of treatment method and reasons
for process.
Range
1.3
tapes and/or belts, feed conveyor, bowls, squeeze press, chemical
addition, liquor flow system, machine controls, heat recovery.
scouring, chemical setting, insect resist, bleaching, pH control.
Chemical spillage emergency procedures are described in terms of workplace
and local authority requirements.
Element 2
Comply with company and statutory health, safety, and environment requirements.
Performance criteria
2.1
Company-supplied clothing, and hygiene and safety equipment and materials,
are worn and used according to workplace procedures and statutory
requirements.
2.2
Work methods comply with workplace procedures and statutory requirements to
minimise the risk of ill-health and injuries to self and others.
2.3
Unsafe and unhealthy conditions are identified and reported according to
workplace procedures.
Element 3
Process yarn during tapescour processing.
Performance criteria
3.1
Yarn is processed in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
3.2
yarn hanks fed, production weighed, identified and recorded
according to workplace requirement, yarn unloaded, hanks
counted and stacked according to workplace practice.
Samples are taken in accordance with workplace procedures.
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Element 4
Clean tapescour and work area.
Performance criteria
4.1
Bowls and chemical stock tanks are emptied and cleaned in accordance with
workplace procedures and local authority discharge requirements.
4.2
Tapescour area is kept clean and waste yarn is collected and sorted in
accordance with workplace procedures.
4.3
Cleanliness of equipment and work area complies with workplace procedures.
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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