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Spin yarn on a mule spinning machine
Level
3
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
the mule spinning machine; comply with company and statutory health,
safety, and environmental requirements; prepare and operate a mule
spinning machine; identify and fix operational and product faults; and clean
spinning machine 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 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
Competence will be demonstrated on a spinning machine used in the candidate’s
workplace.
2
Competence will be demonstrated on a range of products produced in the
candidate’s workplace.
3
Workplace productivity and quality requirements must be met.
4
Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
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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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the mule spinning machine.
Performance criteria
1.1
Mule spinning machine parts are described in terms of function and operation.
Range
machine controls, creel and carriage, spindle, faller, counter faller,
weights, draft clutch, spindle build.
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 and statutory requirements.
Element 3
Prepare and operate a mule spinning machine.
Performance criteria
3.1
Machine is operated in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.2
Spinning machine is prepared for operation in accordance with workplace
procedures.
Range
3.3
card slubbing identified, creel loaded, machine threaded, uptake
packages in place, piecened up, package build adjusted, machine
in starting position, TPM and direction set.
Test sample is produced in accordance with workplace procedures.
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3.4
Yarn is processed in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
3.5
supply creel maintained, full packages doffed, pulling back, end
breaks mended, backing off and counter faller height adjusted,
production weighed and identified according to workplace
requirement, test samples taken according to workplace practice.
Records are kept in accordance with workplace procedures.
Element 4
Identify and fix operational and product faults.
Performance criteria
4.1
Corrective action is taken to rectify yarn faults identified during processing, in
accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
4.2
slubs, thick and thin yarn, excessive end breaks, contamination,
uneven blending.
Spinning machine malfunction is identified and corrective action taken in
accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
wire height, wire wear, TPM variation, spindle build.
Element 5
Clean spinning machine and work area.
Performance criteria
5.1
Spinning machine and work area are kept clear of fibre and waste to prevent
contamination in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
machine, work area, trolleys, bobbins or spools, spindles.
5.2
Spinning machine is cleaned at batch end in accordance with workplace
procedures.
5.3
Waste is collected and sorted in accordance with workplace procedures.
5.4
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.
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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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