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Process yarn in a Twistset machine
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
processing carried out in a Twistset machine; comply with company and
statutory health, safety, and environment requirements; process yarn using
Twistset machine; clean Twistset 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
Performance of the elements must comply with the Hazardous Substances and New
Organisms Act 1996; the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; 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 Twistset machine.
Performance criteria
1.1
Twistset machine sections are described in terms of their function and
operation.
Range
1.2
Twistset processes are described in terms of treatment method and reasons for
process.
Range
1.3
creel, tension devices, break detectors, coiler, belts and/or tapes,
bowls, squeeze press, dryer, accumulator, yarn separation,
winder, chemical addition, liquor flow system, freize units.
scouring, chemical setting, insect resist, pH control.
Chemical spillage emergency procedures are described in terms of workplace
procedures and local authority regulations.
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 in accordance with 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 in accordance with
workplace procedures and statutory requirements.
Element 3
Process yarn using Twistset machine.
Performance criteria
3.1
Yarn is processed in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
machine – creel maintained; blockages and stoppages cleared;
broken ends mended;
production – production weighed, identified and recorded
according to workplace requirement.
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3.2
Samples are taken in accordance with workplace procedures.
Element 4
Clean Twistset machine 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
Machine and work 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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