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Level 4
Credits 8
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of spinning machine set-up; prepare woollen spinning machine for operation; and run spinning machine to optimise machine settings.
Subfield Textiles Manufacture
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Planned review date
Entry information
Woollen Yarn Processing
Registered
23 April 2008
23 April 2008
31 December 2013
Prerequisite: Unit 4166, Spin yarn on a woollen ring spinning machine , or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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 woollen 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 Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
4 Workplace productivity and quality requirements must be met.
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5 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.
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of spinning machine set-up.
Performance criteria
1.1 Spinning machine settings which may be changed during set-up and tuning are described in terms of their effect on spinning process and product quality.
Range draft, twist level, twist direction, spindle speed, machine speed, package build, traveller type, traveller size, lappets, false twist speed, spool tension, anti-snarl adjustment, doffing cycle.
1.2 Yarn tests are described and results analysed to confirm processing and product specification.
Range count, twist level, twist direction, strength, yarn evenness, strobe for spindle speed, and other tests carried out in the workplace.
Element 2
Prepare woollen spinning machine for operation.
Performance criteria
2.1 Adjustments are made to spinning machine in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.2 Spinning machine is clean and condition of machine components meet machine operating requirements.
Range travellers, rings, false twist, pneumafil, cots, spindle tapes, spindle brakes, oiling system, spindle divider plates.
2.3 Spinning machine settings produce yarn to specification in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range draft, twist level, twist direction, spindle speed, machine speed, package build, traveller type, traveller size, lappets, false twist speed, spool tension, anti-snarl adjustment, doffing cycle, cyclic variator setting.
2.4 Instrumentation and control devices are set in accordance with workplace procedures.
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3.2
3.3
3.4
Element 3
Run spinning machine to optimise machine settings.
Performance criteria
3.1 Machine is operated in accordance with workplace procedures.
Product is produced in accordance with workplace procedures.
Test samples are taken in accordance with workplace procedures.
Test results are assessed and machine adjustments made to achieve product specification in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range count, twist, yarn quality.
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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