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Identify and mend faults in woven carpet
Level
3
Credits
24
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the carpet manufacturing industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
woven carpet mending equipment, and inspect and mend woven carpet.
Subfield
Textiles Manufacture
Domain
Carpet Manufacture
Status
Registered
Status date
28 May 1996
Date version published
26 March 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2008
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
Plant safety practices and procedures comply with Health and Safety in Employment
(HSE) Act 1992, and workplace procedures.
2
Workplace productivity and quality requirements are met.
3
Competence will be demonstrated over the range of carpets produced in the
workplace.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of woven carpet mending.
Range
faults for all carpet types – missing tufts, weft hold downs, thick jute, bare row,
thick and thin yarn, curl in pile;
for gripper axminster and wilton carpets – cotton smash, wool through back,
wrong selection, wrong pattern;
for spool axminster – picky back, short row, gutter, drag, wrong bobbin, crossed
bobbin, cotton or jute in pile, double dip, oil stains, ripped carpet;
for gripper axminster – short lash, soft wool, spring twist, short tufts on end;
for wilton – knots, wire marks, gutter, tie in, colour streaks, incorrect colour, high
and low loops, non-woven run, fluff blobs.
Performance criteria
1.1
Carpet mending equipment is described in terms of function and use.
1.2
Carpet faults are identified and described in terms of their mending technique.
Range
faults listed in workplace mending procedure.
Element 2
Inspect and mend woven carpet.
Range
faults for all carpet types – missing tufts, weft hold downs, thick jute, bare row,
thick and thin yarn, curl in pile;
for gripper axminster and wilton carpets – cotton smash, wool through back,
wrong selection, wrong pattern;
for spool axminster – picky back, short row, gutter, drag, wrong bobbin, crossed
bobbin, cotton or jute in pile, oil stains;
for gripper axminster – short lash, soft wool, spring twist, short tufts on end;
for wilton – knots, gutter, wrong colour, high and low loops, non-woven run, fluff
blobs.
Performance criteria
2.1
Mending table is set up according to workplace practice.
Range
2.2
lighting, thread up.
Carpet is inspected according to workplace practice, faults are identified, and
action is taken according to workplace practice.
Range
faults listed in workplace mending procedures.
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2.3
Mending technique conforms to workplace practice for fault being mended.
Range
2.4
mending yarn identified, pattern maintained, carpet construction
restored, surface cleaned.
Records are kept according to workplace requirement.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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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