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Spin yarn on a woollen ring spinning machine
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
woollen spinning and the woollen spinning machine; comply with company
and statutory health, safety, and environment requirements; prepare and
operate a woollen spinning machine; identify and fix operational and product
faults; and keep spinning machine and work area clean.
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 woollen ring 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
Spools are called bobbins in some woollen spinning plants. Spools contain the
slubbing produced from the card.
6
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 woollen spinning and the woollen spinning machine.
Performance criteria
1.1
Woollen spinning is explained in terms of purpose and yarn characteristics.
1.2
Sections of a woollen spinning frame are identified and described in terms of
their function.
Range
1.3
creel, drafting zone, false twist, spindles, ring and traveller, waste
collection, headstock, machine controls, spindle tape, spindle
brake, lappet, oiling device, waste recycling.
Spinning faults are identified and described in terms of significance and
corrective action.
Range
contamination, double ends, thick and thin yarn, twist variation,
piecening faults, package shape, package density, oil and grease
marks, excessive end breaks, traveller wear, light and heavy ends.
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
company and statutory requirements.
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Element 3
Prepare and operate a woollen spinning machine.
Performance criteria
3.1
Machine is prepared and operated in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.2
Machine is prepared for operation in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
3.3
Yarn is spun in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
3.4
batch identification, creel loaded, travellers fitted, thread up and
run on, empty tubes in place.
piece up end breaks, pull back ends on spool, thread drafting
zone, doff full yarn packages, change spool sets, maintain ring oil,
adjust spool tension, fake twist RPM.
Product is handled and recorded in accordance with workplace procedures.
Element 4
Identify and fix operational and product faults.
Performance criteria
4.1
Yarn faults are identified and rectified in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
4.2
contamination, double ends, thick and thin yarn, twist variation,
piecening faults, package shape, package density, oil and grease
marks, excessive end breaks, wear, piecening faults, light/heavy
ends.
Spinning machine malfunction is identified and rectified in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Element 5
Keep spinning machine and work area clean.
Performance criteria
5.1
Work area is kept clean and all waste material is collected and sorted in
accordance with workplace procedures to prevent contamination.
5.2
Spinning machine components are kept free of unwanted fibre during
processing in accordance with workplace procedures.
5.3
Spinning machine is cleaned at end of a batch in accordance with workplace
procedures.
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5.4
Spinning tubes are clean, undamaged, and free of waste yarn.
5.5
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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