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Produce a warp for narrow weaving
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
This standard is for people working in the narrow weaving industry. People
credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of warp
preparation; prepare for warp; run and monitor a warper; creel to beam; and
carry out end-of-job procedures.
Subfield
Textiles Manufacture
Domain
Weaving
Status
Registered
Status date
25 November 1996
Date version published
21 May 2010
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 the type of machines installed in the workplace.
2
Plant safety practices comply with Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 and its
amendments, and workplace procedures.
3
Workplace productivity and quality requirements will be met.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of warp preparation.
Performance criteria
1.1
Yarn types are identified and distinguished between.
Range
yarns used in the workplace.
1.2
Components of the warp and the beaming machine are identified and described
in terms of their function and operation.
1.3
Warping and beaming machine controls are identified and their use is
demonstrated in an unsupervised workplace test.
1.4
Warping and beaming variables are calculated according to work instructions.
Range
1.5
warping sequence, number of ends, traverse gearbox setting,
warp length, warp tension, beam size, warp speed, type of yarns.
Warp faults caused in warping and beaming are identified and described in
terms of their effects in subsequent processing and product quality.
Element 2
Prepare for warping.
Performance criteria
2.1
Yarn is threaded to the machine according to workplace practice.
Range
yarn identified, work instructions checked, yarn sequence
according to work instruction, knots according to work instruction,
break detectors threaded, snags avoided.
2.2
Yarns which break during pull through are re-threaded and rejoined to the
corresponding end.
2.3
Creel set up is according to work instructions.
2.4
Machine settings match calculations derived from work instruction.
2.5
Machine is threaded according to the machine requirements and the work
instructions.
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Element 3
Run and monitor a warper.
Performance criteria
3.1
Lease is taken according to the work instructions.
3.2
Machine and machine indicators are monitored during operation and corrective
action is taken according to workplace practice.
3.3
Marked warp is placed according to workplace practice.
3.4
Broken ends are re-threaded and joined according to specified yarn sequence.
Element 4
Creel to beam.
Performance criteria
4.1
Warp is centred on beam according to work instruction.
4.2
Warp width is set to beam width according to work instructions and plant
procedure.
4.3
Beam is packed at even density.
Range
yarn running tension adjusted.
Element 5
Carry out end-of-job procedures.
Performance criteria
5.1
Yarn is removed from creel according to the workplace procedure.
5.2
Records are maintained according to plant requirements.
5.3
Work area and machines are cleaned and minor maintenance is performed
according to plant requirements.
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.
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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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