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Title
Maintain quality of carving materials used to create Māori art
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: process
materials for carving; size carving materials and select tools;
and maintain tools for carving Māori art.
Classification
Whakairo > Toi Whakairo
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Unit 2580, Explain design elements used to generate Māori art
design; and Unit 2594, Employ drawing techniques to create
Māori art; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Explanatory notes
Glossary
Quality – the intrinsic or essential nature of the entity concerned;
Project needs – the specifications and conditions provided in a given brief endorsed by the
accredited deliverer of this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Process materials for carving.
Range
including but not limited to – timber, bone, stone, shell.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Timber is milled to achieve maximum stocks and to meet project needs.
1.2
Materials are cleaned to get rid of extraneous matter.
Range
1.3
washed and/or scraped, scrubbed, soaked.
Timber is dried until sap emission is no longer visible.
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Materials are dried until dry to the touch.
Range
including but not limited to – bone, stone, shell.
1.5
Timber is positioned to negate warping.
1.6
Materials are dressed in a manner ensuring uniform surfaces.
Range
planed and/or sanded, adzed.
Outcome 2
Size carving materials and select tools for project needs.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Material is sized according to project needs.
2.2
Tools are sorted into types according to forming processes.
Range
2.3
including but not limited to – tā, toki, toki kapukapu, whao, tikao,
poka, pakati, haehae, parori.
Tools are chosen according to performance capability and project brief.
Range
tools – hand and/or power;
capability – detailing and/or bulking.
Outcome 3
Maintain and make tools for carving Māori art.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Carving tools are sharpened in a manner ensuring cuts are clean and uniform.
3.2
Carving tools are organised in a manner preventing damage to tools, self and
others.
Range
non-operational and/or operational layout.
3.3
Operational limits and purpose of carving tools are observed in a manner
preventing damage to tools, self and others.
3.4
Carving tools are repaired as soon as malfunctions are detected.
Range
3.5
including but not limited to – breaks, fractures, tears, squeaks,
rattles.
Carving tools are lubricated in a manner ensuring function is maintained.
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Carving tools are adjusted to maintain working order.
Range
3.7
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tools shape and/or position;
working order obstructions and/or stability.
Specialist or convenience tools are made, to allow for Māori carving peculiarity,
when required to meet project needs.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
5 December 1995
31 December 2016
Revision
2
6 April 1998
31 December 2016
Revision
3
19 April 2000
31 December 2016
Revision
4
18 September 2001
31 December 2016
Review
5
19 December 2003
31 December 2016
Review
6
12 December 2008
N/A
Revision
7
21 May 2010
N/A
Rollover
8
21 February 2013
N/A
Revision
9
19 November 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA Māori Qualifications Services mqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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