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Title
Make and fit a squab in the motor trimming industry
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people who work in the motor trimming
industry. Those credited with this unit standard are able to:
prepare to make a squab; select, mark out, and cut the padding
to size; and identify and make the cover.
Classification
Motor Industry > Motor Trimming
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Unit 8299, Identify, use, and store materials, and make a
template, in the motor trimming industry, or demonstrate
equivalent knowledge and skills.
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Explanatory notes
1
The following legislation and regulations (and subsequent amendments) are relevant
to this unit standard and must be followed where applicable:
– Health and Safety in Employment Act, 1992.
2
When the evidence requirements state company policy, it is assumed that it is in line
with the vehicle manufacturer's repair standards.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare to make a squab.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Tools and equipment are identified, and are used according to the tool and
equipment manufacturers' specifications.
Range
1.2
shears, knives, square, measuring tape, sewing machine, needle,
thread, straight edge markers, foam cutter.
Customer requirements and cover specification are identified and verified
according to company policy.
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(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
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Materials that enable the squab to be made to specification are identified.
Range
padding, fabric, plain, patterned, flat, pile, stretch, vinyl, quilted,
piping cord, zip.
1.4
Defects in fabric are identified and omitted according to company policy.
1.5
Template that enables the squab to be made is created according to
specification.
Outcome 2
Select, mark out, and cut the padding to size.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Padding material is identified, laid out, measured, and marked out according to
specification and marking is legible.
Range
grade and type of foam and inners.
2.2
Padding is cut to size, and all measurements are according to specification and
company policy.
2.3
Padding material is assembled and defects are identified and rectified according
to company policy.
Range
2.4
uneven cutting, variations in dimensions, ragged edges.
Unused materials are stored, and scrap materials are disposed of according to
material manufacturer's specifications and company policy.
Outcome 3
Identify and make the cover.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Material is identified and cut to size according to specification and company
policy.
Range
3.2
matching pattern, pile consistency, allowance for seams, hems,
stretch, shrinkage; allowance of +/- 2mm.
Material is assembled and stitched according to specification, and there are no
breaks in the stitching and no wastage of materials.
Range
sewing machine, hand sewing; piping, fluting, seaming, quilting;
stitching even, joints flat and even; allowance of +/- 2mm.
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(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
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3.3
Zips and buttons are fitted as necessary according to company policy and
specification.
3.4
Unused materials are stored, and scrap materials are disposed of according to
material manufacturer's specifications and company policy.
3.5
Cover is fitted on padding and fits according to specification.
Range
pleats, no missed stitching, piping even, neat and aligned, marks
aligned, no wrinkles, matching pattern.
3.6
Tools and equipment are clean and put away in their place according to
company policy.
3.7
Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Range
personal safety, safety to other people, environmental safety;
vehicle safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 8301 have been
replaced by unit standard 23522 and unit standard
23523.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 August 1996
31 December 2016
Revision
2
14 November 2000
31 December 2016
Revision
3
16 October 2003
31 December 2016
Review
4
26 March 2007
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
19 November 2010
31 December 2016
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0014
This AMAP 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, 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 granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
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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.
Consent 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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016