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Title / Measure, mark out and cut material for production by canvas fabrication
Level / 3 / Credits / 6
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who work in the canvas fabrication and allied industries. People credited with this unit standard are able to: obtain dimensions for marking out; select material; mark out job pieces; and cut out pieces.
Classification / Outdoor Fabric Products > Canvas Fabrication
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
The following legislation (and subsequent amendments) is applicable to this unit standard and must be followed where applicable:
–Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Obtain dimensions for marking out for canvas fabrication.
Evidence requirements
1.1Overall sizes are established according to client specification.
Rangefrom sketch, drawing, plan, sample, specification.
1.2Individual piece sizes are determined according to company policy.
1.3Allowances are applied to each piece according to company policy.
Rangeseams, hems stretch, shrinkage.
1.4Piece marking out dimensions are recorded according to company policy.
Rangeworkbook job card.
Outcome 2
Select material for canvas fabrication.
Evidence requirements
2.1Material type is determined for each piece according to client specification and company policy.
Rangespecification, sample, workplace directive.
2.2Material is selected from storage according to company policy.
2.3Material is checked for faults and size to ensure it can accommodate the job according to company policy.
2.4Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Rangepersonal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Outcome 3
Mark out job pieces for canvas fabrication.
Evidence requirements
3.1Layout of the pieces is determined for the most economic use of material according to company policy.
Rangejob specification, fabric characteristics.
3.2Pieces are marked out on the selected material using appropriate marker according to company policy.
Rangemarkers – french chalk, felt pen, biro, pencil, chalkline.
3.3Piece alignment marks are applied according to company policy.
Rangepen, chalk, holes, cuts, nicks.
3.4Pieces are marked for product and assembly identification according to company policy.
3.5Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Rangepersonal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Outcome 4
Cut out pieces for canvas fabrication.
Evidence requirements
4.1Tool for cutting out is selected and checked for sharpness according to company policy.
4.2Pieces are cut out to the marked lines at the workplace required speed according to company policy.
4.3Pieces are assembled ready for fabrication according to company policy.
4.4Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task.
Rangepersonal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Replacement information / This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 23487, unit standard 23488, unit standard 23493, and unit standard 23494.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 AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 3 August 1995 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 2 / 16 September 1997 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 3 / 4 November 1997 / 31 December 2016
Revision / 4 / 28 May 1998 / 31 December 2016
Review / 5 / 17 August 1999 / 31 December 2016
Review / 6 / 26 March 2007 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 7 / 19 November 2010 / 31 December 2016
Rollover / 8 / 20 November 2015 / 31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0014
This CMR can be accessed at
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.
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 Conesnt 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.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated)SSB Code 101542 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018