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Repair a commercial fishing vessel's net

Level / 4
Credits / 12

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to: repair a hole through a taper; repair a hole through a joining round, using baitings, connecting meshes of differing sizes; read a net plan; selvage a length of netting, and add selvage rope; hang a section of wing onto a line; and replace a panel in a net.

Subfield / Seafood
Domain / Seafood Vessel Operations
Status / Registered
Status date / 23 April 2007
Date version published / 23 April 2007
Planned review date / 31 December 2011
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0123

This AMAP can be accessed at

Special notes

In the context of this unit standard, a fishing net may be a trawl net, a seine net, or a set net.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Repair a hole through a taper.

Rangewith a patch, without a patch.

Performance criteria

1.1The repair of the hole is consistent with the existing taper.

1.2The repaired mesh size is consistent with the surrounding netting.

1.3The twine size and material used for the repair is consistent with the surrounding netting.

1.4The choice of repair by patch or new mesh is consistent with the hole and the efficient repair of the net.

Element 2

Repair a hole through a joining round, using baitings, connecting meshes of differing sizes.

Rangewith patches, without patches.

Performance criteria

2.1The repaired mesh size is consistent with the surrounding netting within all panels.

2.2The baiting ratio is consistent along the length of the joining round.

2.3The twine size and material used for the repair is consistent with the surrounding netting within all panels.

2.4The choice of repair by patch or new mesh is consistent with the hole and the efficient repair of the net.

Element 3

Read a net plan.

Performance criteria

3.1The parts of the net are identified on both the net and the net plan.

Rangeseine – cork or float line, lead line, purse line, bunt, wings;

set – cork line, lead line, down lines;

trawl – wings, square, top belly, lower belly, lengthener, codend, gussets, selvage, headline, bolshline.

Element 4

Selvage a length of netting, and add selvage rope.

Performance criteria

4.1The tapers followed are consistent with the panels being selvaged.

4.2The selvaged netting is hung evenly along the rope, with lashings tight and locked off.

Element 5

Hang a section of wing onto a line.

Rangeone of – headline, bolshline.

Performance criteria

5.1The hanging ratio is consistent with the original net plan.

Element 6

Replace a panel in a net.

Performance criteria

6.1The twine size and mesh size of the panel is consistent with the existing netting.

6.2The shape and tapers of the panel are consistent with the existing netting.

6.3The panel joining rounds are consistent with the existing netting.

6.4The hanging ratios are consistent with the area being repaired.

6.5The repair is carried out efficiently.

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.

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