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Title / Identify job details, and measure and mark out material for industrial textile fabrication
Level / 3 / Credits / 6
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who work in the industrial textile fabrication industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify job details and select and lay out material; obtain dimensions for marking out; and measure and mark out material.
Classification / Industrial Textile Fabrication > Industrial Textile Fabrication Core Skills
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills and knowledge / Unit 23487, Demonstrate knowledge of measuring and marking material, and making templates for industrial textile fabrication; and Unit 23513, Demonstrate knowledge of job specifications for the industrial textile fabrication industry; or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2Definition
Company requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace. These requirements include but are not limited to – company specifications and procedures, work instructions, manufacturer specifications, product quality specifications, and legislative requirements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify job details and select and lay out material.
Evidence requirements
1.1Job details are identified, and material type is determined for each piece in accordance with job specifications and company requirements.
Rangejob specifications, sample, workplace directive.
1.2Material is selected from storage in accordance with company requirements.
1.3Material is laid out for measuring and marking in accordance with company requirements.
Rangemoving materials, manual handling, table, floor.
1.4Material is checked for faults and size to ensure it can accommodate the job in accordance with company requirements.
1.5Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with legislative requirements.
Rangeincludes – personal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety;
may include but is not limited to – knee pads.
Outcome 2
Obtain dimensions for marking out.
Evidence requirements
2.1Overall sizes are established in accordance with job specifications.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – sketch, drawing, plan, sample, job specifications.
2.2Individual piece sizes are determined in accordance with job specifications.
2.3Allowances are applied to each piece in accordance with company requirements.
Rangeseams, hem stretch, shrinkage.
2.4Piece marking out dimensions are recorded in accordance with company requirements.
Rangeworkbook, job card.
2.5Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with legislative requirements.
Rangepersonal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Outcome 3
Measure and mark out material.
Evidence requirements
3.1Layout of pieces is determined for the most economic use of material in accordance with company requirements.
Rangejob specifications, fabric and/or material characteristics.
3.2Pieces are measured and marked out on the selected material using an appropriate marker in accordance with company requirements.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – french chalk, felt pen, biro, pencil, chalkline.
3.3Piece alignment marks are applied in accordance with company requirements.
Rangepen, chalk, holes, cuts, nicks.
3.4Pieces are marked for product and assembly identification in accordance with company requirements.
3.5Safe working practices are carried out throughout the task in accordance with legislative requirements.
Rangepersonal safety; safety of other people; workshop safety; tool, equipment, and machine safety.
Replacement information / This unit standard, unit standard 23487, unit standard 23493, and unit standard 23494 replaced unit standard 1318.Planned review date / 31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 26 March 2007 / N/A
Rollover / 2 / 27 January 2015 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0014
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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.
Comments on this unit standard
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SSB Code 101542 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018