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Title / Hand sew materials and finish rope work in the industrial textile fabrication industry
Level / 3 / Credits / 5
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who work in the industrial textile fabrication industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to hand stitch material; sew by hand; and finish rope work.
Classification / Industrial Textile Fabrication > Industrial Textile Fabrication Core Skills
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills and knowledge / Unit 23491, Demonstrate knowledge of hand sewing materials in 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
Prepare to hand stitch material.
Evidence requirements
1.1Safe 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.
1.2Material to be stitched is identified in accordance with customer and company requirements.
1.3Tools and equipment are selected and used in accordance with the manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – sewing palms, needle types and sizes, thread types and sizes, bees wax, bench hook, cutting tools, awl types.
1.4Work area is prepared in accordance with company requirements.
Outcome 2
Sew by hand.
Evidence requirements
2.1Safe 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.
2.2Sewing palm, needle, and thread are used to sew product to company requirements of speed, accuracy and finish.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – seaming, hemming, darning, grommets, eyelet, rope edges, skipped stitches, finishing work, attachments, corners, pockets, tapes, patches, damage; round seam, flat seam, flat felled; straight, zigzag, round hand.
2.3Work is checked in accordance with company requirements.
Rangemay include but is not limited to – quality, part missed, rework, product labelled.
2.4Work area is cleaned and tools and equipment are cleaned and put in their places in accordance with company requirements.
Outcome 3
Finish rope work.
Evidence requirements
3.1Ropes are cut to length with splicing and finishing allowance in accordance with company requirements.
3.2Rope ends are finished in accordance with company requirements.
Rangewhipping, crown knot, crimping.
3.3Ropes are spliced in accordance with job specifications and company requirements.
Rangeeye splice, crimped eye, short splice, long splice, tapered splice.
3.4Safe 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 23479, unit standard 23480, and unit standard 23491 replaced unit standard 1314.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
This CMR can be accessed at
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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NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018