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Title / Demonstrate knowledge of legislation and safe work practices in the industrial textile fabrication industry
Level / 3 / Credits / 5
Purpose / This theory-based unit standard introduces people who have recently started work in the industrial textile fabrication industry to general legislative and safety requirements. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: legislation applicable to the industrial textile fabrication industry; and health and safety in the workplace.
Classification / Industrial Textile FabricationIndustrial Textile Fabrication Core Skills
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992; Fair Trading Act 1986; Consumer Guarantees Act 1993; and replacements.
2Definition
Company procedures refer to all documented policies and procedures of the candidate’s employer at the time of training including, but not limited to, those relating to health, safety, environment, quality, and operations.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of legislation applicable to the industrial textile fabrication industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1Legislation applicable to the industrial textile fabrication industry is identified in terms of its application.
1.2Acts relating to the protection of the consumer are identified.
RangeConsumer Guarantees Act, Fair Trading Act.
1.3The key points of the Health and Safety in Employment Act relating to the workplace are identified.
Rangeemployee responsibilities, employer responsibilities.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety in the workplace.
Evidence requirements
2.1Good work habits as they relate to health and safety practices in the workplace are described in accordance with company procedures.
Rangedress, cleanliness and hygiene, timekeeping.
2.2Health and safety requirements in the workplace are described in accordance with legislative requirements.
Rangeworkplace hazards, housekeeping, ergonomics, occupational overuse syndrome, material handling.
2.3How the storage, use, and disposal of hazardous substances are managed in the workplace is described in accordance with legislative requirements.
2.4The impacts of industry standards as they relate to health and safety practices are identified in accordance with legislative requirements.
Rangematerials, products.
Planned review date / 31 December 2019Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 26 March 2007 / 31 December 2018
Review / 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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NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)SSB Code 101542 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018