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Title / Identify faults in finished woven carpet
Level / 3 / Credits / 20
Purpose / This unit standard is for people working in the carpet manufacturing industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of woven carpet inspection and grading, and confirm carpet quality meets customer expectation.
Classification / Textiles Manufacture > Carpet Manufacture
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1Plant safety practices and procedures comply with Health and Safety in Employment (HSE) Act 1992, and workplace procedures.
2Workplace productivity and quality requirements are met.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of woven carpet inspection and grading.
Evidence requirements
1.1Finished woven carpet inspection is described in terms of the inspection process and the reasons for inspection.
Rangereasons – maintenance of quality, identification of faults, classification of faults, grading of carpet.
1.2Faults are identified and described in terms of their appearance and cause.
1.3Carpet grading is described in terms of carpet faults and factors that determine grade.
Outcome 2
Confirm carpet quality meets customer expectation.
Evidence requirements
2.1Faults are identified in the carpet and action is taken according to workplace practice.
Rangeconstruction, pattern, shade, finished appearance, distortion.
2.2Carpet identity is confirmed and faults are recorded according to workplace practice
2.3Carpet quality is assessed in relation to customer expectations.
2.4Carpet grades are allocated according to workplace grading standards.
2.5Records are maintained according to workplace practice.
Rangeallowances for faults, carpet length.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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 / 28 May 1996 / 31 December 2019
Revision / 2 / 16 November 1998 / 31 December 2019
Revision / 3 / 10 October 2001 / 31 December 2019
Revision / 4 / 12 August 2004 / 31 December 2019
Rollover and Revision / 5 / 26 March 2007 / 31 December 2019
Review / 6 / 19 May 2016 / 31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0030
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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.
CompetenzSSB Code 101571 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018 / / New Zealand Qualifications Aut