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Title / Identify faults and grade finished tufted carpet
Level / 5 / Credits / 25
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 carpet inspection and grading, and inspect and grade finished tufted carpet.
Classification / Textiles Manufacture > Carpet Manufacture
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Plant safety practices and procedures comply with Health and Safety in Employment (HSE) Act 1992, and workplace procedures.
2 Workplace productivity and quality requirements are met.
3 It is recommended that persons seeking credit for this unit standard have already completed Unit 7197, Inspect and mend plain unbacked tufted carpet; and Unit 7198, Inspect and mend patterned unbacked tufted carpet; or can demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
4 Competence requires excellent vision and colour discrimination.
5 Competence will be demonstrated over the range of products produced in the workplace and will include plain and patterned carpet.
6 Range of faults
tufting – grinning, stop lines, uncut loops, pattern, pull down, knife faults, split loops, clutch problems, cam faults, crossed ends, streaks and bands, bad mends, excess yarn joins, poor trimming, low loops, yarn, polypropylene faults, dirt and contamination, colour variation, gauge lines, high and low rows of tufts, creasing and lapping;
yarn – soft and tight twist, thick and thin yarn, contaminated yarn, foreign yarn, streaky yarn, uneven yarn, dirty yarn;
backing – latex on face, loose backing, heavy latex on back, under width, scorch marks, dirty marks, irregular edges, cropping, bow and skew, creasing, pile disturbance bands, wet carpet, oil spots pressure marks and other faults important in the workplace.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of carpet inspection and grading.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Finished tufted carpet inspection is described in terms of the inspection process and the reasons for inspection.
Range reasons – identification of faults, classification of faults, grading of carpet.
1.2 Faults are identified and described in terms of their appearance and cause.
1.3 Carpet grading is described in terms of carpet faults and factors that determine grade.
Outcome 2
Inspect and grade finished tufted carpet.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Faults are identified in the carpet and recorded according to workplace practice.
2.2 Carpet grades are allocated according to workplace grading standards.
2.3 Carpet is cut to isolate faults and maximise production of higher grade carpet.
2.4 Grading records document carpet grade and provide batch traceability, according to workplace practice.
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 Assessment /Registration / 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
Rollover / 6 / 16 July 2010 / 31 December 2019
Review / 7 / 19 May 2016 / 31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0030
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (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.
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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.
Consent 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.
Comments on this unit standard
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