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Title / Operate a hot air welder in the industrial textile fabrication industry
Level / 3 / Credits / 4
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who work in the industrial textile fabrication industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to: select material to be welded and set up the hot air welder; and weld fabric pieces together.
Classification / Industrial Textile Fabrication > Industrial Textile Fabrication Core Skills
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills and knowledge / Unit 23499, Demonstrate knowledge of fabric welding 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 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
Select material to be welded and set up the hot air welder.
Rangeeither hand held or mobile.
Evidence requirements
1.1Material is selected in accordance with customer and/or company requirements.
1.2Welding aids are selected to suit the job in accordance with the manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
Rangeincludes but is not limited to – fabric guides, weights, rollers, nozzles.
1.3Welder is set up to suit material and job specifications in accordance with company requirements.
Rangeincludes but is not limited to – width of weld, number and types of weld, temperature, speed, pressure, airflow.
1.4Safe 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.
Outcome 2
Weld fabric pieces together.
Evidence requirements
2.1Material to be welded is prepared and pieces produced in accordance with company requirements.
Rangeincludes but is not limited to – correct cutting process, clean, dust free, dry, free of oil and grease.
2.2Sample of job material is welded and adjustments made until a weld is proved in warp and weft directions in accordance with company requirements.
2.3Job pieces are welded in the required position and checked in accordance with company requirements.
Rangeincludes but is not limited to – correct position, flat, wrinkle free, correct adhesion, free of marks and burns.
2.4On completion of job, welding machine is cleaned and stored in accordance with company requirements.
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.
Replacement information / This unit standard, unit standard 23499, unit standard 23500, and unit standard 23502 replaced unit standard 1322.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