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Title / Diagnose and rectify machine or component faults on a semi-worsted card
Level / 5 / Credits / 35
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able todiagnose sub-standard semi-worsted carding machine performance, and rectify card machine or component faults.
Classification / Textiles Manufacture > Top Making, Semi-Worsted and Worsted Processing
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1Competence will be demonstrated on a card used in the candidate’s workplace.
2Performance of the elements must comply with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
3Workplace productivity and quality requirements must be met.
4It is recommended that persons credited with this unit standard know the handling procedures for electronic circuit cards.
5Workplace procedures refer to the verbal or documented procedures for performing work activities and include health and safety, operational, environmental, and quality management requirements. They may refer to manuals, manufacturer's specifications, codes of practice, or policy statements.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Diagnose sub-standard semi-worsted carding machine performance.
Evidence requirements
1.1Cause of sub-standard machine performance is identified and corrective action chosen in accordance with workplace procedures.
1.2Corrective action is prioritised in relation to production schedule and resource constraints in accordance with workplace procedures.
Rangeresource constraints – labour, parts, finance.
Outcome 2
Rectify card machine or component faults.
Rangecomponents and mechanisms may include combs and comb boxes, hopper and feed mechanisms, drive system, burr removal, electronic components, coiler and can handling.
Evidence requirements
2.1Mechanism is removed and/or disassembled to enable replacement or repair in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.2Mechanism components are assessed for replacement or repair in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.3Replacement or repair is carried out in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.4Mechanism is reassembled and/or replaced on card in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.5Repaired mechanism is reset and/or tuned to operate to machine specification in accordance with workplace procedures.
2.6Card is tested and retuned for optimum performance in accordance with workplace procedures.
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 / 20 November 2009 / 31 December 2019
Review / 2 / 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