Assessor Resource
LMTTD5001A
Design and produce knitted textile products
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit applies to the interpretation and analysis of a design brief and development of a design for a knitted product such as a garment, furnishing, accessories or fabric. Production of the product is required to meet design specifications and may include use of a wide range of yarn types. The design brief may be determined by a trainer or supervisor and may be applied to a particular context within the textile industry. The design brief includes clear specifications for the knitted product.
Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and may involve individual and team-related activities.
The application of this unit is according to OHS practices of the enterprise and workplace practices, which may include:
requirements prescribed by legislation, awards agreements and conditions of employment
standard operating procedures
work instructions
oral, written and visual communication
quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output
housekeeping
tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control, and recycling
This unit requires the application of skills associated with communicating information on knitting design, production and process improvements as well as performing calculations on yarn quantities. Initiative and enterprise and problem solving will be used to develop the product design. This unit also requires skills associated with planning and organising for the safe and effective use of knitting technology and operations. It requires an ability to check the quality of outcomes and identify and address problems relating to production or knit fault.
This unit covers the skills and knowledge required to develop designs and produce knitted textile products to meet a specified design brief.
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