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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine job requirements
   • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
   • Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
   • Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Prepare to design and produce woven tapestry products
   • Interpret design requirements and specifications from brief and analyse elements of design
   • Develop design to meet design brief and in line with principles of design and product purpose
   • Use communication tools to present tapestry design for feedback
   • Respond to feedback, adjust design accordingly and confirm design for production
   • Plan production of woven tapestry design sample
3. Produce woven tapestry design sample
   • Set up workstation, tools and equipment according to specifications
   • Check yarns to be woven against quality standards
   • Undertake tapestry techniques to meet design specifications for sample and according to workplace procedures
   • Check tapestry sample to ensure it meets quality standards, including colour density, yarn suitability and warp to weft ratio
4. Evaluate design and production processes
   • Assess tapestry sample against design specifications, cartoon and design brief
   • Identify tapestry faults and recognise design or production problems
   • Analyse design and evaluate to identify opportunities for improvement
   • Evaluate production process to identify opportunities for improvement
   • Document process and improvements

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Workplace procedures include one or more of the following:	requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions PPE 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 WHS practices
Tapestry products include one or more of the following:	miniatures large commissions shaped tapestries interior or exterior applications domestic objects wall pieces home furnishings
Plan production of woven tapestry design sample includes:	identifying technical aspects of production completing specification sheet to guide production undertaking calculations to determine yarn quantities developing tapestry cartoon selecting and preparing materials, tools and equipment required for production
Sample tapestry includes one or more of the following:	complete tapestry sample tapestry
Yarns include one or more of the following:	weft yarns: wool cotton silk novelty yarns warp yarns: cotton seine twine
Tapestry tools and equipment include one or more of the following:	loom bobbins scissors cotton seine twine weft yarn plumb bob spirit level marking pen ruler masking tape tapestry needles CAD programs computer equipment
Tapestry weaving techniques include one or more of the following:	hitching on and off plain weave in open and closed passes high and low turns weaving of simple shapes (triangles, curves and circle) hatching methods, regular and random colour blending and tonal gradation half passing joins soumak, knot and surface texture
Analyse and evaluate design includes one or more of the following:	skill and efficiency variation of tapestry effects compatibility of finishing procedures to design function quality suitability of materials

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:

reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), safe work practices

analysing and interpreting design brief

developing design to meet design brief and in line with principles of design and product purpose

using communication tools to present tapestry design for feedback

evaluating and modifying designs

determining production requirements

producing at least two (2) tapestry design products to meet design specifications

using a variety of yarn types

assessing tapestry against design specifications, cartoon and design brief

evaluating quality, identifying faults, addressing design and production problems and determining opportunities for improvement

documenting process and improvements.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

elements of tapestry design:

line

shape and silhouette

colour

texture

value

principles of design:

repetition

gradation

rhythm

radiation

harmony

contrast

dominance

proportion

balance

unity

characteristics of yarns

information resources on fibres and fabrics

historical tapestry techniques

contemporary trends in tapestry

tapestry modification techniques

tapestry techniques

typical tapestry fault conditions:

shrinkage or ballooning of edges

exposure of warp

holes

foreign matter

fault-finding procedures

types and styles of tapestries

simple equipment maintenance techniques

specification sheets:

budget

type of product

style requirements (yarns, fibres and colours)

application

timeline

design restrictions or conditions

yarn costs

weight and drape of fabric

colour ways

fashion trends

communication tools:

inspiration board

storyboard

design concepts

research information

multimedia tools

yarn samples

colour chips

colour and fashion forecasting references

illustrations

production sketches

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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