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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 research commercial development of textiles
   • Establish objectives for conducting research in line with business goals
   • Establish criteria and parameters for research and develop research plan
   • Conduct research into textiles
3. Research textile products
   • Analyse products that incorporate textiles and their current uses in the marketplace
   • Research performance characteristics of textile products and analyse to determine quality
   • Use a range of routine and non-routine tests to gather data on product quality
   • Identify factors influencing quality of textile products
   • Identify and examine product faults and determine causes
   • Research global and domestic implications for use of textile products
4. Evaluate findings and make recommendations
   • Analyse research findings and prioritise according to their significance to research objectives and criteria
   • Review methodology to identify any potential influences on findings
   • Analyse findings to identify products with most potential for commercial development and further review
   • Analyse features and benefits, and disadvantages or risks, of selected findings
   • Prepare a report, including visual and graphical illustration to summarise aspects of research
   • Make recommendations and document how findings apply to commercial gain

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
Research includes one or more of the following:	textile properties, qualities, aesthetic and performance characteristics primary uses of textiles new and emerging textiles and textile processing techniques global and domestic trends in using textiles routine and non-routine tests to gather data on textiles
Textiles include one or more of the following:	natural fibres, such as cotton, wool, silk and linen synthetic fibres, such as: polyamide and polyester acrylic lycra rayon acetate natural and synthetic single-yarn fabrics and blends, including: knitted fabrics, such as weft knits and warp knits woven fabrics, such as plain, twill, satin, dobby, jacquard and pile non-woven fabrics, such as felts, nets, braids, bonded and composite emerging smart fabrics raw materials new and emerging textiles yarn
Routine tests include one or more of the following:	visual checking colour matching weighing and height weight and thickness measuring moisture measuring measuring rubbing fastness stretch wear cracking colour gloss softness handle texture light and colour fastness heat fastness tensile characteristics flexibility
Non-routine tests include the following:	tests performed in a laboratory environment to laboratory level standards

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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

planning and conducting research into textiles and textile products in line with business goals

establishing criteria and parameters for research and developing research plan

conducting research into textiles, analysing products that incorporate textiles, and researching performance characteristics of at least one (1) sample range of textile products to determine quality

investigating global and domestic implications for use of textile products

using a range of routine and non-routine tests to gather data on product quality to identify factors influencing quality of textile products

analysing findings to identify products with most potential for commercial development and analysing features, benefits and disadvantages or risks, of selected findings

preparing a 2000-3000 word report in appropriate format, including visual and graphical illustrations and recommendations indicating how findings apply to commercial opportunities and gain.

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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)

sources of information

qualities and properties of textiles:

firmness

softness

hand

weight

grain or gauge

drape

porosity

covering power

count

light penetration

commercial relevance or objectives for research

research methodology

research criteria:

scope of research

required documentation

required research verification

research methodologies

timing

commercial constraints or requirements

relevant legislation, codes of practice, copyright obligations, policies and procedures

textile and product testing procedures

performance characteristics:

stretch

abrasion

wearability

absorbency

durability

elasticity

heat sensitivity

shrink resistance

ease of care

drape quality

colour fastness

strength

report writing

report structure:

title page

table of contents

summary

introduction

theories and hypotheses

body (findings and conclusions)

methodology

test results

recommendations

references

appendixes

glossary

report content:

text

graphs

charts

tables

diagrams

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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