Application
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge associated with selecting and applying textile colourisation and finishing processes.
The unit of competency applies to colouration and finishing processes in a production environment, using standard procedures to meet predetermined design and quality specifications. Colouration and finishing processes may be undertaken on a wide range of fabric types as well as fibres, yarns or garments.
Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and may involve individual and team activities.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Determine job requirements | 1.1 | Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) |
1.2 | Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times | ||
1.3 | Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs | ||
1.4 | Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Prepare to undertake colouration and finishing | 2.1 | Interpret design and textile property specifications that impact on colouration and finishing |
2.2 | Identify technical aspects of production requirements | ||
2.3 | Use colour charts and make calculations to determine colour formulas and production material quantities | ||
2.4 | Determine materials, tools and equipment required for finishing process | ||
2.5 | Confirm all specifications and calculations with appropriate personnel, as required | ||
3 | Undertake colouration process | 3.1 | Set up equipment, tools and materials according to specifications for work and workplace procedures |
3.2 | Check fabrics to be coloured against quality standards | ||
3.3 | Use colouration techniques to produce sample pieces according to specifications | ||
3.4 | Check coloured samples and adjust colour formula, if required, to meet specifications | ||
3.5 | Undertake colouration techniques to meet design specifications and minimise impact on textiles | ||
4 | Undertake finishing process | 4.1 | Set up equipment, tools and materials according to specifications for work and workplace procedures |
4.2 | Check fabrics to be finished against quality standards | ||
4.3 | Use finishing techniques to produce sample pieces according to specifications | ||
4.4 | Check finishing samples and adjust finishing process, if required, to meet specifications | ||
4.5 | Undertake finishing techniques to meet design specifications and minimise impact on textiles | ||
5 | Evaluate colouration and finishing processes | 5.1 | Assess samples against colouration and finish specifications |
5.2 | Check colours and finish to identify any design or production problems | ||
5.3 | Analyse product outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement | ||
5.4 | Evaluate production process to identify opportunities for improvement | ||
5.5 | Document formulas, processes and improvements and store information for later use | ||
Evidence of Performance
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
applying relevant standards
identifying and selecting relevant textile colourisation and finishing processes required to achieve specifications
determining potential impact of colourisation and finishing processes on textiles and associated materials
determining standard procedures to overcome or minimise impact on textiles and associated materials
conducting colourisation and finishing processes to achieve specification on at least two (2) occasions
checking colouration and finishing samples and adjusting process, if required, to meet specifications
recognising, rectifying and reporting deviations from specifications
achieving colour matching and finishing outcomes that meet specifications and workplace procedures
evaluating colouration and finishing processes
documenting formulas, processes and improvements and store information for later use.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:
safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
relevant Australian Standards
textile industry terminology
physical properties of textiles and associated materials
chemical properties of textiles and associated materials
tools and equipment:
dyes
chemical
dyeing equipment
finishing equipment
standard textile colourisation processing techniques
standard finishing techniques
standard textile test procedures
textile test equipment
international specification standards
quality criteria
quality practices
workplace procedures
production processes
workplace procedures
recording and reporting practices.
Assessment Conditions
Assessors must:
satisfy the assessor competency requirements that are in place at the time of the assessment, as set by the VET regulator
have vocational competency in textile colouration and finishing, at least to the level being assessed, with relevant industry knowledge and experience.
Assessment should occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible, or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment reflecting realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.
Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications associated with this unit.
Foundation Skills
This section describes those required skills (language, literacy and numeracy) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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 |
Australian Standards include: | the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken |
Specifications impacting on colouration include one or more of the following: | type of fibres (plant, animal or synthetic) chemical properties physical properties fibre pre-treatments type of yarn type of fabric type of dye |
Specifications impacting on finishing include one or more of the following: | type of fibres (plant, animal or synthetic ) chemical properties physical properties fibre pre-treatments type of fabric |
Colouration and finishing techniques include one or more of the following: | bleaching skein dyeing bath dyeing batch processing continuous and semi continuous dyeing drying and curing thermasol process |
Resources and search techniques include one or more of the following: | SOPs safety procedures job lists manufacturer manuals specifications textile production patterns and machine settings Australian and international Standards trade journals quality system documentation customer requirements workplace and site procedures and manuals industry manuals codes of practice awards legislation plans diagrams log books hard copy or electronic data key personnel, supervisors, trainers and colleagues using colour index, table of contents, and numbering and classification systems computer database search or look-up, questioning and cross-referencing basic techniques to identify relevant information, including skimming and scanning, and identifying key words and ideas |
Appropriate personnel include one or more of the following: | supervisor manager trainer designers |
Sectors
Not applicable
Competency Field
Textile production