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- You register with an approved centre. That is a college, training provider or employer Skills and Education Group Awards has approved to offer this qualification. Zavmo is not an approved centre, so you register with them, not with us.
- The centre assesses, and Skills and Education Group Awards awards. A qualified assessor at the centre judges your evidence, and the certificate comes from Skills and Education Group Awards.
This NVQ Certificate is for individuals working in the manufacturing of textile and sewn products. It allows candidates to demonstrate competence in a range of manufacturing activities, such as pressing, printing, packaging, repairing, and maintaining equipment. Successful candidates will be able to perform these tasks to the required industry standards.
These are the units Skills and Education Group Awards registers against this qualification. It is a catalogue, not a syllabus. Which of them you take depends on the combination the qualification requires, and that is set by the awarding body rather than by us. Every unit here is regulated. Zavmo teaches towards them on your own work, and work done here is recognised as prior learning under the agreements we hold.
Zavmo is not an awarding body, is not an approved centre, and is not affiliated with Skills and Education Group Awards. It does the teaching and the mapping. Skills and Education Group Awards sets this qualification and awards it, and a qualified human assessor makes the assessment decision.
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What each unit actually teaches you to do
Carry Out Pressing in the Sewing Room Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare the work area and equipment for pressing activities.
- Press sewn products according to specified requirements and techniques.
- Perform quality checks on pressed products to ensure they meet the required standards within the production process.
Carry Out the Seam Sealing Process Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare for sealing components
- Seal components
- Describe how to perform quality checks within the production process
Carry Out the Sewing Process Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare materials, components and equipment for the sewing process
- Sew components together accurately and efficiently
- Describe how to perform quality checks within the sewing process
Contribute to Achieving Product Quality Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Check for faults in products or materials according to specified procedures
- Rectify faults in products or materials within the scope of own responsibility and competence
- Understand the impact of faults on the production process, including potential delays, waste, and customer dissatisfaction
- Recognise own place within the production process and how own actions contribute to overall product quality
Control the Efficiency of Textile Production Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain an efficient work environment during textile production processes
- Maintain and ensure the efficiency of machinery, tools and equipment during the textile production process
- Maintain and ensure the efficiency of work patterns during the textile production process
- Describe how to perform quality checks within the production process
Cut Materials for Manufacturing Sewn Products Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare materials and equipment for cutting components
- Cut components accurately and efficiently
- Describe how to perform quality checks within the cutting process
Dye Fabric and Sewn Products Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to dye fabric and sewn products by selecting appropriate dyes, equipment, and safety measures
- Dye fabric and sewn products according to specified procedures and quality standards
- Perform quality checks within the fabric and sewn product dyeing process to ensure colour fastness, evenness, and overall quality
Health, Safety and Security at Work Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Work safely, following established procedures and guidelines
- Monitor the workplace for potential hazards and risks
- Contribute to maintaining workplace security measures
Maintain Production Machinery and Equipment Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Undertake basic maintenance tasks on production machinery and equipment according to established procedures.
- Check machinery and equipment for faults and identify potential problems.
- Rectify identified faults in machinery and equipment using appropriate methods and tools.
- Understand the impact of faults in machinery and equipment on the overall production process.
- Recognise own role and responsibilities within the wider production process.
Monitor Quality Control Procedures in Textile Industry Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Undertake basic quality checks on textile products
- Check textile products for faults
- Rectify faults during textile production
- Explain the impact of faults on the production process
- Recognise own place within the production process
Organise and Maintain Own Work Area in Manufacturing Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Maintain tools and equipment in a safe and effective working condition
- Maintain cleanliness of own work area to ensure a safe and productive environment
- Maintain own wellbeing by adhering to health and safety regulations and practices
Package Manufactured Products Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare the work area, packaging materials, and equipment for packaging manufactured products.
- Package manufactured products according to specified requirements and procedures.
- Perform quality checks on packaged products to ensure they meet the required standards within the packaging process.
Perform Manual Textile Operations Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Perform pre-production checks on the work area prior to carrying out manual textile operations
- Perform pre-production checks on tools and equipment prior to manual textile operations
- Undertake pre-production checks on materials and components prior to manual textile operations
- Process and handle components effectively
- Maintain and ensure efficiency of work patterns during manual textile operations
- Describe how to perform quality checks within the production process
Prepare for Textile Manufacturing Operations Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare work environment ready for textile production processes, ensuring cleanliness, organisation, and safety
- Prepare machinery, tools and equipment for the textile production, ensuring they are in good working order and ready for use
- Gather resources in preparation for textile operations, including materials, tools, and documentation
Print Fabric Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare the work area, materials, and rotary printing equipment for fabric printing.
- Carry out rotary fabric printing according to specified designs and procedures.
- Perform quality checks on printed fabric to ensure they meet the required standards within the rotary fabric printing process.
Produce Textile Products Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Perform pre-production checks on the work area prior to textile manufacture
- Perform pre-production checks on machinery and equipment prior to textile manufacture
- Undertake pre-production checks on materials and components prior to the manufacturing textile process
- Assemble and handle components during the manufacturing textile process
- Maintain and ensure efficiency of work patterns during the manufacturing textile process
- Describe how to perform quality checks within the manufacturing textile process
Receive, Store and Issue Yarn Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Receive deliveries of raw textile materials/yarn or textile components, ensuring accurate quantities and documentation
- Check quality of delivered raw textile materials/yarn or textile components against specified standards and report any discrepancies
- Maintain stores of textile materials to be used for processing, ensuring proper storage conditions and stock rotation
- Book out yarn and/or other raw textile materials and components according to established procedures, maintaining accurate records
Repair and Alter Textile Items Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Understand the methods and techniques used to repair and alter textile items.
- Prepare the work area, tools, and materials for the repair and alteration of textile items.
- Repair and alter textile items according to specified requirements and techniques.
- Perform quality checks on repaired and altered textile items to ensure they meet the required standards.
Screen Printing Individual Items Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to screen print individual items
- Screen print individual items
- Describe how to perform quality checks within the screen printing process
Support Textile Production Operations Real unit · Skills and Education Group Awards
What you'll be able to do
- Prepare to support textile manufacturing operations
- Support textile manufacturing operations
- Describe how to perform quality checks when supporting textile manufacturing operations
The national standards these units are built against
What the job actually needs, in the words employers and awarding bodies already use for the work itself.
- Standard
Carry out cutting operations for footwear and leathergoods manufacture
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Carry out hand pressing in the sewing process
- Standard
Carry out pressing in the Kilt Making process
- Standard
Carry out pressing in the sewing room
- Standard
Carry out the hand sewn processes in kilt making
- Standard
Carry out the machine sewing processes in Kilt Making
- Standard
Carry out the seam sealing process in the production of clothing and related items
- Standard
Carry out the sewing process for clothing and related items
- Standard
Carry out the tape sealing process in the production of clothing and related items
- Standard
Conduct Pre-Production Trials
- Standard
Configure production machinery
- Standard
Contribute to achieving product quality
- Standard
Contribute to achieving product quality
- Standard
Control textile testing procedures
- Standard
Control the efficiency of textile production
- Standard
Control the efficiency of the knitting process
- Standard
Control the efficiency of the weaving process
- Standard
Correct machine faults
Showing 18 of 52 standards these units map to.
The credits, and who awards them
Level 2 credits are regulated, and they are awarded by Skills and Education Group Awards rather than by Zavmo. They don’t vanish when a subscription ends or a website closes. They travel to any employer, and Zavmo keeps the map of what you have covered and what is next.
What you would be collecting
Carry Out Pressing in the Sewing RoomCarry Out the Seam Sealing ProcessCarry Out the Sewing ProcessContribute to Achieving Product QualityControl the Efficiency of Textile ProductionCut Materials for Manufacturing Sewn ProductsDye Fabric and Sewn ProductsHealth, Safety and Security at Work
Each one is a real unit registered against this qualification.
How you’d practise it
You don’t watch this. You do it.
You are not assessed on remembering this. You are assessed on applying it, analysing it, evaluating it and producing something. So that is what the practice is: projects, role play and your own live cases, with a tutor in the room.
The Practical Builder · your make-it-real tutor Illustration - Draft the real one Create
You do “Monitor Quality Control Procedures in Textile Industry” on a real document of your own. Zavmo works on the draft you have to send anyway, so the coursework and the job are the same piece of work.
- Map a live decision Analyse
“Contribute to Achieving Product Quality” runs on a decision you are facing now. Zavmo maps it with you and shows what the second-order effect looks like before you find out the slow way.
What you leave holding
The standards this credential builds, in the shape the product keeps them
Nothing here is marked learned. There is no learner on a public page, so the map shows what the qualification covers rather than what anybody has done.
- Carry out cutting operations for footwear and leathergoods manufacture
- Carry out hand pressing in the sewing process
- Carry out pressing in the Kilt Making process
- Carry out pressing in the sewing room
- Carry out the hand sewn processes in kilt making
- Carry out the machine sewing processes in Kilt Making
- Carry out the seam sealing process in the production of clothing and related items
- Carry out the sewing process for clothing and related items
How you would learn this
One to one, on the work you already do
A tutor sets the task against your own job and marks the reasoning, at your pace. There is no cohort to fall behind.
A lesson from Carry Out Pressing in the Sewing Room, one of this qualification's own units.
Applied to your own work
This unit enables learners to prepare the work area and equipment for pressing sewn products and carry out pressing activities according to specified requirements. Learners will also perform quality checks to ensure pressed products meet production standards.
- 1 Remember
- 2 Understand
- 3 Apply
- 4 Analyse
- 5 Evaluate
- 6 Create
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Built for SEG Awards Level 2 NVQ Certificate in Manufacturing Textile and Sewn Products
20 units in this credential, in the order it lists them, awarded by Skills and Education Group Awards.
- Carry Out Pressing in the Sewing Room
- Carry Out the Seam Sealing Process
- Carry Out the Sewing Process
- Contribute to Achieving Product Quality
- Control the Efficiency of Textile Production
- Cut Materials for Manufacturing Sewn Products
and 14 more in the full unit list below.
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