Course Title: Operate a weaving loom
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2013
Course Code: MANU7211C
Course Title: Operate a weaving loom
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C4218 - Certificate IV in Textile Design and Development
Course Contact : Peter Bonnell
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 9171
Course Contact Email:peter.bonnell@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Rachel Halton Tel. +61 3 9925 9158 rachel.halton@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 50
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Nil
Course Description
This course is designed to give you the skills and knowledge required to operate a loom.
This course is delivered concurrently with VART 5907C Produce Woven Textile Samples.
Please ensure you are enrolled in both.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTTX2006B Operate a weaving loom |
Element: |
Assist in set-up and loading of weaving loom |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Loom settings are checked against product requirements. |
Element: |
Check product quality |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Product is checked against quality standards. |
Element: |
Complete weaving process |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Product is uploaded or removed according to manufacturer specifications. |
Element: |
Operate and monitor weaving loom |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Weaving loom is started and stopped according to manufacturer requirements and OHS practices. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge to demonstrate competency in the above elements.
Details of Learning Activities
This is a studio based course covering both theory and practical aspects of operating a loom.
Individual and group projects will be undertaken in a fully equipped weaving studio using both
sample and production dobby looms, the studio is a simulated industry environment.
Teaching Schedule
PROJECT 1 (5 WEEKS)
Overview of course module. Exercise: Introduction to equipment for weaving, sampe looms/floor looms, warping materials, shuttles and yarns.
Exercise: Warp preparation: Correct tension, preparation of the cross, correct yarns for weaving.
OH&S induction - OH&S for a Weave Studio.
Exercise: Loom Preparation: Preparing the Loom for Weaving, Warping, Threading, Sleying a Reed, Tie-on, Beginning Weaving
Group exercise: Produce woven samples & operate equipment.
Theory: Identify product requirements / correctly reading a Weave Draft – Lifting Sequences (Treadling) for different weave structures
ASSESSMENT: Observational Checklist / Technical File
Project 2 (6 WEEKS)
Exercise: Select suitable equipment / monitor loom set-up & prepare warp and dress loom for a series of Traditional Textile Samples
Group Exercise: Production requirements are checked and aligned with loom settings. Correct use of materials, equipment operated correctly, faults reported and all records accurately completed.
ASSESSMENT: Checklist / Technical File
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
The Structure of Weaving, Ann Sutton |
References
Other Resources
You are asked to provide the following: Lined Notepad, pens, ruler, measuring tape, scissors, A4 ring binder, A4 plastic inserts
Threading Hook, Reed Hook, Shuttle Sticks (2) (these can be purchased/HIRED in first class).
This equipment is also used in the Unit PRODUCE WOVEN TEXTILE SAMPLES and as the
courses are delivered concurrently the equipment can be used in both classes.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment tasks have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner. Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including recording all technical documentation in a workbook and checklists completed by the class teacher during class exercises. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher. All work must be submitted by the due date.
Assessment Tasks
Technical File: Record all class handouts, notes taken by students during theory classes and all documentation of processes and technical specifications in a workbook. This workbook is submitted at assessment periods during the Term and again at the end of Term.
Observational Checklist: Students are observed during classes to ensure learning tasks are completed. Feedback is provided from the supervisor. Students are monitored throughout the Term on their knowledge of Occupational Health and Safety requirements of the weave studio.
Further detail regarding Competency and Graded Assessment of these tasks will be provided in class.
Assessment Matrix
Assist in set-up and loading of weaving loom Observational Checklist
Check product quality Observational Checklist Samples
Complete weaving process Observational Checklist Technical File
Operate and monitor weaving loom Observational Checklist
Other Information
This course is run in a workshop environment, to comply with Occupational Health & Safety standards
You are required to wear sturdy , fully covered footwear..
This course is delivered concurrently with the unit Produce Woven Textile Samples.
Learning Activities undertaken during Produce Woven Textile Samples will contribute to the assessment for this unit.
Further details will be provided by your class teacher in your first session.
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