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Select and wear clothes for different occasions and identify need to
care for clothes, in a supported learning context
Level

Credits

Purpose

People credited with this unit standard are able to: select clothes to wear to
different occasions; wear selected clothes to different occasions; and identify
the need to care for clothes, in a supported learning context.

Subfield

Supported Learning

Domain

Supported Learning - Work and Community Skills

Status

Registered

Status date

20 November 2009

Date version published

20 November 2009

Planned review date

31 December 2015

Entry information

Open.

Accreditation

Evaluation of documentation by NZQA.

Standard setting body (SSB)

NZQA National Qualifications Services

Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference

0142

This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes
1

This unit standard is designed for people who require some form of support with their
learning, either through additional resources, specialised equipment, or adapted
teaching programmes.

An assessment resource to support this unit standard can be found on the NZQA
website at: www.nzqa.govt.nz/for-providers/resources/index.html.

Definitions
Occasion refers to a gathering of people for a purpose, for example a celebration.
Context refers to the degree of formality and the setting of the occasion; for example
work, leisure, sport, formal, informal, social, outdoor environment.

It is recommended that this unit standard be assessed against in conjunction with

other Supported Learning unit standards to allow for integrated assessment.

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Elements and performance criteria

Element 1
Select clothes to wear to occasions.
Range

evidence is required for three different occasions.

Performance criteria
1.1

Clothes are selected relevant to the occasions and their contexts.

1.2

Clothes are selected relevant for the weather conditions.

Range

weather conditions may include but are not limited to wet, dry,
windy, sunny, hot, cold, changing conditions.

1.3

Clothes are selected that fit the wearer.

1.4

Clothes are selected that are clean and fit for purpose.

Element 2
Wear selected clothes to different occasions.
Range

evidence is required for three different occasions.

Performance criteria
2.1

Clothes are worn in the manner for which they were designed.
Range

2.2

may include but is not limited to fastened buttons, ties, zips;

worn round the right way.

The need to change clothing, if applicable, is identified in accordance with the

occasion and context.
Range

may include but is not limited to drink spillage, accidental soiling.

Element 3
Identify the need to care for clothes.
Performance criteria
3.1

The need for laundering dirty clothes is identified in terms of cleanliness.

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3.2

The need to repair clothes that are damaged or worn is identified in terms of fit
for purpose.
Range

3.3

Methods of storing different types of clothing are identified in terms of suitability

for the garment.
Range

3.4

may include but is not limited to stitching coming undone, holes

in garment, jammed zips.

may include but are not limited to hanging, folding.

The need to replace worn and stained clothing is identified in terms of

appearance and fit for purpose.

Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP
also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.

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