3.5 Assignment — DPP Data and Traceability

Choose the track for your profile, then complete the version that matches it.

Learners choose one existing product (their own, or one supplied by the trainer) and complete the pathway-appropriate task below, applying the data requirements, actor map, lifecycle stages, and governance principles covered in this chapter.

VET (EQF 4)

Using the actor map from section 3.2, learners map their chosen garment’s supply chain across at least four stages (e.g. fibre supplier, manufacturer, brand, retailer/recycler), sketching it as a simple left-to-right diagram. For each stage, they identify one data requirement that actor would be responsible for populating, using the data-field list from section 3.1.1, and note in one sentence what could go wrong if that actor failed to provide it. A provided actor/data-field card set can be used to support the exercise. Output: one annotated diagram plus four short accountability notes.

HEI (EQF 5)

Learners select a product category and draft a one-page data governance brief covering: who owns each of five chosen data fields, what verification level each field needs (self-declaration, lab test, or third-party certification) and why, and where in the chain the greatest hand-off risk sits, referencing section 3.4. The brief should apply the risk-first test from section 3.4.4 explicitly to each field, and conclude with a short recommendation on which one or two fields to govern first if the business could only start with a small number.

Professionals — SME (EQF 6)

Using one of their own product lines, learners identify the single actor hand-off in their supply chain most likely to fail, using the diagnostic approach from section 3.2.3 (tracing one product backward, stage by stage), and propose a governance fix (ownership, access, or verification). They then justify the level of verification required for their highest-risk data field, drawing on the GOTS and OEKO-TEX/TextileGenesis examples in section 3.4.2, and estimate in a few sentences what that level of verification would realistically cost their business to implement.