Assessor Resource
CUVOPA09B
Use a faceting machine
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024
This unit is applied in a workshop environment and requires the application of knowledge and skills to produce individual pieces that comply with commercial standards. The faceting requires access to faceting machines and consumables appropriate for use in faceting opals. Faceting machines may be used for a range of outcomes including traditional faceted gems or other shapes such as cubes.
Where appropriate the outcomes of this unit could be contextualised to apply to other gemstones. Examples of aspects of the unit that may need to be adjusted would include:
the specific properties of each gemstones
industry and market requirements
underpinning knowledge
Range Statement.
This unit encompasses the skills and knowledge to use a faceting machine to facet opal including selection of material, the process of pre-forming and the cutting and polishing of a selected stone. The machine may be used to produce a traditional faceted gemstone and also to complete a range of other tasks such as making cubes from opal material.
No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.
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