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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Tools may include: | brushes cutting aids and guides, including templates, braced squares, grids hand glass cutters, including regular glass cutter, circle cutter hand polishing pads modelling and carving tools for clay and/or plaster moulds for hotglass work piping tools (slip trailer, icing bag, syringe) pliers (running, grozing, plate) rulers slumping moulds. |
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Equipment may include: | compressor drill electric kilns, kiln furniture engravers glass cutting machinery (cut-off saw, band saw) glass cutting table grinding and polishing equipment (linisher, flatbed grinder, bevel grinder) light table PPE, including safety glasses, gloves and wrist gauntlets, dust masks, respirators programmable kiln controllers sandblaster slumping moulds. |
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Materials may include: | clay clear and coloured glass suitable for casting (tested compatible frit/cullet, casting glass) clear and coloured glass suitable for lampworking (tested compatible rods, stringers, sheet glass clear and coloured sheet glass, including float glass, tested compatible glass glass colours including paints, stains, enamels and lustres materials for embedding plaster refractory board suitable for making moulds refractory fillers (sand, silica) refractory release agents, e.g. graphite, kaolin, alumina, bead release sculpture wax texturing materials (whiting, batwash, fabric, natural materials, formed and fired clay). |
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Glass work may include: | functional forms (platters, bowls, vessels, lighting components) jewellery and body wear mural pieces plaques sculptural pieces tiles. |
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Workplace procedures may relate to such things as: | cost control process-specific procedures recycling reporting safety use of materials. |
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Safety requirements would be in accordance with: | Federal, State and Territory legislation, regulations and standards. |
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Organisation and maintenance of the work space may relate to: | light process specific requirements ventilation wet and dry areas. |
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Assessing the capabilities of the techniques, tools and materials may involve: | producing test pieces or samples systematically testing a range of processes. |
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Extending capabilities of techniques refers to: | exploring the potential of techniques and discovering new ways of using techniques. |
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The conceptual vision may be determined by: | elements and principles of design the relationship of the work to a theoretical and historical context the subject matter or theme for the glass work, e.g. the body; identity; land and place; political, cultural, social issues; spiritual concerns. |
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Criteria for the selection of techniques may relate to: | access to materials, tools and equipment for the techniques consistency with the conceptual vision for the proposed glass work ease of application of the techniques personal affinity with the techniques. |
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Within this unit the candidate would generally extend, build upon and combine a range of techniques which may include: | assemblage blowing casting colouring etching fusing hot forming lampworking leadlight/copperfoil pâté de verre sand blasting slumping. |
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