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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify and plan requirements
  2. Prepare and develop specifications
  3. Prepare and develop procedures
  4. Document specifications and procedures
  5. Identify and plan requirements
  6. Prepare and develop specifications
  7. Prepare and develop procedures
  8. Document specifications and procedures

Performance Evidence

Before competency can be determined, individuals must demonstrate they can perform the following according to the standards defined in this unit’s elements, performance criteria and foundation skills:

develop and document the technical specifications and procedures of an automotive repair or manufacturing process that would take more than thirty minutes to complete, including:

safety requirements of the process

steps involved in undertaking the process, including:

use of any tools, equipment and materials

explanatory graphics

specifications explaining the requirements that a product or assembly must meet or exceed

bibliography of sources of information.


Knowledge Evidence

Individuals must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

types and application of technical documents, including:

technical background reports

technical guides

technical specifications, including:

open specifications

closed specifications

methods of describing limits, including tolerances, clearances and wear

technical and standard operating procedures, including:

safe operating procedures

dismantle and assembly procedures

literature reviews

technical document writing techniques, including:

confirming document scope

understanding the audience

developing a plan

collecting information, including:

using primary and secondary sources

acknowledging sources

methods of organising information to meet document requirements, including:

linear or chronological

parts of an object graphics

simple to complex

specific to general

general to specific

writing first drafts, including:

using style guides

using graphics

revising and editing drafts

workplace policies relating to publishing documents with company intellectual property content.