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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare to produce vinyl sign.
   • Job requirements are identified from drawings, specifications and client brief, confirmed, and applied to planning and preparation.
   • Health and safety requirements are identified and applied to planning.
   • Tools, equipment and materials are selected and prepared to carry out tasks consistent with job requirements, and faults are identified and reported.
   • Correct vinyl type is selected according to planned application and durability requirements.
   • Sign is set out to scale using industry-recognised software and prepared for production using vinyl plotter.

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.
Health and safety requirements must include:	selection, correct fitting, and use of PPE prescribed under legislation, regulations, and workplace policies and practices emergency procedures, including: evacuation first aid location and use of firefighting equipment hazard identification and risk control procedures safe operating procedures, including the conduct of operational risk assessment and treatments associated with: lighting use of tools and equipment workplace environmental requirements.
Tools and equipment must include:	levelling tools metal rules scissors squeegees vinyl plotter weeding tools.
Materials must include:	application fluid application tape marking pencils surface cleaning and preparation chemicals vinyl.
Vinyl typesmust include:	calendered: monomeric polymeric cast air egress material for vehicle wraps.

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must produce three vinyl signs using a vinyl plotter according to the following specifications:

one sign containing only lettering in a single colour

one sign containing lettering and a simple graphic, consisting of at least three different colours.

Each sign must be applied to a different surface selected from the following:

glass

metal

plastic

vehicle body.

In producing each sign, the person must ensure no damage to the vinyl during the weeding or cutting processes. In the event of damage caused, the person must demonstrate correct procedures to rectify or reproduce the vinyl sign.

In applying the sign to each surface, the person must:

correctly use materials to prepare the surface

apply the signs at the specified heights and levels

check for damage to the vinyl or surface that could have occurred during the application process and rectify damage.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

attributes, characteristics and composition of different vinyl types used to produce signs

functionality and operation of vinyl plotters used to produce vinyl signs, including:

blade offset setting

blade types

cleaning and maintenance requirements

cutting pressure and speeds appropriate to the task

test cut requirements

vinyl tracking characteristics

functions and limitations of relevant graphic design software used in producing vinyl signs

impact of different temperatures on vinyl application

legislation, codes and standards relevant to the specific production work in performance evidence

principles of vinyl cutting

terminology used in signs.

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