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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.
The brief:	describes and specifies the work to be completed is prepared by commissioning body or organisation, e.g. supervisor, client, community organisation may be written, diagrammatic, visual, verbal.

The product to be designed and made may be the whole product, part of the product, a prototype or model and may include but is not limited to:	architectural fixtures and fittings furnishings furniture hardware household, garden products kitchenware tableware toys.

Specifications would be articulated in the brief and may refer:	audience medium purpose style.

Parametersor constraints may refer to:	budgeting and financing requirements conditions of use of the product cost of production number of items setting time frames.

Information pertinent to the brief may be about:	design standards health and safety industry standards legal, contractual, ethical and copyright considerations material characteristics and capabilities stylistic considerations technological considerations.

Work space needs may include:	dry areas dust extraction lighting process specific space needs ventilation wet areas.

Materials may include:	clay, glass, plaster, sand, stone fabric, fibre, spun fibre, leather metal, sheet metal, wire, nails, screws paints, inks, binders, extenders, stains, lacquers, resins, glazes, oxides paper, cardboard, pulp plastics, latex, acrylic, rubber wood and wood based products.

Tools and equipment may include:	brushes ceramics equipment computer and software. hand printing equipment and digital printers hand tools kiln and kiln furniture loom, needles, hooks, bobbins, pins measuring tools moulds and casting equipment power tools receptacles sewing machine soldering iron, smithing equipment, welding equipment spatulas

Safety requirements are in accordance with:	Federal, State and Territory legislation, regulation and standards.

Preliminary visual representation may involve:	computer-aided drawing mock-up sketching technical drawing.

Criteria for the selection of the approach may include:	access to materials, tools and equipment required for the making of the product access to specialist fabricators consistency with the brief for the product ease of manufacture personal affinity with medium and materials.

The approach may encompass:	aesthetic and stylistic considerations choice of medium and materials design solutions the parameters of the brief.

Techniques may include:	binding, fusing carpentry, cabinet making casting, moulding ceramics and glass forming digital imaging leather work metal work, smithing printing, photography sewing, knotting, weaving.

Testing processes may involve:	exploring techniques by making practice pieces, test pieces, mock-ups or samples testing materials by applying stress tests, colour tests.

Refining the approach may include:	adjustment to design considerations adjustment to design solution adjustment to utilise the capabilities of the techniques no change.

Documenting the approach may involve:	final drawings, plans, illustrations, photographs material samples models specifications for fabrication written rationale or description.

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