Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for saw setting
- Applicable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to filing and settingsaws are identified and followed
- Work order is reviewed and checked with appropriate personnel
- Equipment is selected appropriate to work requirements and checked for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations
- Setting process is planned in line with site procedures
- Communication with others is established and maintained in line with OHS requirements
- Set saw
- Saw is set up in a selected jig to allow setting work to be conducted
- Kerf and finish requirements are checked to suit horsepower of the machine, the type of saw and cutting conditions
- Individual teeth are examined to check amount of setting required
- Condition of welding, saw temper and consistency of set between alternate teeth are maintained by setting
- Teeth are measured and assessed for the correct setting placement in line with site procedures
- Teeth are bevelled and bevel length is assessed in line with site procedures
- Set is applied to teeth requiring resetting allowing for estimated spring back
- Set of teeth is checked using gauges in line with site procedures
- Saw setting process and equipment faults are investigated and recorded and reported in line with site requirements