Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for production
- Applicable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to producing profile sanding shoes and wheels are identified and followed
- Work order is reviewed and checked with appropriate personnel
- Type and quantity of blanks for shoes and wheels to be produced is acquired from stock
- Equipment is selected appropriate to work requirements and checked for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations
- Production process is planned in line with site procedures
- Communication with others is established and maintained in line with OHS requirements
- Produce shoes and wheels
- Pre start-up checks are carried out on equipment in line with site requirements
- Template is produced from tin or other metal plate to match profile
- Shoe or wheel is positioned in the machine and shaped in line with the template, stopping regularly to check shaping with template
- Wheels or shoes are labelled to follow the profile
- Wheels or shoes are installed into the profile sander in readiness for profile sanding operations
- Templates with defects are rejected and disposed of in line with site procedures and environmental requirements
- Production process and equipment faults are recorded and reported to the appropriate personnel
- Conduct operator maintenance
- Equipment lock-out procedures are followed in line with OHS legislation and site procedures
- Shoe or wheel shaping equipment is checked for condition and maintained
- Shaper cutters are checked for blunt or damaged condition and sharpened
- Tool room is cleaned and cleared of waste in line with site procedures