Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for pressing
- Press material
- Use equipment in line with organisational safety procedures, manufacturer’s instructions and environmental protection practices.
- Complete pre start-up equipment checks to ensure operational effectiveness.
- Set press cycle times, pressures, temperatures and product parameters for production requirements.
- Monitor pressed material and adjust position, feed rate, mat and press conditions accordingly.
- Complete unload and reload cycles in line with organisational procedures.
- Assess pressed material and thickness changes regularly and adjust former and press set-up to produce quality formed materials.
- Check pressed material production regularly to ensure conformity with size requirements and work order.
- Unload material
- Open press in line with organisational safety procedures.
- Separate material and forming equipment and remove from press using unloading equipment.
- Load material into cooling receiver, trim check and unload.
- Test material samples to confirm compliance with industry standards and check for defects.
- Dispose of sub-standard material in line with environmental protection practices.
- Transfer finished material for further processing in line with organisational procedures.
- Shut down and clean equipment
- Coordinate shutdown with other line operators in line with organisational safety procedures.
- Strip and clean blending, press and handling equipment in line with manufacturer’s instructions and environmental protection practices.
- Check and clean press bars or stops, plates and screens.
- Keep machine clear of dust and debris in line with organisational safety procedures.
- Record and report production outcomes and equipment faults to appropriate personnel.