Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for job
- Job specifications are read and interpreted from job documentation or process control system
- Job is signed off by printers and ready for mailing procedures
- Materials are checked and in correct order for job, and all sheets are in correct position for barcode scanning if required
- Blades are sharp and correctly fitted, and water for gluing is available
- All tracks and conveyor belts are clean and clear
- Work area is safe and ready for production according to safety requirements
- Monitor operation
- Machine is jogged to ensure correct positioning and hopper feed operation
- All units are monitored to ensure optimum operation
- Mail is monitored to ensure it moves efficiently through the machine
- Materials are checked and hoppers reloaded as required
- Adjustments are made when quality standards are not met
- Quality is monitored according to job specifications
- Number of spoils are documented according to enterprise procedures
- Identify and rectify problems
- Sequence, placement or gluing errors are identified and changes made to guides or on the console as required
- Tracks, conveyors and gluer are cleaned and cleared if lags and jams occur
- Faulty performance of equipment is identified and reported according to enterprise procedures
- Wastage is monitored, kept to a minimum and correctly disposed of according to enterprise quality standards
- Pack mail
- Addressed mail is unloaded and quality checked
- Completed packages are packed into labelled trays and Australia Post labels are affixed according to job specifications
- Sequence numbers and postcodes are in correct pre-sort order ensuring job continuity
- Job is reconciled and documented and supervisor is notified if job does not reconcile
- Machine is cleared and stock put away