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
- Mailing procedures are identified from job specifications
- Materials are checked and in correct order for job and all sheets are in correct position for barcode scanning if required
- All tracks and conveyor belts are clean and clear
- Work area is safe and ready for production, according to safety requirements
- Set up job
- Monitor operation
- Machine is jogged to ensure correct positioning and hopper feed operation
- All sections of the machine are monitored to ensure optimum operation
- Envelopes are manipulated and fanned to ensure they move efficiently through the machine
- Folds, inserts and envelopes are continuously monitored for defects, and defects are put aside for remake
- Materials are checked and hoppers reloaded as required
- Adjustments are made when quality standards are not met
- Sequence is monitored according to job specifications
- Number of spoils is documented according to enterprise procedures
- Identify and rectify problems
- Sequence or inserter errors are identified and barcodes checked, and changes entered into console, if required
- Tracks, conveyors and sensors are cleaned and cleared if lags and jams occur
- Any machine consumables needing replacement are replaced or adjusted with a minimum of downtime
- 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 envelopes
- Completed envelopes are unloaded and checked for quality
- 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