Google Links

Follow the links below to find material targeted to the unit's elements, performance criteria, required skills and knowledge

Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Maintain delivery system
  2. Maintain production process
  3. Identify and rectify problems and faults
  4. Conduct shutdown of production process
  5. Clean folding (single/continuous) machine at end of run

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

produce a single or continuous folded product for TWO jobs (if possible using different sizes and weights of substrate) either with:

a single fold to run continuously, or,

a single quire fold on a sheet gather/stitch/fold/trim machine, or

an automatic web-fed machine to achieve a single fold according to manufacturer’s and job specifications, enterprise procedures and listed performance criteria.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.


Knowledge Evidence

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

identify work health and safety (WHS) factors for:

setting up and/or operating machine transport systems

setting up and/or operating machine delivery systems

using the folding machine

adjusting/correcting the machine

cleaning the machine

identify areas of the machine to:

monitor to ensure trouble-free operation

regularly clean, and the materials to be cleaned from it

continuously observe to ensure smooth, trouble-free operation

identify areas of the in-line process to monitor to ensure product quality

explain checks needed when substrate is removed from the machine

explain TWO causes of out-of-square folding and how each can be corrected

determine segments of quality assurance inspected at the completion of the sample run, as well as in a completed folded job

explain communication to be instigated if the:

job is out-of-square

ink is too wet for production

job does not coincide with the sample

list the part(s) of the machine to adjust if the sheet is creasing

identify important tasks to correctly shut down the machine

explain work preparation required for dispatch

explain the requirement to keep the machine clear of surface rust (condensation)

determine production alterations needed to meet client requirements

identify machine manuals, safety and other documentation relevant to this task, where they are kept, and the information included in them.