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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Maintain delivery systems
  2. Maintain cutting system
  3. Maintain complex process
  4. Maintain production process
  5. Identify and rectify problems or faults
  6. Conduct shutdown of production process
  7. Clean converting/finishing machine at end of run

Range Statement

This section specifies different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Delivery systems MUST include EITHER:

reel delivery system

OR

sheet delivery system

OR

complex fastening (adhesive/mechanical/sewing) system.

Monitoring and adjusting MUST include EITHER:

reel stand and rewind section

web control system to ensure correct tension

delivery system

sheeting system

OR

feeder

sheet pick-up and transportation

transfer system to ensure correct and continuous sheet handling

OR

fastening registration

wire straightening, length, cut off and clinching pressures

adhesion

thread tension and stitch quality.

Units MUST include EITHER:

machine bed

OR

glue system

OR

laminating machine.


Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

demonstrate all safety devices on the machinery

correctly produce complex converted or finished product involving complex die cutting, embossing, folding, collating or fastening for TWO different jobs involving different types, sizes and weights of substrate 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

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

maintaining the cutting process

using the folding machine

adjusting/correcting the machine, and prior to any required adjustments

maintaining or adjusting the operation of the machine

using hot melt adhesive

cleaning the machine

identify safety clothing available for use when operating adhesive binders

explain how to carry out buckle, knife and pharmaceutical folding

outline the actions required if:

the gate fold unit is out of timing

the right angle fold is out-of-square

double sheet feeds occur

identify areas of the machine to adjust if:

the sheet is creasing

the sheet is caught in the fold plate

the sheet is not entering the machine

sheets are not entering delivery neatly

list and describe common machine faults and how to correct them

explain why gluing units and delivery systems require careful monitoring

identify indicators showing replacement of a knife/cutting edge is required

list checks required when cutting pressure is adjusted, and the points to monitor when maintaining cutting pressures

list checks made when:

sections fail to open on the chain

packing cutting devices

correcting dull cutting edges on equipment

correcting depth of embossing

substrate is removed from the machine

explain the terms:

side lay

deflector

glue line

determine segments of quality assurance inspected at the completion of the sample run

determine action if the:

viscosity of adhesive in the gluing unit is too low/high

gluing unit is out of timing

explain solutions when:

job is out-of-square

ink is too wet for production

job does not coincide with the sample

sheet is creasing

sheet is caught in the fold plate

sheet is not entering the machine

sheet falls out of the machine after folding

sheets misfeed during production

‘bruising’ of the NCR sheets occurs

determine factors that govern speed the machine operates at

identify indicators the machine needs lubrication

explain consequence/s of too much or too little adhesive

determine factors indicating:

the machine need to be adjusted

the machine need to be slowed down

when machine speed can be increased

explain how to adjust position and quantity of adhesive on an adhesive binder/gluer

explain how to adjust adhesive thickness and pressure on an adhesive binder/gluer

explain how to achieve more spine milling on an adhesive binder

explain how to straighten or adjust wire in the wire feed on a wire stitcher

explain how to increase/decrease dwell time on a high frequency welder

list checks for shutting down a given machine, and identify the key reasons for the checks

identify materials to clean from the machine

list recommended cleaning agents for this machine and how to keep the machine clear of surface rust

determine quality aspects to monitor during production as well as those to check on the finished product

list steps to ensure important features of the production control system are followed

identify items to check against the client sample

explain required production records and the information to include

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

For Reel Systems Only

identify areas of the reel stand to monitor to ensure trouble-free operation

explain how to adjust the web control system to maintain correct web tension and correct positioning of the web

For Sheet Systems Only

identify areas of the sheet-fed feeder to monitor to ensure trouble-free operation

determine parts of the sheet or section pick-up system to adjust to ensure accurate and continuous sheet handling.