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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Maintain operation of sheet/section transportation system
   • Feeder is monitored and adjusted to ensure continuous and efficient feeding to machine
   • Sheet/section pick-up and transport system is monitored and adjusted to ensure accurate and continuous sheet handling and efficient operation
   • Sheet/section transfer systems are monitored and adjusted to ensure correct and continuous sheet handling and efficient operation
   • Substrate is added to the process according to job specifications
2. Maintain operation of sheet/section delivery system
   • Delivery system is monitored and adjusted to ensure quality and efficient product delivery
   • Wire straightness, length, cut-off and clinching pressures are monitored and adjusted to ensure product quality meets the approved sample standard
   • Adhesion is monitored and adjusted to ensure product quality meets the approved sample standard
   • Thread tension and stitch quality are monitored and adjusted to ensure product quality meets the approved sample standard
3. Maintain production process
   • In-line printing/converting/binding/finishing processes are monitored and adjusted to ensure product quality meets the approved sample standard
   • Production process is operated in association with fellow workers and according to enterprise procedures and planned daily schedule
   • Production is maintained according to work health and safety (WHS) requirements, manufacturer’s specifications and enterprise procedures
   • Manual and/or automatic control is used according to job specifications
   • Performance is monitored and verified using the process control system according to enterprise procedures
   • Production difficulties are anticipated and preventive action is taken to prevent occurrence by timely intervention
   • Waste is sorted according to enterprise procedures
4. Identify and rectify problems and faults
   • Problems in sewing fastening machine are identified and reported according to enterprise procedures
   • Adjustments or corrections are carried out according to specified procedures, and are consistent with operator’s skill level
   • Sewing fastening machine operation is checked to ensure correct operation
   • Process adjustments to eliminate problems are reported according to enterprise procedures
   • Faulty performance of equipment is identified and reported according to enterprise procedures
5. Conduct shutdown of production process
   • Correct shutdown sequence is followed according to manufacturer’s specifications and enterprise procedures
   • Shutdown is conducted in association with fellow workers and in compliance with WHS requirements
   • Substrate waste is removed from operating area and recycled or disposed of, where required, according to regulatory requirements and enterprise procedures
   • Machine faults requiring repair are identified and reported to designated person according to enterprise procedures
   • Repair/adjustment is verified prior to resumption of operations
6. Clean adhesive/ mechanical/sewing fastening machine at end of run
   • Sewing unit is disengaged and cleaned ready for next run
   • Mechanical fastening unit is disengaged and cleaned ready for next run
   • Glue system is washed ready for next run and liquid waste is disposed of according to regulatory requirements and enterprise procedures
   • In-line printing/converting/binding/finishing units are cleaned ready for next run
   • Sheet feed, transport and delivery systems are disengaged and cleaned ready for next run
   • Production records or other documentation are accurately completed where required by enterprise procedures

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

produce a complex fastened product in either adhesive, mechanical or section sewing

produce TWO complex jobs using different sizes and weights of substrate according to manufacturer’s and job specifications, enterprise procedures and listed performance criteria

demonstrate adjustment of adhesive application on an adhesive binder

demonstrate adjustment of wire length on a wire stitcher

demonstrate straightening the wire in the wire feed on a wire stitcher.

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

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Knowledge Evidence

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

identify work health and safety (WHS) factors for:

operating sheet-fed transportation and delivery systems

maintaining or adjusting operation of the machine

using hot melt adhesive

cleaning hot melt from the machine

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

identify parts of the sheet pick-up system to adjust to ensure accurate and continuous sheet feeding

identify areas of the delivery system to observe to maintain tension

identify areas of the delivery system to observe to prevent damage to the finished product

list checks to make when substrate is removed from the machine

list safety clothing available for use when operating adhesive binders

determine speed of production

determine sectors to observe to guarantee the production process is trouble-free and continuous

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

explain circumstances that require the machine:

to be adjusted

to be slowed down

to be sped up

determine how to achieve more spine milling on an adhesive binder

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

explain how to increase/decrease current on a high frequency welder

list checks to make when shutting down a given machine

describe the main reasons for a thorough shutdown of operations

identify areas of the machine that need regular cleaning, materials to be cleaned from the machine, and how to ensure the machine is kept clear of surface ruse (condensation)

list recommended cleaning agents

identify production records to be kept or written up and the information that should be included in them

determine quality aspects to be considered in a completed:

adhesive bound job

high frequency welded job

wire stitched job

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

determine production alterations required to meet client requirements

list items to check against the client sample

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

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