Elements and Performance Criteria
- Set up and adjust units
- All details required for job are checked and confirmed against job specifications
- Correct materials are checked and made available for the job
- Adhesives appropriate for the substrate, application process, and machine are selected
- Work area is made safe and ready for production according to safety requirements
- Blades are sharp and fitted as necessary, with units calibrated according to job specifications
- Settings are checked against job specifications before production is commenced
- Adhesives are positioned correctly and applied evenly
- Confirm quality of output
- A sample from the machine is selected and checked to ensure it conforms to required quality standards
- Adjustments are made when standards are not met
- Each in-line process is monitored and minor adjustments made during production, as required
- Samples are continuously monitored for defects, and removed where relevant
- Efficiency, quality and output rate of the production run are monitored for problems, and any deficiencies resolved
- Wastage is monitored, kept to a minimum and correctly disposed of according to enterprise quality standards
- Locations of all emergency shutdown buttons and triggers are known