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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare reels and cores
  2. Load reels and cores onto machine
  3. Unload reels off machine

Performance Evidence

Evidence of the ability to:

identify all stop and safety controls on the machine

correctly load and unload reels and cores on and off machines while maintaining health and safety standards

prepare, load and unload at least TWO wide or narrow reels and cores, demonstrating both manual and either semi-automatic or automatic splicing, according to job specifications (both tapes and adhesive splicing mechanisms must be demonstrated).

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 health and safety factors relating to manual handling of reels as well as eliminating potential dangers by ensuring correct placement of all nip points, guards and safety devices on relevant machines

describe location of machine manuals, safety and other documentation relevant to this task and outline information included in them

explain techniques that could be used to:

combat distorted reels and cores

join reels to the web

identify reel grain direction

manually handle reels

prepare and load selected reels

unload reels off the machine for further processing

identify faulty reels and cores

summarise how to determine:

information that can be obtained from the reel label

characteristics of reels

features that indicate a reel is faulty

position of reels on the unwind unit

faults created by reels being unloaded incorrectly

preparations to consider for the next operation.