Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan for alternative manufacturing research
- Applicable OHS, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to researching and recommending alternative manufacturing processes are verified and complied with
- Design brief is reviewed, confirmed and clarified with appropriate personnel
- Communication with others is established and maintained
- Client requirements and desires are reviewed, confirmed and clarified
- Research alternative manufacturing processes
- Aesthetic requirements of alternative manufacturing processes are assessed
- New manufacturing processes are researched and reported
- Costs of alternative manufacturing processes are assessed and compared
- Environmental impact of alternative manufacturing processes are assessed
- Hazards associated with alternative manufacturing processes are researched
- Quality of alternative manufacturing processes are assessed and reported
- Recommend alternative manufacturing processes
- Research information is critically analysed in the context of the design brief requirements
- Alternative manufacturing processes and their elements of design are promoted, research explained and evaluated for the client
- Alternative manufacturing processes and their principles of design are promoted, research explained and evaluated for the client
- Presentation of research information is made, highlighting the findings and rationale for the alternative manufacturing processes chosen