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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  3. Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  4. Identify job requirements from specifications, job sheets or work instructions
  5. Inspect watch escapement condition
  6. Inspect escapement components and condition
  7. Observe escapement action for faults
  8. Perform and confirm safety test action
  9. Record and document repair process
  10. Repair, replace and adjust watch escapement components
  11. Use hand tools and equipment in safe and correct manner
  12. Handle components without damaging or marking
  13. Adjust or replace components, as necessary
  14. Adjust pallet stones and banking pins for optimum performance
  15. Reconfirm safety test action
  16. Test and adjust escapement function and performance
  17. Confirm escapement performance by assessing oscillator amplitude to manufacturer specifications
  18. Assess watch in various states of winding and position
  19. Make adjustments to achieve performance within specification, as necessary

Range Statement

This field allows for 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.

Equipment type and construction includes one (1) or more of the following:

recoil

frictional rest

detached

lever (Swiss or English)

co-axial

dual direct

chronometer (spring or pivoted detent)

cylinder

pin pallet

verge

duplex

semi-tangential

equidistant

circular

Escapement components and conditions include one (1) or more of the following:

escape wheel

lever

jewel pallet stones

fork

guard pin

roller and jewel

banking pins

alignment, division and end shake of escapement components

Safety test action includes one (1) or more of the following:

clearance of horns

clearance of guard pin

Record and document repair includes one (1) or more of the following:

extent and date of repair

cost of replacement part

time spent on procedure

Hand tools and equipment include one (1) or more of the following:

escapemeter

pallet stone warmer (spirit lamp or electric warmer)

shellac

banking pin adjusting tools

timing machine

staking tool

watch servicing hand tools:

roller remover

escapement files

burnishers

levers

Appropriate working environment includes the following:

clean bench and working area

adequate lighting and ventilation

tools and equipment are organised and in good condition

ergonomic seating

ventilation