| Specifies 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. Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. |
Unit context includes: | WHS requirements, including legislation, building codes, material safety management systems, hazardous and dangerous goods codes, and local safe operating procedures or equivalent work is carried out in accordance with legislative obligations, environmental legislation, relevant health regulations, manual handling procedures and organisation insurance requirements work requires individuals to demonstrate conceptual and analytical ability, discretion, judgement and problem solving customers or suppliers may be internal or external |
Design brief includes: | the aims, objectives, milestones for the design project organisational or personal profiles target audience budget timelineconsultation requirementscolour requirements image requirements function |
Form includes: | proportion aesthetics |
Function includes: | ergonomics practicality |
Style includes: | traditionalcontemporarymodernfunctional commercial artistic |
Environmental impacts include: | how the use of alternative manufacturing processes effects the environment and how continued use will affect the surrounding environment energy consumptiongreenhouse gases createdwaste levels and resource utilisationwhat impact will be felt by reducing or stopping use of the alternative manufacturing processes |
Cultural relevance includes: | demography geography (local, regional and national) religious climaticsocietallifestyleattitudinalgratificationhonour living conditions infrastructure status habitude |
Economic significance includes: | the potential financial return which the product could return, including sales volume and profitability |
Materials include: | timber (native and imported) man-made timber products plastic metal alloys stone glass textilesfibreglassfoamcardboardpaper products any other manipulable substance |
Technical integrity includes: | the intended structural qualities and construction methods of a designed product |
Construction constraints include: | the types of construction methods of joining parts and sub-assemblies together to make the structure and form of the product produced within the enterprise |
Production constraints include: | the methods of producing the individual parts and sub-assemblies of a product dependent on the enterprise’s machinery and skills and knowledge of their operators |
Production ability includes: | how readily a design can be produced the cost of producing it the availability of equipment and skilled personnel |
Equipment includes: | hand toolsstatic machineryportable power tools computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipmentand also includes procedures for lock out protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
| Personal protective equipment includes: | that prescribed under legislation, regulations and enterprise policies and practices |
Information and procedures include: | work procedures/instructions manufacturer specifications and instructions standard forms of workplace process and proceduresorganisation work specifications and requirements legislation, regulations and codes of practice quality and Australian Standards and procedures |