Required skills

Required skills include

interpreting work instructions specifications standards and patterns appropriate to own work

carrying out relevant visual inspections of materials component parts and final products

carrying out relevant physicalchemical measurements or tests

maintaining accurate work records in accordance with procedures

carrying out work in accordance with occupational health and safety OHS policies and procedures

meeting work specifications

communicating effectively within defined workplace procedures

interpreting and applying defined procedures

Required knowledge

Required knowledge includes

relevant quality standards policies and procedures

relevant production processes materials and products

basic characteristics of materials used in the relevant production processes

safety and environmental aspects of relevant production processes

relevant measurement techniques and quality checking procedures

workplace procedures

reporting procedures

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of the ability to

interpret relevant work instructions standards and specifications appropriate to own work

check and measure relevant quality parameters

interpret results of quality checks in terms of specifications patterns and work standards

take required action where standards of materials component parts final product or work processes are found to be unacceptable

maintain accurate records

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment of performance must be undertaken in a workplace using or implementing one or more competitive systems and practices

Access may be required to

workplace procedures and plans relevant to work area

specifications and documentation relating to planned currently being implemented or implemented changes to work processes and procedures relevant to the assessee

documentation and information in relation to production waste overheads and hazard controlmanagement

reports from supervisorsmanagers

case studies and scenarios to assess responses to contingencies

Method of assessment

A holistic approach should be taken to the assessment

Competence in this unit may be assessed by using a combination of the following to generate evidence

demonstration in the workplace

workplace projects

suitable simulation

case studiesscenarios particularly for assessment of contingencies improvement scenarios and so on

targeted questioning

reports from supervisors peers and colleagues thirdparty reports

portfolio of evidence

In all cases it is expected that practical assessment will be combined with targeted questioning to assess underpinning knowledge

Where applicable reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity age gender demographics and disability

Guidance information for assessment

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oracy language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Quality parameters

Quality checks

Materials

Indicators of production performance

Data entry/recording

Sources of information/ documents

Investigate and report

Workplace context

Reporting/communication

Being responsible for the maintenance of own work quality

Applicable regulations and legislation