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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine job requirements
   • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
   • Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance SOPs
   • Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Prepare to use specialised machinery
   • Prepare work area and check work against ticket information or workplace specifications
   • Lay out work pieces or materials in sequence
   • Prepare ancillary work according to workplace procedures and set up machine or process
   • Prepare and adjust specialised machine according to the specifications for the work
   • Report and record any problems
3. Operate specialised machine
   • Operate specialised machine to complete production tasks according to workplace procedures
   • Assess work to check it complies with quality standards and production specifications
   • Check machine during production and adjust to ensure optimum performance
   • Perform routine checks and carry out minor maintenance according to workplace procedures
4. Complete work
   • Assess production outputs to check work complies with quality standards, production specifications and workplace procedures
   • Identify, report and record any machine or production faults
   • Despatch completed items to next operation
   • Report outcomes or complete documentation, as required

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.
Workplace procedures include one or more of the following:	requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions oral, written and visual communication quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output housekeeping tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recycling WHS practices
Australian Standards include:	the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken
Prepare to use specialised machines includes the following:	receive work pieces, check specification sheets and plan follow-up action lay out work pieces in sequence set up workbench and seating according to workplace procedures perform routine minor maintenance according to manufacturer specifications report and record any problems
Equipment includes one or more of the following:	moulding machine fusing machine gluing machine ticket or label printer button holing machine stud machine fusing or gluing or backing machine labelling machine bevelling machine cutting machine cuff turner and fuser pocket setting machine
Production tasks include one or more of the following:	cutting gluing fusing moulding making tickets or labels bundling cut work placing tickets and labels with cut work loading and unloading machines

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:

reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), safe work practices

applying relevant standards

preparing workstation and work before commencing operations

checking work against job specifications and workplace standards

operating one (1) or more specialised machines to assist textile, clothing and footwear (TCF) production on at least two (2) occasions

applying machine operation techniques according to machine specifications and workplace requirements to complete work

carrying out minor machine maintenance according to workplace procedures

assessing production outputs to check work complies with quality standards and production specifications

identifying, reporting and recording any machine or production faults

applying workplace procedures

providing oral or written reports according to workplace requirements.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

relevant Australian Standards

specialised machinery, such as:

moulding machine

fusing machine

gluing machine

ticket or label printer

button holing machine

cuff turner and fuser

pocket setting

button sewer

operating and routine maintenance procedures for specialised machines

characteristics of textiles, fabrics, threads and other materials used in TCF operations and product assembly

quality standards and practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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