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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 with SOPs
   • Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Prepare to organise home-based production
   • Identify and contact relevant personnel in client organisation
   • Confirm drop-off and pick-up arrangements with relevant personnel
   • Identify timelines and work requirements, and confirm steps required to complete work with appropriate personnel
   • Confirm and interpret quality requirements of client organisation and assess work according to agreed steps and quality criteria
   • Check work against specifications and quality standards and take action to rectify work that is not according to requirements
3. Set up home-based workplace
   • Set up workbench and seating according to workplace procedures
   • Clean, check, set up and adjust machines according to standard home-based work practices and all specifications
   • Identify problems with machines and equipment and either fix or refer to maintenance personnel
   • Establish home-based work record system according to standard home-based work practice and relevant industrial award.
   • Keep records according to record system requirements.

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
Personnel in client organisation include one or more of the following:	production manager pattern maker delivery personnel finance personnel designer

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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

clarifying and confirming drop-off and pick-up arrangements for work

handling, receiving and assembling garments

confirming and interpreting work specifications and quality requirements

applying required quality procedures and required work steps

organising home-based workplace and maintaining home-based machines and equipment

establishing home-based work record system according to standard home-based work practice and relevant industrial award

keeping records according to record system 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

garment assembly processes

operating procedures for sewing machines

relevant personnel and requirements of client organisation

characteristics of typical fabrics, threads and other materials used in garment production

quality standards and practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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