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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 produce digital embroidery
   • Determine specifications for embroidery, required program features and machine requirements
   • Identify garment considerations and select motif or lettering from stock designs
   • Edit designs to achieve specifications and set program for operation
   • Set up work area, equipment and materials and adjust to specifications for work
3. Produce digital embroidery
   • Lay out work pieces and select backing pieces to suit fabric
   • Operate embroidery equipment according to workplace procedures to produce digital embroidery on simple garments
   • Assess work for compliance with quality standards and production specifications
   • Check machine and adjust to ensure optimum performance
   • Manage production problems, such as thread breaks, and report and record any problems
   • Perform routine minor maintenance according to manufacturer specifications
4. Despatch completed work
   • Check completed work against quality standards
   • Identify any faults, report and record and take necessary action to repair or discard
   • Direct completed work to next operation
   • Complete work 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 PPE 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
Program features include one or more of the following:	file formats image catalogues program tools
Garment considerations include one or more of the following:	type of fabric colour of fabric positioning of design suitability of size, design and colour
Edit includes one or more of the following:	manipulation of height scale skew rotation width length fonts fill baseline envelopes borders spacing needle penetration stitch size and type colour
Minor routine maintenance includes one or more of the following:	checking and replacement of needles, attachments and/or parts oiling of machine parts

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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

planning work tasks to achieve specifications

preparing workstation and work

using required machine, computer and program functions

selecting and editing a variety of stock lettering and motif designs and monograms to produce digitised embroidery effects on garments, such as hats, t-shirts and other simple garments

producing at least six (6) different embroidery examples using different stock designs and at least two (2) different fabrics

carrying out minor machine maintenance according to manufacturer specifications

checking completed work against quality standards

identifying, reporting and recording any faults, and taking necessary action to repair or discard

directing completed work to next operation and completing work documentation as required.

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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

digital embroidery program features

embroidery specifications:

content

colour

size, including width and length

stitch type and size

font

fill

editing tools and procedures

operating procedures for digitising machines

characteristics of typical fabrics, threads and other materials

backing requirements for a range of fabrics and simple garments

stock lettering and motif designs and monograms

equipment and materials:

digital embroidery machine

computer

garment

threads

scissors

tape measures

machine requirements:

thread type

needle type

stitch settings

spool requirements

quality standards and practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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