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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 sew upper
   • Check work bundle, assess quality of component parts and lay out work pieces in correct sequence
   • Set up workbench and seating to achieve operator comfort and minimise fatigue
   • Clean and check machine, and adjust machine settings according to manufacturer instructions and specifications for work
   • Select threads according to specifications, check needle types and attachments, and change parts and worn needles as necessary
   • Set stitch length, set up tension and test against specifications
   • Test machine for correct operation
3. Perform machine sewing
   • Select pieces according to shape, size, colour and style
   • Accurately position materials to achieve required specifications, including quality and to minimise stretch
   • Sew corners, curves, complex shapes, and contouring and joining of different materials
   • Handle work pieces involving discretional changes, contouring or critical stopping points and variations in materials, according to specifications and workplace procedures
   • Machine seams to achieve specific results and trim threads
   • Regularly check performance of machine for signs of faulty performance and take follow-up action to address faulty machine performance
4. Conduct final quality check and despatch work
   • Bundle uppers and component parts, stack and store or despatch
   • Address production faults according to workplace procedures
   • Bundle uppers, stack and store or despatch
   • Record production faults as required
   • Complete work records

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
Operations include one or more of the following:	lining stitching, back seaming, binding and bar tacking guided and freehand sewing working with a range of materials and shapes

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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 ticket information, quality requirements and workplace procedures

loading, guiding and unloading one or more types to sew shoe uppers

applying machining techniques on at least (5) five upper pairs, involving sewing corners, curves, complex shapes, and contouring and joining of different materials

operating one (1) or more of relevant machines in the workplace

monitoring machine performance

taking appropriate action to address faults

packing, storing and despatching work according to workplace procedures

applying work health and safety (WHS) practices in work operations

maintaining accurate records.

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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

one or more of relevant machines in the workplace

the loading, guiding and unloading techniques of a range of machine types to sew shoe uppers

upper assembly processes and machines requiring the positioning, feeding and handling of work pieces

techniques for accurately sewing complex shapes, around corners, curves and contouring

guided and freehand sewing procedures for the range of relevant machines

machine operating procedures

characteristics of typical leathers, fabrics, threads and other materials used in basic assembly and machining of uppers

signs of faulty performance and appropriate action to redress faults

quality standards and practices

handling, storage and despatch practices

WHS and environmental aspects of relevant upper assembly and machining processes

workplace procedures.

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