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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 last shoe by machine
   • 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, operator skill and specifications for work
   • Make adjustments to machine in relation to heat, pressure for pulling and for lasting time, and monitor lasting machine for correct operations
3. Perform lasting process
   • Position upper precisely on machine and guide through pulling and lasting operations
   • Check correct operations and adjust settings to obtain specified quality outcomes and to reflect construction techniques
   • Monitor lasting machine for correct operations
   • Check performance of machine for signs of faulty operations and address faults according to workplace procedures
4. Conduct final quality check and despatch work
   • Assess completed work against quality specifications
   • Bundle work, stack and store or dispatch.
   • 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
Machines include one or more of the following:	toe laster side laster seat laster seat and side laster forepart laster force lasting machine

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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

operating lasting machine and setting machine to meet production requirements

positioning upper precisely on machine and guiding through pulling and lasting operations

making adjustments to machine in relation to heat, pressure for pulling and for lasting time, and monitoring lasting machine for correct operations

operating more than one (1) type of machine or operating a complex machine or process to create at least five (5) lasts

monitoring machine performance and product quality

taking appropriate action to address machine faults and product quality

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

machine operations requiring the positioning, feeding and handling of work pieces

procedures for single or multiple machine operations and processes

characteristics of typical leathers and how to make allowances for variations

signs of faulty performance and appropriate action to redress faults

quality standards and practices

handling, storage and despatch practices

safety and environmental aspects of relevant lasting processes

workplace procedures

recording and documentation practices.

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