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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 repair footwear products
   • Inspect footwear product and determine areas requiring repair, and deviations from job specifications and quality standards
   • Document specifications for repair task and plan repair work according to workplace procedures and time and resources available
   • Assemble machinery, equipment, tools and materials required for repair task and check they comply with specifications
   • Conduct minor maintenance to address any faults in equipment or tools, to ensure they are ready to use, or refer to appropriate personnel
3. Undertake repair
   • Undertake repair to restore footwear to standard specified using a range of techniques and materials and according to WHS practices
   • Check footwear product against specifications and appropriate quality standards and make adjustments, as required
   • Once adjustments are made, return footwear product to production line, prepare for storage or transfer to appropriate work section, as required
   • Complete paperwork and documentation

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
Quality standards include one or more of the following:	product designs and patterns job cards worksheets job specifications
Preparation for repair includes one or more of the following:	unpicking stitching, ungluing or removing bonding roughening surfaces using grinders and/or abrasives removing rough or loose materials removing sole

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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

assessing products for repair

repairing at least five (5) products to optimum condition

performing a range of repair techniques to the required industry standard

using one (1) or more machine or hand technique appropriate to the repair task

checking repair against quality standards

applying workplace procedures

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

footwear production processes

characteristics of materials used in product construction

appropriate repair techniques and their application

hand and machine tools, equipment and materials for footwear repair

quality standards and practices

workplace procedure

recording and reporting practices.

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