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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 or patch by machine
   • Inspect shoes or item, identify repair requirements and advise customer on costs prior to commencing repair
   • Prepare and review job sheet to ensure all requirements are included
   • Determine appropriate method of repair and select, check and prepare appropriate tools and materials
   • Apply workplace procedures
3. Prepare work pieces and machine
   • Skive pieces for patching to ensure finished edges are smooth and flush, as required
   • Solution pieces in place prior to stitching and finishing
   • Set up and adjust machines in accordance with manufacturer instructions, workplace requirements and specifications for the work
   • Test machine for correct operations, monitor machine performance and take appropriate action to rectify faults, as required
4. Perform machine sewing and finish work
   • Positon and machine pieces accurately to achieve required specifications and quality, including seam or hole line up and overstitching, as required
   • Tap down stitches, and trim and burnish threads, as required
   • Check quality of final product meets requirements
   • Stain, clean, polish and finish off shoes or item to match original colour as close as possible
   • Package, label and store repaired shoes or items and maintain 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
Set up machine includes the following:	cleaning and checking to meet quality operations selecting threads to match original threads and meet specifications selecting needle to ensure correct type and size setting and testing stitch length against required specifications setting tension according to specifications adjusting machine foot height to suit thickness and nature of material being repaired

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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

inspecting shoes, identifying repair materials and advising customer on costs prior to commencing shoe repair

determining appropriate method of repair and selecting, checking and preparing appropriate tools and materials

skiving pieces for patching to ensure finished edges are smooth and flush, and solutioning pieces in place prior to stitching and finishing

setting up, adjusting and operating machines in accordance with manufacturers' instructions, workplace requirements and specifications for the work

positioning and machining pieces accurately, including seam or hole line up and overstitching as required

tapping down stitches, and trimming and burnishing threads, as required

staining, cleaning, polishing and finishing off shoes or items to match original colour as close as possible

repairing at least three (3) varieties of shoes or items to meet quality and enterprise standards

identifying faults and taking appropriate action

packaging, labelling and storing repaired shoes and maintaining 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

machines requiring the positioning, feeding, and handling of work pieces

operating procedures of a basic sewing machine

characteristics of typical leathers, fabrics, threads, and other materials used

quality standards and handling procedures

work health and safety (WHS) and environmental aspects of relevant repair and assembly processes

general industry housekeeping policies and procedures

quality practices

workplace procedures

practices for recording and reporting.

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