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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. Determine pattern requirements
   • Access information about customer requirements
   • Interpret pattern specifications for identified saddlery product and compare with customer, industry and quality requirements
   • Identify customisation requirements and any additional expertise required for production
   • Customise pattern from existing pattern, as appropriate
   • Identify leather requirements and pattern specifications from customer
3. Prepare for production
   • Set up work area in accordance with specifications and workplace procedures
   • Identify production tasks, and select and prepare tools and equipment
   • Select leather, and check for quality and faults
4. Produce saddlery product
   • Conduct sequence of operations to produce saddlery product
   • Test stitching for strength and accuracy and trim product
   • Apply embossing and other design elements
   • Identify any faults or differences from specifications and repair or resolve
5. Finish production
   • Finish product by hand or machine
   • Check product satisfies quality specifications and review with customer to ensure customer satisfaction
   • Finalise production and complete housekeeping and relevant 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, industry codes and standards, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions oral, written and visual communication PPE 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
Leather requirements include one or more of the following:	type of leather grade of leather size of hide performance and functional requirements of leather
WHS practices	WHS practices must include hazard identification and control, risk assessment and implementation of risk reduction measures specific to the tasks described by this unit, and include one or more of the following: manual handling techniques PPE safe materials handling ergonomic arrangement of workplaces following marked walkways safe storage of equipment housekeeping reporting accidents and incidents other WHS practices relevant to the job and enterprise

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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, industry codes and standards

interpreting specifications and identifying customisation requirements

preparing at least two (2) customised patterns from existing patterns to meet client requirements

completing sequence of operations on leather to produce saddlery product

using tools and equipment for saddlery work according to work health and safety (WHS) requirements

applying embossing and other design elements, and finishing at least two (2) saddlery products according to specifications

identifying faults and making good

testing and checking final saddlery product for quality and customer satisfaction

completing housekeeping and relevant documentation.

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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

features and requirements of saddlery products:

saddles

bridles

saddle blanket

pattern modification techniques, procedures and tools

structure and divisions of hides and the functions of different types of leather

production tasks:

measuring

marking

cutting

stitching

embossing

cutting

polishing

creasing

staining

finishing

methods for examining leather for faults and quality

quality standards of the enterprise and the industry

tools and equipment for making saddlery products

stitching techniques and equipment

PPE required in saddlery

care, adjustment and sharpening of traditional hand cutting tools

procedures for laying out, marking, cutting and trimming of leather

quality standards and handling procedures

workplace operations and reporting procedures

WHS practices, including hazard identification and control measures

practices for recording and reporting.

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