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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 make millinery
   • Confirm pattern requirements and identify construction requirements
   • Prepare materials for millinery product
   • Check pattern to confirm sizing and make minor adjustments to the pattern, where required
   • Check fabric or material for faults to ensure conformance to standards
   • Lay up fabric or material for cutting, as required
3. Cut material or fabric to pattern
   • Select cutting tools and equipment appropriate for the fabric
   • Cut laid-up material or fabric to meet the pattern specifications
   • Inspect cut work to ensure it conforms to work specification
   • Rectify and report faults, where required
4. Fuse and sew millinery
   • Match millinery pieces and sew or fuse to meet the requirements of the pattern specifications
   • Assess millinery machine operation in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Inspect sewn or fused pieces to confirm quality and conformance to specifications
   • Identify faults and take appropriate action to meet quality standards
   • Undertake recording and reporting, as required, according to workplace procedures

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 PPE 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
Fabric or materials include one or more of the following:	their application in millinery manufacture composition effects of temperature and steam non-critical fabrics natural materials synthetic materials
Millinery machines and equipment include one or more of the following:	standard sewing machine overlocker seamer iron press hot glue gun scissors measuring tools

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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

confirming pattern requirements and identifying construction requirements

preparing and handling millinery materials

safely using cutting implements and sewing machines

using patterns to set out and cut materials on at least two (2) occasions

checking and adjusting pattern as required to meet requirements

matching millinery pieces and sewing or fusing to meet the requirements of the pattern specifications on at least two (2) occasions

identifying faults, non-conforming materials or components and making required adjustments to meet 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)

industry and product processes and equipment

materials and their application in millinery manufacture, including their composition and effects of temperature and steam:

non-critical fabrics

natural materials

synthetic materials

pattern sizing and adjustment

machine operation

inspection and checking procedures

quality standards

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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