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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 source textile materials and resources
   • Identify required resources and apply research skills to locate textile resources
   • Develop a shortlist of preferred suppliers that meet criteria and document details
   • Analyse order and supply conditions and compare
   • Confirm communication channels for supplier and establish communication processes for business operation
3. Compare supply costs
   • Analyse capacity of suppliers to meet price and quality requirements and compare
   • Identify costs, including hidden costs of purchases
   • Compare costs of purchasing direct from overseas suppliers, contractors or manufacturers, to purchasing from local suppliers
   • Identify and compare payment options offered by suppliers
   • Document findings according to workplace procedures
4. Order and receive textile materials and resources
   • Select suppliers for supply of materials and resources based on their ability to meet required specifications and competitiveness
   • Complete orders and place with suppliers according to own and supplier business requirements
   • Monitor orders and follow up to ensure that conditions will be met
   • Receive orders and check quality and content against documentation
   • Process invoices for payment

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
Resources includes:	materials required for production of textile products from production specifications expertise required for production and assess in-house availability of skills supply criteria in order to meet production requirements researching textile suppliers in Australia and overseas range of textile services provided by suppliers and compare with supply criteria and production specifications
Order and supply conditions include two or more of the following:	minimum order requirements for suppliers lead times capacity of suppliers to meet order and delivery requirements shipping and freight options
Materials include one or more of the following:	knitted fabrics, including weft knits and warp knits woven fabrics, including plain, twill, satin, doggy and jacquard non-woven fabrics, such as felts, nets, braids, bonded and lace raw materials yarns man-made materials recycled materials dyes trims screens
Suppliers include one or more of the following:	wholesalers importers mills jobbers converters
Hidden costs include one or more of the following:	minimum order requirements shipping wastage quality tariffs or duties

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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

identifying production resources used in the design and development of textiles

undertaking research to identify and evaluate at least two (2) suppliers of textile materials and resources

accessing and comparing Australian and overseas supply chains

making comparisons based on quality, availability, cost and time requirements

undertaking ordering of production requirements

monitoring and receiving orders to ensure supply meets quality standards and order conditions

applying workplace procedures

maintaining records of suppliers.

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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)

materials and resources required for production

role of shipping and customs agents

information resources on materials, resources and suppliers:

yellow pages

internet

trade directories

trade shows

networks

agents

trade magazines

criteria for making comparisons

supply criteria:

availability of raw materials

timelines

quality standards

colour

quantity

reliability

communication channels

reputation

price

delivery schedule

computer operations and internet research processes

workplace practices and procedures for purchasing and receiving

requirements of operations, such as:

development of textile product patterns

finishing

dyeing

knitting

weaving

illustration

tapestry

local, national and international supply sources

communication channels

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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