| 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 employmentstandard operating procedures (SOPs)work instructionsoral, written and visual communicationquality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section outputhousekeepingtasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recyclingWHS practices |
Australian Standards include: | the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken |
Fibres and yarns may be of natural or synthetic origin and include one or more of the following: | spunplycomboblendedcrimpedmonofilamentmultifilamentstaple spunstaple or continuous filamentsfusible fibresbi-componentsco-polyesters |
| Non-fibre-based materials include one or more of the following: | paper or other materials used in wrappingraw materials chemicals either in liquid, pellet or solid formcatalyst chemicals |
| Applications include one or more of the following: | medicalhygienesportingengineeringsafetytransportationconstructionagriculturalother as a stand-alone product incorporated into another product |
Woven textile includes one or more of the following: | textile fabric produced by interlacing two yarns of similar materialsthe yarns cross each other at right angles to produce the fabric |
Knitted textile includes: | fabric produced by interlocking a series of loops of one or more yarns |
Non woven includes one or more of the following: | manufactured sheet, web, batt or other product made up of directionally or randomly oriented fibres, or filaments bonded by friction, cohesion and/or adhesion, excluding papermechanically, chemically or thermally interlocking layers or networks of fibres or filaments textiles based on a scrim (mesh into which fibres are inserted) or scrimless |
Technical includes one or more of the following: | textiles that have been manufactured for special performance properties and applicationsgenerally non-apparel, carpet or furnishing products unless a specific technical feature beyond what is normally found in clothing, carpet or furnishing products has been added, such as special fire-retardant clothing |
Tests include one or more of the following: | visual checkingcolour matchingweighingdimensional measuringtests for moisture, stretch, gloss, texture, handle, tensile strength, stability, shrinkage, stretch and permeabilityresults of calendaringapplication of surface finishestests on raw materials, including fibres and yarns, intermediate and final fabrics |
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 techniquesSOPspersonal protective equipment (PPE)safe materials handlingtaking of rest breaksergonomic arrangement of workplacesfollowing marked walkwayssafe storage of equipmenthousekeepingreporting accidents and incidentsother WHS practices relevant to the job and enterprise |