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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 for mechanical finishing processes
   • Make appropriate checks to ensure that textile fabric or web is ready for mechanical finishing processes
   • Conduct appropriate pre-finishing tests if required
   • Prepare work area according to WHS practices and workplace procedures
   • Prepare and adjust specialised machine according to product finishing specifications
   • Report and record any problems
3. Operate mechanical finishing machines
   • Operate mechanical finishing machines and follow WHS practices
   • Check mechanical finishing machines during operation and adjust to ensure optimum performance
   • Identify, report and record any machine or product faults
   • Assess technical textile complies with quality standards and product finishing specifications
4. Despatch completed work
   • Check technical textile production against quality standards and job requirements
   • Conduct appropriate tests and sampling, as required
   • Direct technical textile production to next operation
   • Complete work documentation as required

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
Mechanical finishing processes include one or more of the following:	heat setting scouring calendering singeing impregnation raising cropping compressive shrinkage
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 SOPs PPE safe materials handling taking of rest breaks 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 and other reference material

applying relevant standards

safely setting up and operating technical textile mechanical finishing machines on at least three (3) occasions

setting and checking machine settings to meet production requirements on at least three (3) occasions

monitoring machine to ensure optional production on at least three (3) occasions

recognising, rectifying and reporting machine faults or problems, as required

checking product samples, machine and process against quality standards

despatching textile to next operation

completing records accurately and completely

applying workplace procedures

applying work health and safety (WHS) practices in work operations.

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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

mechanical processes used within an enterprise for technical textile finishing operations

quality standards and technical textile handling procedures

WHS practices

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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