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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 surface coating process
   • Make appropriate checks to ensure that textile fabric is ready for surface coating process
   • Prepare work area according to WHS practices and workplace procedures
   • Obtain or prepare surface coating according to manufacturer instructions and specifications required for job
   • Report and record problems according to workplace procedures
3. Prepare technical textile for surface coating
   • Conduct appropriate tests on technical textile before application of surface coating, as required
   • Fix technical textile into position on machine or conveyor, as required
   • Check job or batch requirements
4. Operate and monitor surface coating machine
   • Load coating mix or transfer sheet into machine reservoir for pick-up by knife, coating roller, gravure roller, rotary screen, laminating or tie coat machine, where applicable
   • Set machine to correct heat, speed and thickness according to process and job requirements
   • Undertake and monitor coating process to ensure application is according to job requirements and manufacturer instructions
   • Remove coated technical textile from coating machine and conduct tests, as required
   • Direct coated technical textile to next operation

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
Surface coating processes include one or more of the following:	lick roll knife coating gravure rotary screen hot melt transfer coating
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 surface coating machines and work area on at least two (2) occasions

safely and accurately mixing and loading surface coating mixtures on at least two (2) occasions

preparing and adjusting coating machine according to specifications required for work on at least two (2) occasions

monitoring technical textile and machine during coating process to ensure safe and efficient operation on at least two (2) occasions

consistently achieving quality and production output requirements

identifying and responding to machine or process faults

following job specifications and orders

applying workplace procedures

maintaining 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)

relevant Australian Standards

chemical handling

surface coating processes and materials

machine operations relevant to surface coating and workplace procedures

process and machine faults

work health and safety (WHS) practices

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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