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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 technical textile for laminating or application of fusible interlining
   • Make appropriate checks to ensure that textile fabrics are ready for laminating or application of fusible interlining
   • Prepare work area according to WHS practices and workplace procedures
   • Obtain or prepare solvent, powder or hot melt adhesive according to manufacturer instructions and specifications required for job
   • Report and record problems according to workplace procedures
3. Prepare technical textile for lamination or insertion of interlining
   • Conduct appropriate tests on technical textile before lamination or fusing of interlining, as required
   • Fix technical textile into position on machine or conveyor, as required.
   • Check job or batch requirements according to enterprise procedures
4. Operate and monitor laminating or fusible interlining machine
   • Preform coating material into a continuous sheet for laminating to substrate either by application of heat or by use of an adhesive, as required
   • Apply solvent, powder, hot melt adhesive or continuous lamination sheet to technical textile or fusible interlining
   • Monitor coating process to ensure application is according to job requirements and manufacturer instructions
   • Set machine variables according to process and job requirements
   • Remove laminated or interlined technical textile from coating machine and conduct tests, as required
   • Direct 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
Machine variables include one or more of the following:	setting of height adjustments setting of temperature and timer controls for heating and cooling elements setting of roller controls after heating zone for linear pressure level adjustments of calibrating rollers for precise calibration conveyor belt controls for speed and direction
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

applying relevant standards

safely and accurately preparing and loading consumables on at least three (3) occasions

safely setting and operating technical textile laminating or interlining machines on at least three (3) occasions

monitoring coating process to ensure application is according to job requirements and manufacturer instructions on at least three (3) occasions

removing laminated or interlined technical textile from coating machine and conducting tests, as required

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

laminating process: the production of a textile by combining two or more fabrics using an adhesive

adhesives (solvent, powder or hot melt adhesives)

interlining processes: a fusible interlining is a fabric that has been coated with an adhesive coating, which under the influence of heat and pressure will melt and form a bond with any other fabric that is pressed against it

machine operations relevant to workplace procedures

process and machine faults

work health and safety (WHS) practices

quality practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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