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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 perform knitting operations
   • Check specifications and machine settings to meet requirements for production and workplace procedures
   • Identify, check and load yarns onto the knitting machine according to manufacturer specifications
   • Report non-conforming materials and keep area around machine clean during setting and loading
3. Operate and monitor machine
   • Start, stop and monitor knitting machine according to manufacturer requirements and workplace procedures
   • Check and replace yarn supply to ensure continuous flow to machine
   • Sort waste and identify, correct and report minor product process and machine faults
   • Report major machine faults
   • Check product against quality specifications and identify faults or non-conformance
   • Rectify or report product faults
4. Complete knitting process
   • Unload or remove product according to manufacturer specifications
   • Despatch product to next process
   • Clean and maintain work environment according to workplace procedures
   • Complete production records and other 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 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
Australian Standards include:	the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken
Product requirements for knitting include one or more of the following:	flat knitting circular knitting colour pattern size stitch gauge tension weft knits warp knits plain, purl, double and tricot knit sock knitting full garment
Yarns for knitting include one or more of the following:	wool nylon acrylic polypropylene polyester cotton viscose blends

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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

checking machine settings to meet production requirements

loading yarns onto the knitting machine according to production requirements and manufacturer specifications

operating and monitoring knitting machine according to defined procedures and methods, on at least two (2) occasions

making minor adjustments

checking product against quality standards

loading and unloading products according to workplace procedures

sorting waste, and recognising, rectifying and reporting machine or product faults or problems, as required

despatching product to next process

cleaning and maintaining work environment according to workplace procedures

completing production records and other documentation, as required.

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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

procedures and guidelines for safe operation of knitting machine

typical fault conditions and related fault-finding procedures

types and styles of yarns used in knitted products

faults in knitting

machine maintenance and repair techniques

technical specifications manuals

quality standards and practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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