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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 carding
   • Check production specifications to identify requirements for carding
   • Receive fibres and set up for loading into feed sheet
   • Set carding machine for operation and clean area around machine during and on completion of setting and loading
   • Report non-conforming materials
3. Operate and monitor carding machine
   • Start and stop carding machine according to manufacturer requirements and monitor to ensure correct operation and workplace procedures
   • Monitor blending to ensure blending consistency and feed uniformity
   • Monitor carding operation to ensure correct feed rate and quality of web offtake
   • Sort waste and apply environmental requirements
   • Identify and correct minor faults, where necessary, to meet specified requirements, and report major machine faults
4. Complete carding operations
   • Check carded fibres against quality standards
   • Unload or remove carded fibres according to manufacturer specifications and workplace procedures
   • Send carded fibres for despatch or further processing.
   • 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
Machines and equipment for carding include one or more of the following:	burr handling systems air filtration equipment carding machine doffer waste system blending systems compressed air
Waste includes one or more of the following:	processed burr contaminants processed sweepings machine waste

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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

operating and monitoring carding machine involving defined procedures and methods on at least two (2) occasions

making minor adjustments

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

monitoring blending to ensure blending consistency and feed uniformity

monitoring carding operation to ensure correct feed rate and quality of web off-take

sorting waste and observing environmental requirements

checking product samples against standards

loading and unloading products according to workplace practices and production requirements

checking carded fibres against quality standards

unloading or removing carded fibres according to manufacturer specifications and workplace procedures

sending carded fibres for despatch or further processing

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 carding machine

typical fault conditions and related fault finding procedures

blending and carding processes

air filtration and waste management systems

machine maintenance and repair techniques

technical specifications manuals

quality standards and practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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