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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 operate one type of TCF machine
   • Check specifications to identify materials and process required
   • Identify machine processes and operational stages
   • Calculate and adjust machine settings to meet requirements for production
   • Identify and undertake preliminary operations, as required, and follow required procedures to prepare materials and equipment
   • Load materials for processing according to machine requirements and manufacturer specifications
   • Keep machine and components, and area around machine clean during preparation and loading and apply relevant WHS practices
   • Check machine safety equipment, and identify and recognise risks and potential hazards
3. Operate and monitor one type of machine
   • Start, operate, stop, re-start and monitor machine operations in accordance with manufacturer requirements to produce textile material or product
   • Monitor and coordinate materials according to enterprise procedures
   • Sort waste and clean machine according to enterprise procedures
   • Identify and report minor faults in materials, process and machine, where necessary, to maintain quality standards
   • Check machine in the event of stoppage and follow procedures for re-starting machine
   • Report major machine or product faults
4. Complete and finalise operations
   • Unload or remove textile material or product according to manufacturer specifications and workplace procedures
   • Check output of machine or product against quality specifications, identify and rectify routine faults or non-conformance and report according to workplace procedures
   • Despatch product to next process according to production sequence
   • Complete production records and other documentation, according to workplace procedures

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
Monitor and coordinate materials according to enterprise procedures may include but is not limited to:	sorting waste and cleaning area to ensure work environment is maintained in a safe productive manner
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: hazard identification induction training hazard control risk assessment implementing risk reduction measures specific to the tasks manual handling techniques SOPs PPE safe materials handling taking of rest breaks ergonomic conditions of workplace following marked walkways safe storage of equipment housekeeping to keep work area safe reporting accidents and incidents environmental practices safe disposal of chemical and hazardous substances

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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 specifications for production and following workplace procedures

identifying and undertaking preliminary operations according to enterprise requirements, and following required procedures to prepare materials and equipment for operations

checking machine safety equipment, recognising risks and potential hazards, and reporting any faults

loading and unloading materials according to machine and workplace procedures

starting, operating, stopping, re-starting and monitoring machine operations in accordance with manufacturer requirements

monitoring machine operations, coordinating materials, sorting waste and cleaning machine according to enterprise procedures

identifying and reporting minor faults in materials, process and machine that may impact on machine operation or product quality

reporting major machine or product faults

operating at least one (1) machine or machine type to provide intermediate production support in accordance with manufacturer requirements, to produce textile material or product, on at least two (2) occasions

checking output and identifying and reporting routine machine or product faults or problems, to meet quality standards

despatching product to next process according to production sequence and following operations

applying workplace procedures

maintaining accurate 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

at least one machine or machine type associated with textile production in an identified context, and the type of product they produce. Machine type may be selected from those listed in the following groups:

machines for knitting:

circular knitting machines

electronic and automatic flat knitting machines

machines for spinning:

spinning machines

drawing machines

roving machines

twisting machines

winding machines

carding machines:

burr handling systems

air filtration equipment

combs

doffer waste system

blending systems

compressed air and hydraulic systems

tufting looms:

winding machines

finishing equipment

other ancillary equipment

weaving machines:

weaving looms

broadloom

narrowloom

all shuttle types

Jacquard looms

microprocessor or computer controlled looms

dyeing machines

finishing machines

procedures and guidelines for safe operation of machine

material or product requirements for the machine operation

operational sequence of machine and stages of operation

textiles and products produced by textile production machines:

fibres, including polyester, cotton, wool, viscose and rayon

yarns, including ring spun, open-ended spun, air jet spun and friction spun

fabrics

finished products of the identified machine type, for example socks, sweaters, towels, sheets, blankets, carpets, rope and twine, mops and industrial textiles

typical fault conditions and related fault-finding procedures

details of materials and processes associated with preparing the machine type for production

types and characteristics of fibres, threads, yarns and other materials required for textile operations

characteristics of quality and substandard products

machine maintenance and repair techniques

procedures for checking, reporting and re-starting after stoppage

finishing processes

technical specifications manuals

quality standards and practices

standards for clean and tidy working environment

work health and safety (WHS) hazards and risks

appropriate handling of waste

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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