Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine job requirements
- Prepare to operate one or more TCF machines or machine types
- Coordinate preparations by confirming specifications, materials and machine type required for production
- Identify and undertake preliminary operations, 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
- Identify, recognise and raise awareness of risks and potential hazards
- Operate and monitor machine
- Start, operate, stop, re-start and monitor machine operations in accordance with manufacturer requirements to produce textile material or product
- Check machine in the event of stoppage and follow procedures for re-starting machine
- Use initiative, judgement and discretion to monitor process and make adjustments in response to non-major and non-routine problems to maintain quality output
- Perform maintenance according to workplace procedures
- Report major machine or product faults and clean machine according to workplace procedures
- Maintain work environment in a safe productive manner
- Coordinate and monitor materials
- 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 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