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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 set up or organise setting of machine
   • Interpret product specifications for correct machine setting requirements and to suit work environment
   • Convey specifications to appropriate personnel, where required
   • Set machine according to product specifications and manufacturer instructions and use cleaning agents and lubricants
3. Conduct sample or trial runs
   • Obtain or arrange materials or products to be used for sampling or trialling
   • Operate machine according to manufacturer requirements and workplace procedures
   • Produce specified sample and check to ensure it meets quality standards
   • Assess or organise quality testing, as required
4. Re-adjust or confirm machine settings
   • Interpret test results to determine adjustment requirements
   • Complete adjustment changes according to product and machine specifications
   • Document process and outcomes

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 include one or more of the following:	knitting: circular, straight bar and flat bed knitting machines warp knitting and slitting machines embroidering and multi-needle quilting machines dyeing and finishing: batch preparation, dyeing and drying finishing continuous preparation, dyeing and drying finishing garment dyeing, drying and pressing hosiery: circular knitting and sewing machines presses packaging and slitting machines spinning: cotton (cleaning, blending, carding, combing, drawing, roving, spinning, twisting and winding) worsted (combing, gilling, drawing, roving, spinning, twisting and winding) woollen (blending, carding, spinning, twisting and winding) textile printing and finishing: colour mixing equipment printing table machine garment printing machines/equipment automated flat screen, rotary screen and carpet printing machines heat transfer printing equipment screen preparation and manufacturing equipment slitting machines steaming and washing equipment finishing equipment non-woven: extruders winders carding, needling, bonding, lay-down, slitting and texturing and multi-needle quilting machines tufting: tufting machines, including creels and mending frames, winding and beaming machines weaving: weaving machines looms gaiting trucks and frames accumulators tying-in, sizing, beaming, warping, slitting, drawing-in automatic and spool matching machines batching machines
Materials or products include one or more of the following:	tufting: yarns for tufting spinning: spun cotton, worsted and woollen yarns knitting: finished knitted garments hosiery: finished hosiery garments non-woven: non-woven fabrics textile printing and finishing: finished fabrics used in textile printing dyeing and finishing: fabrics used in weaving, dyeing and finishing

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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

interpreting specifications for machine settings

setting up machine according to specifications and using and disposing of a range of chemical cleaning agents, sealants and lubricants, on at least two (2) occasions

arranging or conducting quality testing of samples

operating and adjusting machines correctly on at least two (2) occasions

producing specified sample and checking to ensure it meets quality standards

analysing samples or test results

interpreting test results to determine adjustment requirements

completing adjustment changes according to product and machine specifications

documenting process and outcomes.

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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

machine and equipment operation

setting and adjustment requirements

technical specifications manuals

maintenance planning and workplace practices

quality standards and practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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