Elements and Performance Criteria
- Check work requirements.
- Identify work requirements from production plan.
- Identify specific requirements of the tyre being retreaded
- Identify required equipment including handling, buffing, inspection and repair equipment.
- Ask questions of appropriate person to confirm unusual practice.
- Identify hazards associated with the job and take appropriate action.
- Perform other pre-operational checks in accordance with procedures.
- Start up of tyre buffer to procedures.
- Operate buffing equipment to procedures.
- Start machine safely and correctly when required.
- Monitor buffing operations noting process stages, depth of cut (according to standard operating procedures) and abrasion.
- Check against workplace standards for colour and texture before completing process.
- Make adjustments to remedy non-conformity to buffing requirements.
- Buzz out areas around exposed steel radials with hand held stone grinder.
- Collect and reprocess/discard scrap/trim and other materials, as required.
- Keep equipment and work area clean.
- Pause machine cycle and perform stop, as required.
- Repair imperfections.
- Complete operations.
- Respond to routine problems to procedures.