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The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international standards, the latest version must be used.ContextThis competency applies to the operation of pultrusion equipment used to manufacture formed composite products.It includes the operation of all relevant additional equipment where that equipment is integral to the process.ProceduresAll operations are performed in accordance with procedures.Procedures include all relevant workplace procedures, work instructions, temporary instructions and relevant industry and government codes and standards.Tools and equipmentThis competency includes use of equipment and tools such as:pultrusion equipment, dies, feed and product handling gear controller, such as PLC if fittedhand tools used in the this processmaterial loading equipment used for loading of raw materials relevant personal protective equipment.HazardsTypical hazards include:spills dusts/vapours slip and fall (eg from spilled resin)temperature (eg hot equipment or product)hazardous substances, including resin and catalystmoving equipmentmanual handling hazards.ProblemsRespond to routine problems' means 'apply known solutions to a limited range of predictable problems'. Typical process problems may include:equipment malfunctionvariations in process conditions, especially temperature variations affecting cure ratesvariations in materials and/or contamination of materialsdie/tooling problems such as damage to dievariations in feed rates and pressures.Typical product problems may, include routine pultrusion faults such as:markspoor surface finishdamage resulting from removal of product from mouldflow markspoor colour dispersioncolour contamination.