Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan own work requirements.
- Identify the most appropriate equipment to be used for production process, upstream and downstream operations from production plan or request.
- Identify and check materials required, including additives and regrind and their amounts or percentages.
- Implement measures to control identified hazards in line with procedures and duty of care.
- Identify requirements for materials, quality, production and equipment checks.
- Start up extrusion process to procedures.
- Operate and make adjustments to the extrusion process to procedures.
- Operate extrusion process, noting key variables.
- Monitor controls/displays/terminals for production and process data.
- Take samples as required and identify product out of specification.
- Monitor product/process quality.
- Make adjustments to remedy faults and nonconformity as required.
- Establish a stable extrusion process.
- Adjust process to minimise scrap and trim.
- Clean, adjust and lubricate equipment as required.
- Shut down extruder to procedures.
- Determine type of shut down.
- Select appropriate purging method.
- Purge efficiently and adequately as required.
- Leave machine in appropriate condition and with appropriate locks, tags or notices.
- Complete relevant documentation.
- Ensure area is clean and clear after the shutdown in readiness for the next start up.
- Anticipate and solve problems
- Recognise a problem or a potential problem.
- Determine problems needing priority action.
- Refer problems outside area of responsibility to appropriate person, with possible causes.
- Seek information and assistance as required to solve problems
- Solve problems within area of responsibility
- Follow through items initiated until final resolution has occurred.