Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan own work requirements.
- Identify most appropriate equipment to be used for production and upstream and downstream operations from production plan or request.
- Identify and check materials required including additives.
- 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 compounding equipment to procedures.
- Operate and make adjustments to the compounding process to procedures.
- Operate compounding process, noting key variables.
- Monitor controls/displays/terminals for production/process data.
- Take samples as required and identify product out of specification.
- Monitor product quality.
- Make adjustments to remedy faults and nonconformity to standard as required.
- Establish a stable compounding process.
- Adjust process to minimise scrap.
- Clean, adjust and lubricate machine/equipment as required.
- Shut down machine 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.