Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan belt carcass repairs.
- Review belt specifications and work order documentation.
- Identify hazards and risk controls.
- Identify belt faults, consider reparability and decide on appropriate repair method.
- Plan work, including sequences, times and process stages.
- Plan to minimise downtime, economically use materials and meet repair quality specifications.
- Assemble equipment, tools and materials required, checking them for condition, quality and compliance tags.
- Conduct belt carcass repairs.
- Select a well-ventilated work area for the repair and remove any contaminants.
- Isolate equipment and tag according to procedures (if applicable).
- Strip and remove damaged material.
- Cut belt covers to the appropriate shape and angles, buff edges.
- Prepare damaged area and cut repair materials to size as required.
- Prepare and finish surfaces to be bonded according to procedures.
- Apply bonding materials and conduct repair according to procedures.
- Vulcanise belt repair (where required).
- Check belt repair.
- Clean work area.
- 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.