Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan own work requirements.
- Identify work requirements from workplace procedures
- Identify equipment and processes used for materials preparation, vulcanising and any related production process and for the downstream operations.
- Identify operating principles and components of vulcanising equipment.
- Identify hazards connected with materials and process from workplace reference materials including materials safety data sheets and equipment instructions.
- Implement measures to control identified hazards in line with procedures and duty of care.
- Identify requirements for materials, quality, production and equipment checks.
- Set up autoclave vulcanising process.
- Identify and read equipment information, quality specifications and standard operating procedures.
- Check heat and pressure settings and process adjustments for conformity to procedures.
- Compare equipment and material condition to known optimum condition and take appropriate action in accordance with procedures (including, where authorised, making adjustments within overall specifications to process settings to ensure product output quality is appropriate).
- Check that all gauges are operating, safety features are activated or fitted, locks and guards are in place.
- Operate and make adjustments to the autoclave process to procedures.
- Load and close autoclave and bring on line.
- Monitor production outputs, equipment operating temperatures and pressures.
- Make adjustments to remedy faults and non-conformity as required.
- Shut down, vent and unload autoclave.
- Take samples as required and identify product out of specification.
- Note and report non-conformity to required workplace specifications, following workplace procedures.
- Clean, adjust and lubricate equipment as required.
- Pause or stop equipment in an emergency, following procedures.
- Respond to product quality improvement requests.
- 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.