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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish production requirements for startup
   • Confirm planned production requirements and communicate to relevant personnel according to work health and safety (WHS), production requirements and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
   • Interpret production plan for finishing and converting operations.
   • Check product specifications.
   • Confirm product supplies are available for production.
2. Conduct setup for product change
   • Undertake pre-setup checks on equipment and systems.
   • Identify missing or faulty components and report or rectify with level of responsibility.
   • Follow isolation procedures, as required.
   • Communicate and co-ordinate changes to product requirements to relevant personnel.
   • Load, install and adjust components and accessories for set up as required.
   • Lift or sign off of all isolations, where applicable.
   • Make initial quality checks and adjust components, as required.
3. Start up finishing and converting operations
   • Conduct quality assurance checks on start up of finishing and converting operations to maintain processes.
   • Carry out process adjustments from start up, as required.
   • Identify and rectify faults, as required.
   • Communicate confirmation for start up to relevant personnel.
4. Start up finishing and converting operations
   • Conduct quality assurance checks on start up of finishing and converting operations to maintain processes.
   • Carry out process adjustments from start up, as required.
   • Identify and rectify faults, as required.
   • Communicate confirmation for start up to relevant personnel.

Range Statement

Not Applicable

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must be able to provide evidence that they can:

prepare and start up finishing and converting operations, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, to control product quality and production, in a pulp or paper manufacturing facility by:

following production requirements within level of responsibility

identifying and checking process control points

undertaking quality checks on components at set up and start up stages

monitoring and rectifying faults during start up

using electronic and other control systems, such portable control devices, touch screens or robotics to control equipment and processes during finishing and converting operations

using testing and measuring equipment required for set up

communicating effectively, through written and verbal means, and working safely with others, in the work area in preparing and starting up finishing and converting processes.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

documentation and procedures relevant to finishing and converting operations in the pulp and paper industry and including, work health and safety (WHS) including high risk load shifting licensing requirements, environmental including relevant sustainability requirements, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), productivity requirements and production schedules, isolation procedures, safe working requirements, risks and hazard identification, emergency procedures and responses and incidents reports

production needs including output targets, production scheduling quality requirements, resources and energy use, waste minimisation

main directions in a production plan for start up requirements

fully automated, semi-automated, manually operated plant, equipment and systems appropriate to start ups for finishing and converting operations

appropriate materials and their uses in start ups for finishing and converting operations including: parent roll or reel, lotion; shrink and stretch wraps, pallets, sheet paper, labelling and stenciling, wrap paper, customer rolls, boxes, polythene wrap, glues, cartons, strapping, printing inks, shippers, reams, signs and labels, core board, scent and rolls

quality checks and tests including: roll density, core slippage, damaged packaging, reel hardness, core size, colour matching, bulk, core strength, sheet size, roll appearance, print quality, cut quality, MD&CD tensile, core scenting, packaged product, stretch, roll size, perforations, product identification and warehousing records

finishing and converting processes including: winding and re-winding, decorating, lotionising, calendaring, water marking, perforating, slitting and cutting, embossing, laminating, folding, printing, bonding, core making, wrapping and packing

electronic and other control systems, operation and application to make appropriate adjustments that control finishing and converting operations, within level of responsibility.

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