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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify and analyse causes of systems and quality faults
  2. Rectify system faults
  3. Rectify product quality faults
  4. Record and report process performance and product quality data

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:

analyse and rectify finishing and converting processes and systems, at least twice in line with required enterprise intervals, in a pulp or paper manufacturing facility by:

selecting and using appropriate trouble shooting methods in finishing and converting systems

identifying and rectifying faults in plant, equipment and product quality and system performance, relevant to finishing and converting processes

using electronic and other control systems, including portable control devices, touch screens or robotics to control equipment and processes as required during troubleshooting

communicating effectively and working safely with others, in the work area when rectifying finishing and converting systems.


Knowledge Evidence

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

documentation and workplace procedures relevant to troubleshooting and rectifying finishing and converting systems in the pulp and paper industry and including:

work health and safety WHS) including high risk load shifting licensing requirements

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

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

quality procedures

environmental sustainability requirements/practices

machinery and plant manufacturing operating manuals

enterprise policies and procedures

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

oil or chemical spills and disposal guidelines

plant isolation and safe work documentation including plant clearance, job safety analysis, permit systems, product specifications and schedules, emergency procedures and responses

Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), risks and hazard identification and housekeeping

maintenance logs, job sheets and production instructions

process and instrument diagrams

finishing and converting system, processes and associated services sufficient to troubleshoot including:

plant layout

principles of operation

causes and effects of adjustments made to finishing and converting plant and processes

relationships between finishing and converting systems, processes and associated services

materials used in finishing and converting processes which includes 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 tests and checks used in finishing and converting processes which includes 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 tensiles, core scenting, packaged product, stretch, roll size, perforations, product identification and warehousing records

troubleshooting methods applicable to the operation of finishing and converting systems

sampling and testing for plant and system operations, and process monitoring - purpose, standards and procedures as per site agreements

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