The unit involves painting panels in a forest products factory The skills and knowledge required for competent workplace performance are to be used within the scope of the person's job and authority |
ELEMENT | PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
1. Prepare for painting | 1.1. Applicable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to painting panels are identified and followed 1.2. Work order is reviewed and checked with appropriate personnel 1.3. Type and quantity of panels to be painted is acquired from the storage location 1.4. Equipment is selected appropriate to work requirements and checked for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations 1.5. Panel painting process, feed rates and paints are selected and planned in line with site procedures 1.6. Communication with others is established and maintained in line with OHS requirements |
2. Paint panels | 2.1. Paint products are loaded in equipment in line with manufacturer's specifications 2.2. Paint is applied with flow rates and viscosity continually monitored and adjusted in line with site requirements 2.3. Paint operations are continually checked with blockages and filters cleared to maintain paint coverage to specifications 2.4. Panels are regularly checked for surface quality and contamination, and graded in line with site requirements and corrective action taken 2.5. Sub-standard panels are removed from the painting process and reviewed for further action 2.6. Processing and equipment faults are recorded and reported to the appropriate personnel 2.7. Material is safely dried and stacked in a designated location in line with work order requirements |
3. Shut down and clean equipment | 3.1. Shutdown procedures are coordinated with other line operators and followed in line with OHS legislation and site procedures 3.2. Pumps are turned off and equipment flushed in line with organisational standard operating procedures 3.3. Excess paint and flushing liquid are disposed of in line with statutory requirements and environmental regulations 3.4. Equipment and paint are stored in line with statutory requirements and environmental regulations |
This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit. |
Required skills |
Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools, machinery and equipment; efficiently and safely paint panels Communication skills and interpersonal techniques sufficient to interact appropriately with colleagues and others in the workplace Literacy skills sufficient to accurately record and report workplace information, and maintain documentation Numeracy skills sufficient to estimate, measure and calculate time required to complete a task Problem solving skills sufficient to identify problems and equipment faults and demonstrate appropriate response procedures |
Required knowledge |
Applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, standards, codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for paint panels Environmental protection requirements, including the safe disposal of waste material, the safe use and storage of chemicals, and the cleaning of plant, tools and equipment Organisational and site standards, requirements, policies and procedures for painting panels Environmental risks and hazards Characteristics of timber panels Paints, their viscosity, film thickness, film wetness and feed rates Paint operations and shut sown procedures Storage systems and labelling Established communication channels and protocols Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques Types of tools and equipment and procedures for their use, operation and maintenance Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimating and measuring, including calculating time to complete tasks Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information |
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package. | |
Overview of assessment | A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can safely and efficiently paint panels within organisational requirements |
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit | The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements of this unit and include demonstration of: following applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice relevant to painting panels following organisational policies and procedures relevant to painting panels painting panels in line with the work order and within prescribed organisational requirements conducting spray or roller coating operations and shut-down procedures stacking batches of painted panels in line with organisational requirements and OHS regulations |
Context of and specific resources for assessment | Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints Assessment of required knowledge, other than confirmatory questions, will usually be conducted in an off-site context Assessment is to follow relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements The following resources should be made available: workplace location or simulated workplace materials and equipment relevant to undertaking work applicable to this unit specifications and work instructions |
Method of assessment | Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI11 Training Package Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance (over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts) together with application of required knowledge Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks, with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the required knowledge Assessment may be applied under project-related conditions (real or simulated) and require evidence of process Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance, but is able to be transferred to other circumstances Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality, gender or language backgrounds other than English Where the participant has a disability, reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role |
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. | |
OHS requirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include: personal protective equipment and clothing safety equipment first aid equipment fire fighting equipment hazard and risk control fatigue management elimination of hazardous materials and substances safe forest practices including required actions relating to forest fire manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislation organisational policies and procedures workplace practices |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include: award and enterprise agreements industrial relations Australian Standards confidentiality and privacy OHS the environment equal opportunity anti-discrimination relevant industry codes of practice duty of care |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelines policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility quality assurance procedural manuals quality and continuous improvement processes and standards OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures ethical standards recording and reporting requirements equipment use and maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the painting of timber panel products and may include: type size length thickness quantity grade instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures environmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisors suppliers clients colleagues managers |
Panels may include: | medium density fibreboard chipboard fibreboard plywood other manufactured board products |
Storage locations may include: | the use of: storage racks storage bays bins stacks pallet boxes modularised storage components temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground) and may be divided into: standard product classification product designation size dimension stack number weight grade shelf life stock rotation position |
Equipment may include: | roller coating lines spray booths curtain coating lines trays overflow trays thinner reservoirs spray guns roller coaters |
Painting process includes: | the application of paint to coat wood panel products for customer orders and may include: application of paint coats ensuring viscosity film thickness film wetness rate of application to ensure surface integrity |
Feed rates are to include: | the rate of speed the paint is passed through the spray or roller coating equipment affecting the risk of equipment blockage the finish of the material the production output |
Paints are to include: | water based paints and may include: oil based paints solvent based paints |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language constructive feedback active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of positive, confident and cooperative language use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences control of tone of voice body language |
Viscosity | is the amount of resistance to flow or stickiness of the paint |
Paint operations | see equipment and painting process |
Contamination may include: | dust water spots oil spots from equipment or oily finger prints and may cause orange peel effect incomplete cover solvent boil other coating defects |
Grading | is the quality checking of finished products to determine surface integrity and classify products into levels of quality |
Further action may include: | re-painting sub-standard panels recycling sub-standard panels re-using sub-standard panels |
Records and reports may include: | painting method product type feed rate inspection grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |
Stacking may include: | preparing for transport categorising in common size, thickness, length, coating marking lots in line with work order and site requirements locating so as not to block access or passage |
Shutdown is to include: | procedures for equipment lock-out, ie protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source cleaning and maintaining all parts storage of paints |
Unit sector | No sector assigned |
Wood Panel Products |
This unit contains employability skills |
Refer to Unit Descriptor