Application
This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to prepare and assemble blocked millinery components.
Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and may involve individual and team activities. Work is performed within defined procedures under some supervision.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Determine job requirements | 1.1 | Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) |
1.2 | Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times | ||
1.3 | Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs | ||
1.4 | Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Prepare to assemble components | 2.1 | Confirm requirements for assembling headwear components |
2.2 | identify and obtain millinery components to be used | ||
2.3 | Pin, tack or otherwise prepare components for assembly | ||
3 | Assemble millinery components | 3.1 | Sew or glue millinery components together by hand or machine to meet design requirements |
3.2 | Inspect assembled components to ensure work meets workplace procedures and quality standards | ||
3.3 | Identify non-conformance to standards and rectify, as required | ||
3.4 | Report and record faults according to workplace procedures | ||
Evidence of Performance
Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:
reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), safe work practices
confirming requirements for assembling headwear components
obtaining the millinery components to be used
preparing components and materials for assembly
pin, tack or otherwise prepare components for assembly
selecting and using a variety of attachment methods
sewing at least two (2) millinery components by hand or machine or glue together to meet design requirements
inspecting assembled components to ensure work meets workplace procedures and quality standards
operating machines and equipment safely, including heat and steam equipment used within the enterprise, on at least two (2) occasions
recognising faults or non-conforming outcomes and rectifying as required
applying workplace procedures
recording and reporting outcomes.
Evidence of Knowledge
Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:
safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
industry and product processes and equipment
materials and their application in millinery manufacture, including their composition and effects of temperature and steam
blocked millinery components:
woven straw
straw braid
fabrics
fur
skin
felt
assembly or attachment methods:
hand sew
machine sew
glue
fuse
inspection and checking procedures
workplace procedures
reporting and recording practices.
Assessment Conditions
Assessors must:
satisfy the assessor competency requirements that are in place at the time of the assessment, as set by the VET regulator
have vocational competency in assembling simple blocked millinery components, at least to the level being assessed, with relevant industry knowledge and experience.
Assessment should occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible, or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment reflecting realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.
Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.
Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications associated with this unit.
Foundation Skills
This section describes those required skills (language, literacy and numeracy) that are essential to performance.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Range Statement
This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. | |
Workplace procedures include one or more of the following: | requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions PPE oral, written and visual communication quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output housekeeping tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recycling WHS practices |
Millinery components include one or more of the following: | woven straw straw braid fabrics fur skin fel |
Machines and equipment include one or more of the following: | standard sewing machine overlocker hot glue gun wiring machine iron steamer |
Sectors
Not applicable
Competency Field
Millinery