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Evidence Guide: FWPSAW3208 - Sharpen circular saws

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FWPSAW3208 - Sharpen circular saws

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare for sharpening

  1. Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.
  2. Select appropriate repair, maintenance and personal protective equipment and check for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations.
  3. Plan sharpening process in line with work order and site procedures.
Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.

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Select appropriate repair, maintenance and personal protective equipment and check for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations.

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Plan sharpening process in line with work order and site procedures.

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Assess condition and set up sharpening equipment

  1. Follow organisational safety procedures thoughout all maintenance and repair processes.
  2. Assess cutting performance of blade and determine need to replace or sharpen.
  3. Assess prior repairs and condition of teeth, set, and straightness of blade.
  4. Select sharpening machine with suitable wheel diameter and thickness and change, profile or grind wheel in line with manufacturer’s instructions.
  5. Adjust machine settings to suit required tooth profile geometry, blade set or kerf, blade thickness and diameter to manufacturer's recommendations.
  6. Set up saw in grinder with appropriate attachments for tooth pitch.
Follow organisational safety procedures thoughout all maintenance and repair processes.

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Assess cutting performance of blade and determine need to replace or sharpen.

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Assess prior repairs and condition of teeth, set, and straightness of blade.

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Select sharpening machine with suitable wheel diameter and thickness and change, profile or grind wheel in line with manufacturer’s instructions.

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Adjust machine settings to suit required tooth profile geometry, blade set or kerf, blade thickness and diameter to manufacturer's recommendations.

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Set up saw in grinder with appropriate attachments for tooth pitch.

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Sharpen circular saw blade

  1. Grind teeth face and gullet to achieve required sharpness and surface finish.
  2. Maintain tooth profile to industry standards.
  3. Keep variations in tooth height within industry or manufacturer tolerances for concentricity.
  4. Control wheel and saw hand feeds to minimise wear, avoid burn marks and maintain smooth surface finish.
  5. Identify damaged and exhausted circular saw blades and dispose of these in line with organisational procedures and environmental protection practices.
  6. Identify routine processing and equipment faults and resolve or report to appropriate personnel.
Grind teeth face and gullet to achieve required sharpness and surface finish.

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Maintain tooth profile to industry standards.

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Keep variations in tooth height within industry or manufacturer tolerances for concentricity.

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Control wheel and saw hand feeds to minimise wear, avoid burn marks and maintain smooth surface finish.

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Identify damaged and exhausted circular saw blades and dispose of these in line with organisational procedures and environmental protection practices.

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Identify routine processing and equipment faults and resolve or report to appropriate personnel.

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions.

1. Prepare for sharpening

1.1 Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.

1.2 Select appropriate repair, maintenance and personal protective equipment and check for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations.

1.3 Plan sharpening process in line with work order and site procedures.

2. Assess condition and set up sharpening equipment

2.1 Follow organisational safety procedures thoughout all maintenance and repair processes.

2.2 Assess cutting performance of blade and determine need to replace or sharpen.

2.3 Assess prior repairs and condition of teeth, set, and straightness of blade.

2.4 Select sharpening machine with suitable wheel diameter and thickness and change, profile or grind wheel in line with manufacturer’s instructions.

2.5 Adjust machine settings to suit required tooth profile geometry, blade set or kerf, blade thickness and diameter to manufacturer's recommendations.

2.6 Set up saw in grinder with appropriate attachments for tooth pitch.

3. Sharpen circular saw blade

3.1 Grind teeth face and gullet to achieve required sharpness and surface finish.

3.2 Maintain tooth profile to industry standards.

3.3 Keep variations in tooth height within industry or manufacturer tolerances for concentricity.

3.4 Control wheel and saw hand feeds to minimise wear, avoid burn marks and maintain smooth surface finish.

3.5 Identify damaged and exhausted circular saw blades and dispose of these in line with organisational procedures and environmental protection practices.

3.6 Identify routine processing and equipment faults and resolve or report to appropriate personnel.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. Where bold italicised text is used, further information is detailed in the range of conditions.

1. Prepare for sharpening

1.1 Review work order and where required check with appropriate personnel.

1.2 Select appropriate repair, maintenance and personal protective equipment and check for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer's recommendations.

1.3 Plan sharpening process in line with work order and site procedures.

2. Assess condition and set up sharpening equipment

2.1 Follow organisational safety procedures thoughout all maintenance and repair processes.

2.2 Assess cutting performance of blade and determine need to replace or sharpen.

2.3 Assess prior repairs and condition of teeth, set, and straightness of blade.

2.4 Select sharpening machine with suitable wheel diameter and thickness and change, profile or grind wheel in line with manufacturer’s instructions.

2.5 Adjust machine settings to suit required tooth profile geometry, blade set or kerf, blade thickness and diameter to manufacturer's recommendations.

2.6 Set up saw in grinder with appropriate attachments for tooth pitch.

3. Sharpen circular saw blade

3.1 Grind teeth face and gullet to achieve required sharpness and surface finish.

3.2 Maintain tooth profile to industry standards.

3.3 Keep variations in tooth height within industry or manufacturer tolerances for concentricity.

3.4 Control wheel and saw hand feeds to minimise wear, avoid burn marks and maintain smooth surface finish.

3.5 Identify damaged and exhausted circular saw blades and dispose of these in line with organisational procedures and environmental protection practices.

3.6 Identify routine processing and equipment faults and resolve or report to appropriate personnel.

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. If a specific volume or frequency is not stated below, then evidence must be provided that the following requirements have been performed on at least one occasion:

follow organisational policies and procedures relevant to sharpening circular saws

remove and replace circular saw blades from equipment

sharpen circular saw blades in line with an individual work order for each job

assess cutting performance as follows:

saw performance balanced against achievement of required production time

degree of deviation in the range of sawn products

assess the condition of blade teeth for:

sharpness of tooth cutting edges

angles within the tooth profile

tooth strength

damage to teeth

pitch

depth

number of teeth per metre

operate the abrasive wheel at appropriate speed to remove material without affecting steel characteristics

produce a quality of surface texture left by the abrasive wheel along the entire profile and at the intersection of all cutting edge angles.

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

purpose, features and operation of circular saws for which blades are sharpened

features and names of different parts of circular saw blades

purpose, features and operation of tools and equipment used to sharpen circular saw blades:

gulleting and grinding machines

abrasive wheels

importance of sharpening and setting teeth and tension to match requirements for:

characteristics of various materials sawn

speed of the sawing process

direction of the sawing process

cutting angle for sawing

saw blade specifications

methods for:

removing saw blades from circular saws

assessing saw blade condition

sharpening blades to specified requirements

setting teeth to a specified profile

setting concentricity of teeth

tooth pitch and tooth angles at which blades are sharpened (blade geometry)

range of speeds at which abrasive wheels can be operated without damaging blades

organisational policies and procedures specific to sharpening circular saw blades:

workplace health and safety with particular emphasis on equipment lock out and use of personal protective equipment

communication reporting lines

recording and reporting processing and equipment faults

environmental protection practices for repairing and maintaining tools and equipment in forest products factory settings:

reducing water and energy use

cleaning plant, tools and equipment

disposing of, recycling and reusing materials

Range Statement

Not Applicable