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 standard operating procedures (SOPs) work instructions 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 |
Australian Standards include: | the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken |
Fibres and yarns may be of natural or synthetic origin and include one or more of the following: | spun ply combo blended crimped monofilament multifilament staple spun staple or continuous filaments fusible fibres bi-components co-polyesters |
Non-fibre-based materials include one or more of the following: | paper or other materials used in wrapping raw materials chemicals either in liquid, pellet or solid form catalyst chemicals |
Applications include one or more of the following: | medical hygiene sporting engineering safety transportation construction agricultural other as a stand-alone product incorporated into another product |
Woven textile includes one or more of the following: | textile fabric produced by interlacing two yarns of similar materials the yarns cross each other at right angles to produce the fabric |
Knitted textile includes: | fabric produced by interlocking a series of loops of one or more yarns |
Non woven includes one or more of the following: | manufactured sheet, web, batt or other product made up of directionally or randomly oriented fibres, or filaments bonded by friction, cohesion and/or adhesion, excluding paper mechanically, chemically or thermally interlocking layers or networks of fibres or filaments textiles based on a scrim (mesh into which fibres are inserted) or scrimless |
Technical includes one or more of the following: | textiles that have been manufactured for special performance properties and applications generally non-apparel, carpet or furnishing products unless a specific technical feature beyond what is normally found in clothing, carpet or furnishing products has been added, such as special fire-retardant clothing |
Tests include one or more of the following: | visual checking colour matching weighing dimensional measuring tests for moisture, stretch, gloss, texture, handle, tensile strength, stability, shrinkage, stretch and permeability results of calendaring application of surface finishes tests on raw materials, including fibres and yarns, intermediate and final fabrics |
WHS practices | WHS practices must include hazard identification and control, risk assessment and implementation of risk reduction measures specific to the tasks described by this unit, and include one or more of the following: manual handling techniques SOPs personal protective equipment (PPE) safe materials handling taking of rest breaks ergonomic arrangement of workplaces following marked walkways safe storage of equipment housekeeping reporting accidents and incidents other WHS practices relevant to the job and enterprise |