Elements and Performance Criteria

Range of Contexts:
This competency standard applies to:
Truck/Bus/Trailer Manufacture and Assembly

Sources of information/documentation may include:
Manufacturer specifications
Company operating procedures
Product manufacturer specifications
Customer requirements
Industry/workplace codes of practice
State/industry OH&S legislation

Resources may include:
Materials - coils of steel, sheets of steel, uncut blanks
Cleaning materials - solvent, washes and detergents and steam cleaners
Transport equipment - use of cranes, hoists, tow motors and trolleys
Cutting equipment - guillotines, shear presses, metal punches
Blanks cut to various shapes as determined by the product being fabricated
Blanking operations - hitch, roller feed or guillotine
Qualified workplace assessor
Workplace or simulated workplace

Context:
Competency must be assessed in a safe working environment and in accordance with endorsed industry assessment guidelines.
The underpinning knowledge and skills may be assessed on or off-the-job.
The assessment of practical skills must take place only after a period of supervised practice and repetitive experience. If workplace conditions are not available, assessment in simulated workplace conditions is acceptable.
The prescribed outcome must be able to be achieved without direct supervision.

Concurrent assessment and pre-requisite relationship:
This unit may be assessed in conjunction with other units that form part of the function or for a particular job role for a company.

Consistency of performance:
Competency is best assessed through observation over a period of time and in a variety of situations. Supplementary evidence of underpinning knowledge and the capability to manage tasks and operational and workplace contingencies should be gained through questioning and the use of work based examples.
Questioning should be undertaken in such a manner as is appropriate to the language and literacy levels of the operator and to the requirements of the unit of competency.

Language, literacy and numeracy skills:
Speaking and listening skills may include:
Listening to and following verbal instructions
Giving verbal instructions and technical information

Reading and writing skills may include:
Reading and interpreting company forms eg job specifications, work orders, company standards documentation
Completing company forms (written / electronic) eg job sheets, work orders
Reading and interpreting equipment manuals, tags and labels

Numeracy skills may include:
Counting and recording parts
Checking quantities against parts lists

Critical aspects of evidence:
Evidence of achievement is required in all of the following:
Use cutting equipment safely and efficiently to produce blanks with minimum waste
Produce formed parts to meet the production schedule
Limit the number of faulty parts to less than quality standards
Produce work flow records
Identify and mark faulty parts
Maintain dies in effective condition
Identify and deal with faulty dies
Apply company OH&S policy and procedures

Underpinning knowledge:
Types of cutting equipment and application
Procedures for the safe and efficient production of blanks with minimum waste
Company production schedules
Quality standards and faulty parts
Company of work flow records - written / electronic
Identification of faulty parts
Maintenance procedures for dies
Identification of faulty dies
Company OH&S policy and procedures