Assessor Resource
MEM07041A
Perform production machining
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
The unit of competency applies to the use of workshop machines in a volume production environment to shape metal, including lathes, mills, planers, shapers, radial arm drills, slotters and grinders.
This unit will typically apply to senior operators undertaking volume production who have responsibility for machine set up to defined parameters, selection of materials and lubricants, establishment of datum points and basic marking out, as well as setting speeds, feeds and other machining parameters.
This unit has application in the MEM20205 Certificate II in Engineering - Production Technology and MEM30105 Certificate III in Engineering - Production Systems and other qualifications requiring production machining skills.
Where machining is undertaken without the need for any set up, including mounting of tools, setting of speeds, feeds and other operational parameters, then either MEM07024B Operate and monitor machine/process or MEM07025B Perform advanced machine/process operation should be selected. Drilling operations in this unit exclude those covered by MEM18002B Use power tools/hand held operations. For set up and operation of electro-discharge (EDM) machines, refer to MEM07014B Perform electro-discharge (EDM) machining operations.
Band: A
Unit weight: 8
This unit of competency covers production machining using a range of engineering machinery, such as lathes, milling machines and grinders. It includes determining the job requirements and sequence of operations, selecting and mounting tools, performing the machining, measuring the components, and adjusting and maintaining a range of standard machine tools.
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