This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to apply decorative finishes to household fittings, hardware, artefacts and accessories made from a range of ferrous and non-ferrous materials.

It includes pre-treatment, use of plating techniques, solutions and compositions for decorative finishes, recognition and assessment of impurities and imperfections and associated corrective actions.

Processing may be manual, semi or fully automatic still or barrel plating environments and may include volume production and 'one-off' components.

Where straightforward operation/monitoring of electroplating processes are required unit MEM08003 Perform electroplating operations should be selected.

Where surface preparation operations are required unit MEM08011 Prepare surfaces using solvents and/or mechanical means and unit MEM08012 Prepare surfaces by abrasive blasting (basic), should also be selected as appropriate.

Where the interpretation of technical drawings is required unit MEM09002 Interpret technical drawing should also be selected.

Where the selection and use of engineering measurement is required unit MEM12023 Perform engineering measurements should also be selected.

Where basic inspection of completed or partly completed products produced by others is required unit MEM15004 Perform inspection should also be selected.

Where the selection and use of power tools/hand held operations is required unit MEM18002 Use power tools/hand held operations should also be selected.

Where construction of anodes, shields/robbers is required appropriate fabrication units should also be selected.

Where dogging/lifting is required appropriate materials handling units to suit regulatory requirements should also be selected.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Band: A

Unit Weight: 6

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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, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Decorative finishes include one (1) or more of the following:	nickel chrome copper silver gold rhodium
Treatment processes include one (1) or more of the following:	pre-treatment electroplating electroforming electroless plating electrophoretic coating post treatment plating out carbon and chemical treatments for decorative finish solutions
Pre-plating treatments include one (1) or more of the following:	degreasing soak/cleaning electrolytic cleaning activating dips
Equipment includes one (1) or more of the following:	wire racks handling equipment barrels jigs shields robbers
Operating parameters include one (1) or more of the following:	calculation and setting of treatment times and currents bath pH temperatures and densities agitation rate process (deposition) time solution levels and compositions purification procedures
Abnormalities include one (1) or more of the following:	poor/uneven brightness/texture inadequate levelling roughness pitting poor adhesion blistering burning poor plate coverage (particularly chromium) incorrect colour (particularly flash brass, gold)
Maintain solutions include the following:	typical tests for pH density and titration and calculation of adjustments to relevant solutions
Solution compositions include one (1) or more of the following:	cleaning pickling electroplating chromate solutions acid dips
Anodes include the following:	soluble and insoluble auxiliary anodes
Process transfer equipment includes one (1) or more of the following:	baskets spreader bars racks hooks

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice	Yes	No	Comments/feedback
Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Select appropriate treatment processes relevant job specifications
Set operating parameters to produce required decorative finish/specifications
Check solution compositions and confirm to specification/operating range
Check performance of ancillary equipment and take remedial action, as necessary

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MEM08020 - Electroplate decorative finishes

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