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Elements and Performance Criteria
Performance Evidence
An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.
There must be evidence that the individual has independently set up, operated, and shut down two complete palletising processes for different work orders, using automatic palletising machines, including a pallet wrapper. One process must palletise 12-pack cartons and the other 6-pack cartons, that are configured differently.Each process must complete at least 20pallets per hour during a three-hour shift. Each pallet must have at least three carton layers, and be correctly configured, stacked and stretch wrapped using an automated pallet wrapper.For each of the palletising work orders, the individual must have safely and efficiently performed the following:confirmed the product and palletising requirements and set up all the equipment and machinery, including individual pallet configuration requirements operated, monitored and shut down the palletising process, equipment and machinerycorrectly labelled each pallet for end users to track the date and location of productionused sample checks to identify quality issuesidentified, rectified and/or reported machinery faults, including:blockages caused by damaged palletscartons not correctly orientatedpallets not stopping in the correct positioncarriage or pusher not making the end positionexcessive stretch wrap and slip sheet breakage causing sensor faults machinery settings resulting in incorrect palletising accurately and effectively handed over a palletising process to another team memberaccurately completed workplace production recordscommunicated effectively with a supervisor and at least one of the following:maintenance team memberlaboratory or quality assurance team memberbottling and packaging team memberlogistics team member.
Knowledge Evidence
An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:
product knowledge related to the containers to be palletised as stipulated in the performance evidence, including:size, weight and volumeclient or receiver requirements or specificationsregulatory requirementsoperating principles of machinery and equipment, including:conveyor fed automatic palletising machineautomated stretch wrapperpallet tag applicatorscarton orientation devicesfeatures and functions of machinery and equipment, including:manufacturer and workplace instructions for safe operation control panel and ancillary devicesoperating capacities, efficiencies and applicationslocation and purpose of guards, rails and sensorsfeedback instrumentationservices required and action to take if services are not availablecleaning requirementsmachinery and equipment checks, including:pre-start checks, including emergency stop checkslock-out and tag-out procedures, including return to service after isolationconsumables including slip sheets, interlayers, hot melt glue and stretch filmthe interrelationships between bottling, carton packing, palletising and end of line dispatch processesproduct and process changeover procedures and responsibilitiesquality control requirements, processes and actions, including:palletising order specificationspallets for domestic and export usemethods used to check qualitycommon causes of palletising quality and corrective action required, including removal of out-of-specification palletsplanned sampling and testing associated with palletising process monitoring and controlresponding to machinery alerts and notificationsrecording of resultsisolating non-conforming palletsproduct identification and traceability requirements, including:workplace requirementsclient or receiver requirements or specificationspallet identification/tagging requirementshealth and safety hazards and controls, including awareness of the limitations of protective clothing and equipment relevant to the work processprocedures and responsibility for reporting production and performance informationenvironmental issues and controls relevant to the palletising process, including:rework and reuse of productswaste processingmaterials and manual handling procedures related to the palletising process.