Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine job requirements
- Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
- Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
- Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
- Select and set up heating and thermal cutting equipment
- Select and assemble appropriate accessories and equipment
- Ensure equipment is in safe working condition
- Set up equipment following SOPs
- Perform heating and thermal cutting
- Make appropriate cutting allowances
- Minimise wastage of materials when performing manual heating and thermal cutting
- Identify defects and take corrective action in accordance with SOPs
- Heat and cut material to specification
- Inspect shape/size/length of final product for compliance with specifications