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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Determine job requirements
  2. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  3. Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  4. Identify job requirements from specifications, job sheets or work instructions
  5. Select treatments and processes/ equipment for producing engineering finishes
  6. Select operating/process parameters to achieve required coating
  7. Select appropriate equipment, as required
  8. Prepare work for engineering finishes
  9. Construct conforming anodes and fit, where applicable
  10. Construct and fit shields and robbers, where applicable
  11. Carry out pre-treatment processes, where necessary
  12. Monitor and control operating conditions and processes for engineering coatings
  13. Monitor and confirm surface conditions of finished components and identify abnormalities
  14. Take corrective actions to rectify non-conforming conditions
  15. Maintain solutions for engineering finishes
  16. Determine adjustment requirements/additions
  17. Make additions to adjust solution composition to correct operating range as necessary

Range Statement

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.

Treatment processes include one (1) or more of the following:

electroplating

electroforming

electroless plating

Operating/process parameters include one (1) or more of the following:

treatment times and currents

bath pH temperatures and densities

anode conditions

addition agent content

cleanliness of contacts

make-up

maintenance of solution levels and purity

Coating includes one (1) or more of the following:

hard chroming

heavy nickel

electroless nickel

nickel composites

heavy deposits of nickel, copper and bronze up to 10 mm

Equipment includes one (1) or more of the following:

wire racks

handling equipment

barrels

jigs

shields

robbers

Products include one (1) or more of the following:

Base materials, including:

cast iron

brass

steels with machine welded sections

Masking materials include one (1) or more of the following:

wax

lacquers

tapes

foils

Anodes include one (1) or more of the following:

soluble

insoluble auxiliary anodes

Solution compositions include one (1) or more of the following:

cleaning

pickling

electroplating

chromate

acid dips

Checks include one (1) or more of the following:

density

titration

pH

Adjustment includes one (1) or more of the following:

strength of solutions

temperature range