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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Perform test
  2. Determine job requirements
  3. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  4. Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  5. Identify job requirements from specifications, job sheets or work instructions
  6. Establish servicing requirements and liaise with customer
  7. Prepare written and verbal quotations
  8. Confirm customer agreement on recommended service procedures to remedy faults
  9. Record and document repair process
  10. Open and close watch cases
  11. Select and use appropriate workshop tools and equipment
  12. Inspect parts and report and record results
  13. Verify gasket condition and replace, as required
  14. Clean cases and bands during and after repair, as required
  15. Select and use appropriate workshop testing equipment
  16. Test quartz watch output signals using industry-specific equipment
  17. Assess mechanical condition, including freedom of gear train, as applicable
  18. Maintain testing equipment
  19. Analyse results and determine faults
  20. Carry out further testing to locate faulty components, as required
  21. Confirm results against manufacturer specifications
  22. Identify faults from test information
  23. Evaluate record and communicate recommended servicing requirements

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, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.

Types of quartz watches include one (1) or more of the following:

analog, digital and duo displays

anadigi

calendar and/or moon phase

chronograph and perpetual calendar

alarm and kinetic

auto quartz

Record and document repair process includes one (1) or more of the following:

reference to manufacturers' technical guides

customer written quotation detailing faults

recommendations of most appropriate service procedure

estimation of replacement part

time spent on procedure

Tools and equipment include one (1) or more of the following:

watch case opening and closing tools

hand tools, including:

tweezers

screwdrivers

eyeglasses

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

acoustic, capacitive and inductive pick-ups/sensors

quartz crystal oscillating signals (32 KHz)

voltage, resistance and current consumption

output pulses (integrated circuits)

pulse generation of step motor

lower working limit

capacitive rate

inhibition rate

Workshop testing equipmentincludes one (1) or more of the following:

quartz timing machines with acoustic and capacitive pick-up

inductive pick-up sensors

multimeters

variable voltage supplies

pulse generators

Faulty components include one (1) or more of the following:

quartz crystal

integrated circuits

electronic circuits

coils

step motors

gear train

dial train

dials and hands