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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. Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  4. Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
  5. Identify clock restoration requirements
  6. Identify prior modifications and repairs, including non-standard or non-original components
  7. Plan repairs in consideration of original clock design and manufacture
  8. Record and document repair
  9. Service and repair power equalisation devices
  10. Release mainspring power
  11. Diagnose system faults
  12. Replace fusee chains or cables
  13. Set up fusee and stopwork systems
  14. Produce clock parts by hand
  15. Plan suitable method and sequence of production
  16. Select materials suitable for manufacturing
  17. Transfer designs and mark out templates and work pieces
  18. Select appropriate hand tools to undertake process
  19. Produce components by hand to required specifications
  20. Conduct finishing, heat treatment and polishing of components
  21. Verify function of manufactured components
  22. Refinish and polish clock components
  23. Refinish parts to replicate original finish
  24. Adjust refinished components for correct function
  25. Repair gears, wheels and arbors
  26. Fit, file and shape replacement teeth
  27. Secure replacement part using appropriate fixing method
  28. Test-run with matched component

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.

Clock design and manufacture includes one (1) or more of the following:

remaining faithful to original design and finish

accounting for value and provenance

maintaining originality of parts

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

date and extent of repair

cost of replacement part

time spent on procedure

Working drawings and templates include one (1) or more of the following:

sketch or illustration by hand

photocopy original component then adhere to stock

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

files

burnishers

oil stones

jewellers saw

finishing papers

needle files

marking out equipment

lathe/drilling tailstock

Produce components by hand includes the use of one (1) or more of the following:

pallets

striking and chiming levers

ratchet wheels

clickwork

taper pins

Heat treatment includes one (1) or more of the following:

annealing

hardening

tempering (bluing)

Refinishing process includes one (1) or more of the following:

filing

honing

graining

polishing

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

arbors and pinions

clicks

pallets

screws

taper pins

Fixing method includes one (1) or more of the following:

Loctite

low melting solder

electronic soldering iron

spirit lamp