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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Fabricate product
  2. Determine product 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. Determine requirements of reinforcing to be used from specifications, job sheets or work instructions and customer requests
  6. Select appropriate process to be used to fabricate product
  7. Select most appropriate reinforcing for job
  8. Compare required properties with specifications of available reinforcing
  9. Select most appropriate reinforcing
  10. Evaluate selected reinforcement
  11. Conduct/organise for relevant tests
  12. Evaluate test results against product requirements
  13. Review fabrication process and make any required changes to reinforcing or process
  14. Prepare selected reinforcing including cutting to size/shape and any pre-treatment, as required
  15. Lay reinforcing in correct direction, including fibre orientation and fibre pre-forming, as appropriate
  16. Mix nominated resin system, as required
  17. Fabricate product using selected process and minimise waste
  18. Review product compared to requirements
  19. Review reinforcing selection and fabrication process
  20. Identify areas for improvement and take appropriate actions
  21. Complete any required documentation/reporting according to SOPs

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.

Requirements of reinforcing include the following:

strength

flexibility/rigidity

directionality

drape

operating temperature

Most appropriate reinforcing includes the following:

compliance with product requirements

greatest ease of use in manufacture

best financial return

greatest sustainability contribution

Areas for improvement include one (1) or more of the following:

cost/benefit of different reinforcing systems

selecting a reinforcing suited to the fabrication process

Sustainability includes the following:

survival of the ecology/physical environment

economic viability

social sustainability