Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish work requirements and prepare for work
- Work health and safety (WHS) requirements, legislative requirements and workplace practices are observed throughout the work
- Personal protective equipment is selected and checked
- Work order requirements are checked and confirmed
- Tools and equipment are selected and checked for safe operation
- Fabric is selected from stock and checked against work order and for any flaws
- Hardware is selected and checked against work order
- Lay out, mark and cut fabrics
- Correct side of fabric, naps, direction of pattern and pattern matches are identified
- Allowances for hardware, joins and hems are calculated and recorded
- Fabric is laid out laid out flat and square on a cutting bench large enough to take the full width of the fabric, marked using chalk, markers or pencil and cut following workplace practices
- Construct blind
- Fabric is joined or trimmed to required width
- Pleats are formed in fabric according to workplace practices
- Cord holes are punched in fabric
- Bottom of blind is finished according to work order
- Head and bottom rail are cut to required length
- Blind is assembled according to work instructions
- Cords are cut and attached following work instructions
- Child safety mechanisms as required by legislation or code of practice are selected and attached
- Make quality checks
- Complete work
- Finished work is cleaned, packaged and stored following workplace practices
- Tools and equipment are cleaned, maintained and stored
- Faulty tools and equipment are reported to appropriate personnel
- Work area is cleaned and waste is disposed of in accordance with workplace practices and environmental legislation covering disposal of industrial waste
- Workplace documentation is completed