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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan for design
   • Review, confirm and clarify elements of furniture design brief with appropriate personnel and client
   • Establish and maintain communication with relevant personnel in accordance with workplace processes
   • Address and verify any problems or underlying factors raised by design brief in terms of adaption to mass production
   • Identify featured elements of design from design brief
   • Identify featured principles of design from design brief
   • Set and cost volumes of mass production runs and evaluate these against identified intended market
2. Implement design
   • Plan and organise manufacturing process, considering available equipment and resources and workplace procedures
   • Process material in accordance with manufacturing plan and work health and safety regulations
   • Produce jigs to assist with manufacturing components in accordance with work requirements
   • Produce components and prepare for assembly in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Assemble components based on working drawings
3. Design for mass production
   • Review concepts for proposed adaption of design brief in context of mass furniture production requirements
   • Present and review different solutions to satisfy requirements of design brief
   • Review sample maquette and prototypes against concept sketches
   • Review and compile final working drawings and specifications in readiness for mass production
   • Design concept for mass manufacture, considering available equipment and resources and other variables
4. Evaluate production requirements for mass production
   • Review and assess equipment capabilities and modify design brief based on available or obtainable equipment
   • Review and assess personnel capabilities and modify design brief based on assessed and available skills
   • Assess material or resource supply chain to workplace, set stock sizes and modify design brief based on availability of resources
   • Assess and review outsourcing opportunities using cost–benefit analysis
   • Review workflow methods, including consideration of work health and safety, and amend design brief or workflow methods to cater for mass production
   • Research and implement opportunities for innovation in mass production procedures in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Plan and organise manufacturing process, considering available equipment and resources and workplace procedures
   • Process material in accordance with manufacturing plan and work health and safety regulations
   • Produce jigs to assist with manufacturing components in accordance with work requirements
   • Produce components and prepare for assembly in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Assemble components based on working drawings
5. Finalise mass production
   • Finish final product in accordance with specifications
   • Evaluate final product for functionality and aesthetic appeal against design brief
   • Review mass production methodology in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Package and dispatch production run products in accordance with enterprise transport methods
   • Record and report on product anomalies resulting from mass production anomalies to appropriate personnel and in accordance with workplace procedures

Performance Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has completed the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, and demonstrated the ability to:

successfully design, or redesign, products suitable for mass production for one major and two minor projects, and in doing so:

apply research, analytical and mathematical skills to the identification and selection of materials and the selection of appropriate production and construction techniques for products

create innovative designs that satisfy the agreed parameters and consider, but are not limited by, other historical or contemporary influences

prepare and work through a design brief taking into account the requirements of mass production to fulfil the design brief and oversee a mass production run

review information provided and creatively generate proposals for a furnishing or similar product

apply elements and principles of design to designing for mass production in accordance with a design brief

evaluate the variations in costs associated with different production methods and production runs of different sizes.

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Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:

workplace and site standards, requirements, policies and procedures for designing for mass production

environmental protection requirements

established communication channels and protocols

relevant problem identification and resolution

elements and principles of design and their relationship with mass production practices, including:

ergonomics and aesthetic values

supply chain management

approaches to outsourcing arrangements

cost–benefit analysis methods

workplace resource audit techniques

types of tools and equipment and procedures for their safe use, operation and maintenance

characteristics of materials, products and defects and their relevance in a mass production environment

set-up and operation of furniture-making and related equipment

relevant computer programs, software and digital communication tools

product machining, assembly and finishing techniques

sketching and drawing techniques

storage systems and labelling relating to the packaging and dispatch of mass-produced items

procedures for the recording, reporting and maintenance of workplace records and information

appropriate mathematical procedures for estimation and measurement.

work instructions, operating procedures and inspection processes to:

minimise the risk of injury to self or others

prevent damage to goods, equipment and products

maintain required production output and product quality.

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