Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify work requirements
- Read work instructions and identify cutting requirements
- Identify and follow work health and safety requirements, using all required personal protective equipment
- Select and check required tools, equipment and materials for serviceability and safety prior to use
- Plan sequence of work to ensure cutting is conducted in a logical order
- Prepare for cutting
- Select glass cutting table and clear work surface of debris and dust
- Clear work area of obstructions and potential hazards and locate cullet bins close to work area
- Check glass for imperfections and damage prior to handling
- Relocate glass to be cut to the work area using correct manual handling procedures
- Accurately measure glass to minimise waste within specified tolerances in accordance with workplace standards
- Set and test equipment settings and safety controls in accordance with workplace standards
- Operate and monitor tools and in accordance with manufacturer instructions and workplace procedures to achieve required cuts within specified tolerances
- Make routine equipment, tool lubrication and adjustments in accordance with manufacturer instructions
- Identify and report problems to appropriate persons, and follow any authorised changes in working procedures
- Inspect completed product for compliance with quality and work order requirements and repair, reprocess or discard in accordance with workplace procedures
- Complete work
- Label and store processed glass in accordance with workplace procedures ensuring there are no projections
- Clean work area, safely dispose of rubbish and identify items for recycling in accordance with workplace procedures
- Remove and store tools, equipment and unused materials in accordance with workplace procedures
- Accurately complete required workplace documentation