Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify work requirements
- Read work instructions and identify job requirements
- Identify and follow work health and safety requirements, using all required personal protective equipment
- Determine quality standards and identify procedures in accordance with workplace requirements and industry standards
- Plan sequence of work to ensure processing is conducted in a logical order
- Prepare for work
- Identify components and controls of machines, including emergency stops and guards, and take appropriate action if not in working order in accordance with workplace procedures
- Accurately calculate and enter information required by machine for required process
- Clear work area of obstructions and potential hazards
- Identify and locate glass to be processed and check for imperfections and damage using appropriate handling techniques
- Conduct processing operations
- Operate and monitor machines in accordance with manufacturer instructions and workplace procedures to ensure correct product quality and output
- Make required routine lubrication and adjustments of machines and/or equipment
- Identify problems occurring during work operations and report to appropriate persons in accordance with workplace procedures, and follow any authorised changes in working procedures
- Inspect completed product for quality of work and repair, reprocess or discard in accordance with workplace procedures.
- Complete work
- Label processed glass and store 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