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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to cut single layer fabrics
   • Identify job and equipment requirements from work order
2. Select and lay out fabrics according work order and workplace procedures
3. Inspect fabrics for flaws, design features affecting job requirements and required finish
4. Select suitable scissors and blades and check prior to use for required sharpness, set, operation and safe condition
5. Undertake cutting process
   • Mark out measurements for pleat lines, hems, headings and special seam allowances using workplace-approved methods
6. Cut fabric according to work health and safety (WHS) requirements, job requirements, workplace procedures and material characteristics
7. Hang fabric using required protective covers and attached care label information
8. Finish and dispatch work
   • Check that completed work complies with quality and work order requirements, and rectify identified deficiencies within scope of own role
9. Dispatch cut lengths according to workplace procedures
10. Collect and store material that can be re-used, and dispose of waste safely and sustainably according to workplace procedures
11. Clean work area and equipment, and tag damaged tools and equipment
12. Complete required workplace records according to workplace procedures

Performance Evidence

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

accurately measure and cut fabric quantities to minimise waste and produce consistent quality items for at least five different work orders; each work order must relate to one of the following types of products:

curtain

cushion

drape

swag

upholstered furniture component.

Each of the above work orders must require a different type of fabric and number of items to be cut. One work order must require lining or interlining, and one hanging cut fabric.

In the course of completing each of the above five work orders, the person must:

interpret work order and locate required materials, tools and equipment

apply safe handling procedures

follow work instructions and safe operating and inspection procedures to:

minimise risk of injury to self and others

prevent damage to materials, equipment and products

maintain required production output and quality

use personal protective equipment (PPE)

identify special marking out requirements

use and dispose of waste sustainably

avoid backtracking, work flow interruptions and wastage

identify and resolve routine problems and faults encountered

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Knowledge Evidence

There must be evidence the candidate has knowledge of:

work health and safety (WHS) requirements to observe when cutting fabrics:

ergonomic criteria

personal protection requirements

work order requirements, and industry-accepted quality indicators and requirements, relating to the cutting process described in performance evidence:

safety considerations and potential dangers associated with cutting equipment

operation of work systems

environmental requirements of cutting operations

work flow requirements for cutting process

layout and key features of work order requirements relating to cutting single layer fabrics:

required fabrics

number of items to be cut

fabric sizes to be cut

required allowances

required equipment

workplace standards

workplace procedures for:

selecting and laying out fabrics

marking out measurements for pleat lines, hems, headings and special seam allowances

inspecting fabric types for flaws

identifying design features affecting job requirements

identifying and labelling cut-out materials

selecting and using cutting equipment:

blades

cutting machines

scissors

cutting out and labelling materials

hanging fabrics

checking tools and equipment and tagging damaged items

effect of cutting on fabrics

use of material features in realising attractive use of fabric patterns:

face of materials

naps

direction

pattern matches

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