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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine job requirements
   • Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
   • Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
   • Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
   • Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Prepare to perform maintenance or repair
   • Assess or examine garment to determine requirements for maintenance or repair
   • Calculate costs to determine feasibility of repair
   • Prepare garment in appropriate manner for maintenance or repair
   • Assemble materials and equipment required for the task
3. Undertake maintenance or repair
   • Assess or organise cleaning or laundering of garment, where necessary
   • Repair garment to restore garment to optimum condition in accordance with workplace procedures
   • Prepare garment for storage, where appropriate
   • Maintain records and prepare reports, where necessary, in accordance with workplace procedures

Range Statement

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Workplace procedures include one or more of the following:	requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions oral, written and visual communication quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output housekeeping tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recycling WHS practices
Australian Standards include:	the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken
Maintenance includes one or more of the following:	spot cleaning determining dry cleaning or laundering requirements preparation for storage
Repair includes one or more of the following:	invisible mending complex repairs

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria, and include:

reading and following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs), safe work practices

applying relevant standards

assessing at least ten (10) garments or fabric types and determining required maintenance or repair

calculating costs

assessing or organising cleaning or laundering of garment, where necessary

repairing and restoring at least ten (10) garments or fabric types to optimum condition, using a range of maintenance and repair techniques, in accordance with workplace procedures

preparing garment for storage, where appropriate

maintaining records and preparing reports, where necessary, in accordance with workplace procedures.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence must be provided that demonstrates knowledge of:

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

relevant Australian Standards

characteristics of fibres and fabrics

variety of fabrics/materials and how they react to laundering, dry cleaning or spot cleaning

appropriate testing procedures

cleaning agents and the effect they have on a range of fabrics/materials, including those that are fragile and easily damaged

garment repair techniques and their application

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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