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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 cut leather
   • Set up workstation according to specifications and workplace procedures
   • Select cutting equipment and patterns and prepare according to specified work and sizes, and manufacturer instructions
   • Collect, sort and lay out materials in preparation for cutting
   • Routinely clean and maintain cutting board
   • Identify problems or faults with patterns, knives and cutting boards and refer for repair
   • Assess the leather for scars, marks and faults that impact on cutting
   • Assess and sort leather to comply with requirements of different jobs and pattern pieces
3. Cut leather by hand
   • Use cutting knives and patterns to minimise waste
   • Identify scars, marks and fault areas of high-quality leather and position patterns accordingly
   • Position patterns to allow for identified flaws, nap of suede or other grain or print characteristics of leather
   • Use cutting techniques to match pattern shape, size and leather quality
   • Cut pieces precisely to size, and colour code, size and colour match
4. Check quality of finished product
   • Check finished products against job specifications and workplace quality standards
   • Address fault or irregularities
   • Maintain records of work

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
Leather includes one or more of the following:	buffalo cow calf kid kangaroo deer fish reptile emu

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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

preparing equipment and materials before commencing operations

applying techniques at least five (5) times, including over the full range of cutting operations

identifying faults in equipment and different types of leather

positioning patterns to allow for identified flaws, nap of suede or other grain or print characteristics of leather

rectifying redeemable faults

adhering to the quality requirements of the enterprise

planning and coordinating complicated cutting operations

checking work against work specifications and enterprise standards

applying workplace procedures

maintaining accurate records.

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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

equipment required for both complicated and uncomplicated leather cutting operations

cutting board maintenance

leather types, their qualities and principles of cutting

leather cutting techniques

recognition of faults, scars and marks that impact on leather cutting

use of patterns

enterprise standards

quality standards and practices

workplace procedures

recording and reporting practices.

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