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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 re-cover footwear
   • Inspect shoes, identify repair materials and advise customer on costs prior to commencing shoe repair
   • Prepare and review job sheet to ensure all requirements are included
   • Determine appropriate method of re-covering the shoe and select, check and prepare appropriate tools and materials
   • Strip down shoe to separate upper, heel block and sole unit without causing damage to the shoe components
3. Make patterns and secure fabric
   • Mask heel block using appropriate masking process
   • Cut out, check and adjust pattern as required
   • Cover upper using appropriate masking technique
   • Cut out material to match patterns, specifications and client requirements
   • Secure fabric to upper
   • Re-last the underneath of the shoe
4. Finish and check shoe
   • Reattach heel to the sole
   • Secure sole using appropriate securing process
   • Check cover for fit and finish and make adjustments as appropriate
   • Ink, clean, polish and finish off sole and heels to match original shoe colour as close as possible
   • Package, label and store re-covered shoes and maintain records

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

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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

inspecting shoes, identifying repair materials and advising customer on costs prior to commencing shoe repair

determining appropriate method of recovering shoe, and selecting, checking and preparing appropriate tools and materials

stripping down shoe to separate upper, heel block and sole unit without causing damage to the shoe components

making patterns of shoe components, and cutting and securing fabric

re-covering shoes to meet quality and enterprise standards on at least two (2) occasions

securing fabric and assembling shoe components

checking cover for fit and finish and making adjustments as appropriate

inking, cleaning, polishing and finishing off sole and heels to match original shoe colour as close as possible

packaging, labelling and storing repaired shoes and maintaining 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

full range of footwear styles and their structure and construction

characteristics and use of adhesives and primers and their safe application and disposal

characteristics of typical leathers, fabrics, and other materials used in shoe construction and repair

quality standards and leather handling procedures

general industry housekeeping policies and procedures

quality practices

workplace procedures

practices for recording and reporting.

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