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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 dye footwear or leather
   • Inspect shoes or leather product and advise customer on repair requirements and costs prior to commencing repair
   • Prepare and review job sheet to ensure all requirements are included
   • Asses leather, fabric or material composition and finish of shoe or product to determine requirement for stripping and dyeing
   • Strip back surface to original form using appropriate technique, processes or materials to remove dirt and polish
   • Apply preparing agent and mask areas not to be dyed, using appropriate masking technique
3. Prepare and apply dye
   • Select colour of dye, finish, stain, or paint to match original requirements
   • Prepare stain, dye, finish or paint in compliance with job sheet and client requirements
   • Use relevant application method to apply dye, stain, finish or paint by hand or spray can or spray gun to ensure adequate coverage and standard
   • Dry product, as required
4. Finish shoe or leather product
   • Apply leather dressing to seal product, as required
   • Finish shoe or product, including buffing and polishing
   • Check, package, bag and label product consistent with workplace requirements
   • Record outcomes

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
Footwear leather and fabrics include one or more of the following:	leather, such as: calf cow hide kid goat buffalo kangaroo reptile sheep ostrich emu pig fabrics, such as: satin silk taffeta rubber cork metal thermo plastic rubber (TPR)
Application methods include one or more of the following:	hand can machine sprayers

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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

liaising with customer to check work order and confirm costs

assessing dyeing requirements

applying hand and machine stripping, preparing and dyeing techniques on at least three (3) different footwear or other leather product surfaces to meet quality and enterprise standards

selecting colour of dye, finish, stain, or paint to match original requirements

selecting, preparing and using relevant application method to apply dye, stain, finish or paint by hand or spray can or spray gun to ensure adequate coverage and standard

matching colours

applying leather dressing to seal product as required, and finishing shoe or product, including buffing and polishing

checking, packaging, bagging and labelling product consistent with workplace requirements

recording outcomes.

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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

range and characteristics and use of pigments, dyes, colours, stains, finishes and paints, and their safe application and disposal

characteristics of typical leathers, fabrics, and other materials used in shoe construction and their reaction to strippers, dyes and stains

colour matching techniques

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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