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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 customer requirements, specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2. Design or modify existing model
   • Set up workstation in accordance with specifications and workplace procedures
   • Design components to conform with model, using computer-aided design (CAD) or manual technique with reference to all relevant operations
   • Select materials, trims and colours
   • Produce models from appropriate materials to specifications
   • Ensure ongoing liaison occurs with relevant departments in workplace to ensure workability and marketability of design and availability of materials and resources, including workforce skills
3. Produce prototype
   • Modify or design existing model to translate design concept into 3-D
   • Coordinate making of prototype using sample patterns, relevant designed components and all relevant manufacturing processes
4. Test prototype
   • Liaise with other relevant departments in relation to practicality of design and cost of production, and predicted commercial success
   • Review prototype with customer specifications and customer, as appropriate
   • Make corrections, as necessary
   • Make samples for marketing or testing
5. Produce patterns
   • Create standard or master pattern from the mean form
   • Dissect standard to produce all working patterns, making adjustments for enterprise procedures and materials used to create patterns
   • Derive patterns from the master pattern allowing for adjustments, as required
   • Prepare and store documentation

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, industry codes and standards, 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
Leather products include one or more of the following:	clothing bags accessories saddles and saddlery components
Australian Standards include:	the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken
WHS practices	WHS practices must include hazard identification and control, risk assessment and implementation of risk reduction measures specific to the tasks described by this unit, and include one or more of the following: manual handling techniques PPE safe materials handling ergonomic arrangement of workplaces following marked walkways safe storage of equipment housekeeping reporting accidents and incidents other WHS practices relevant to the job and enterprise

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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, industry codes and standards

planning and coordinating complicated designs, that consist of at least four (4) components, and prototype operations in line with specifications, customer requirements and work deadlines

preparing equipment and work prior to commencing operations

using computer-aided design (CAD) or manual techniques to design components to conform with model

selecting appropriate materials

liaising with other relevant departments to determine practicality of design, cost of production and predicted commercial success

producing prototypes for at least two (2) different products, using appropriate manufacturing processes over the full range of operations

reviewing prototype with customer specifications and customer

making samples for marketing and testing and correcting, as necessary

producing working patterns for at least two (2) different leather products.

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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)

manufacturing focus of the enterprise

manufacturing capacity, skill capacity, and tool or equipment base of workplace

materials and properties and their reaction to manufacturing processes

pattern design and prototype construction

CAD and manual techniques used in the design phase

quality standards and handling procedures

work health and safety (WHS) and environmental aspects of relevant processes

relevant federal and state or territory legislative or regulatory requirements

recording and reporting procedures.

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