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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify required materials and equipment
   • Interpret product specifications
   • Identify required materials, including additives
   • Identify trade names for required product
   • Determine quantity of materials required for product
   • Identify required equipment, including handling, control and material preparation equipment
2. Locate materials and equipment
   • Locate required materials, equipment and machinery
   • Mark items off on check list as required
   • Identify non-conformances and report as required
   • Identify and prepare appropriate holding area
3. Assemble materials and equipment
   • Use good manual handling practices
   • Follow work health and safety (WHS) and other relevant procedures
   • Collect and organise materials in a manner that ensures storage compatibility
   • Visually check materials according to procedures
   • Collect holding sample according to procedures
   • Record details of specification and sample as required
4. Organise internal workplace delivery of materials/ equipment as required
   • Organise placement of material to required locations using enterprise procedures
   • Notify and confirm delivery in accordance with enterprise requirements/procedures
   • Follow workplace procedures as required by enterprise
5. Store materials for production as required
   • Identify storage requirements
   • Check holding area conditions meet material requirements
   • Store materials as required for production and to meet health and safety needs
   • Complete required workplace documentation/records
6. Respond to routine problems to procedures
   • Recognise known problems that occur during the operation
   • Identify and take action on causes of routine problems
   • Log problems as required
   • Identify non-routine process and quality problems and take appropriate action

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.
Regulatory framework	The latest version of all legislation, regulations, industry codes of practice and Australian/international standards, or the version specified by the local regulatory authority, must be used. Applicable legislation, regulations, standards and codes of practice include: health, safety and environmental (HSE) legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to the workplace, manual handling and hazardous materials Australian/international standards relevant to the materials being used and products being made any relevant licence and certification requirements. All operations to which this unit applies are subject to stringent HSE requirements, which may be imposed through state/territory or federal legislation, and these must not be compromised at any time. Where there is an apparent conflict between performance criteria and such requirements the legislative requirements take precedence.
Procedures	All operations must be performed in accordance with relevant procedures. Procedures are written, verbal, visual, computer-based or in some other form, and include one or any combination of: emergency procedures work instructions standard operating procedures (SOPs) safe work method statements (SWMS) formulas/recipes batch sheets temporary instructions any similar instructions provided for the smooth running of the plant.
Tools and equipment	Tools and equipment include one or more of: hand carts and trolleys knives and other bag opening equipment hoists/lifting equipment not requiring any special permits or licences bung spanners and similar basic hand tools required for opening of material packaging relevant personal protective equipment (PPE).
Problems	Routine problems must be resolved by applying known solutions. Routine problems are predictable and include one or more of: equipment malfunction non-supply or incorrect supply of materials use of incorrect materials variations in materials contamination of materials incorrect quantity of materials/additives. Known solutions are drawn from one or more of: procedures training remembered experience. Non-routine problems must be reported according to according to relevant procedures.
Hazards	Hazards must be identified and controlled. Identifying hazards requires consideration of: heat, smoke, dust, vapours or other atmospheric hazards hazardous products and materials sharp edges, protrusions or obstructions slippery surfaces, spills or leaks electricity gas gases and liquids under pressure structural hazards equipment failures rotational equipment or vibration machinery, equipment and product mass limited head spaces or overhangs working at heights working in restricted or confined spaces other hazards that might arise.

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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 demonstrate the ability to:

read and interpret procedures, job specifications, material labels and safety data sheets (SDS)

select and use tools and equipment to meet job specifications

locate and organise delivery of required materials and equipment

sequence and arrange placement of materials and equipment for production

store materials according to requirements

identify hazards and apply relevant hazard controls

apply safety procedures

apply housekeeping procedures

apply waste management procedures

recognise routine and non-routine problems

identify when the operator is able to rectify faults, when assistance is required and who is the appropriate source for assistance

take action to resolve faults or report faults to appropriate personnel

distinguish between possible causes of routine faults, including:

raw material variations

contamination of raw material

process problems

mechanical abnormalities

misreading labels, instructions, safety data sheets

communicate effectively with team/work group and supervisors

complete workplace records

do basic arithmetical manipulations including additions, subtractions, divisions, fractions and percentages.

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Knowledge Evidence

Must provide evidence that demonstrates knowledge relevant to their job sufficient to operate under routine only supervision and to solve routine problems, including knowledge of:

types and application of common polymer materials

definitions of thermoplastics and thermosetting materials

trade names of common plastic materials

formulas of common plastics

common end use examples of plastics and common family names

routine and non-routine problems that may arise, the range of possible causes and processes to develop solutions

impact of incorrect or faulty materials

organisation procedures relevant to the work environment/job role

hierarchy of control

hazards that may arise in the job/work environment and:

their possible causes

potential consequences

appropriate risk controls.

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