The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Context of manufactured product design | The context for product design activity may include: budget and market considerations technological advantages/disadvantages of materials, equipment and suppliers resources supply (e.g. materials, labour and skills) sustainability issues relevant to design task (e.g. WHS, risk management, standards and codes of practice) |
Planning processes | Planning processes may include: establishing design parameters and design criteria contributing to the negotiation and advice process preliminary planning, design investigations and costing identifying design, development, prototyping activities and skills requirements planning and scheduling design activities improving, adjusting and rescheduling as required by emergency contingencies and constraints |
Design process | Designing as a systematic process includes: establish design parameters and criteria research, measurement, experimentation and investigation generate ideas and develop proposals synthesis, problem solving and decision making, and addressing constraints apply scientific principles, calculation and graphics, prototyping and mock-up techniques evaluate solutions against design criteria review and revision of design in consultation with stakeholders finalise design and sign-off |
Design criteria | Design criteria include: function aesthetics manufacturability and maintainability marketability sustainability, including life cycle analysis cost constraints on costs of design, development, tooling up, manufacture, marketing and distribution ergonomics and anthropometrics and physiology facilities, plant and skills available safety and risk |
Analysis | Analysis may include: product and component performance requirements assessment against manufacturing capability of organisation failure mode effects and risk static and dynamic analysis of loads the stresses and deformations resulting graphical and mathematical methods and software options suitability of materials for purpose and manufacturing process |
Sustainability | Sustainability is used to mean the entire sustainable performance of the organisation/plant, including: meeting all regulatory requirements conforming to all industry covenants, protocols and best practice guides minimising ecological and environmental footprint of process, plant and product maximising economic benefit of process plant and product to the organisation and the community minimising the negative WHS impact on employees, community and customer |
Life cycle assessment | Life cycle analysis can be used to improve sustainability of products and services. It may be applied to: all aspects of manufacture of a single product the entire operations of an organisation a particular aspect of operations, such as environmental implications |
Appropriate licensed technical and professional assistance | Appropriate licensed technical and professional assistance may include: technical support and advice relating to elements which have intrinsic dangers, such as: high pressure energised fluid vessels high temperatures and heat energy capacity wiring with high current control voltages above extra low voltage professional support for technologies, such as: specialist electric motor drives and controllers specialist materials, plastics, metal alloys and nano materials special processes, foundry, alloy welding, heat treatment, sealing and fastening |
WHS, regulatory requirements and enterprise procedures | WHS, regulatory requirements and enterprise procedures may include: WHS Acts and regulations relevant standards industry codes of practice risk assessments registration requirements safe work practices state and territory regulatory requirements |
Standards and codes | Standards and codes refer to all relevant Australian and international standards and codes applicable to the design task |
Systems thinking | Systems thinking refers to the conduct of engineering work in a manner that demonstrates knowledge of how the interaction of different technical systems on equipment, machinery or structures, as well as the skills and techniques of personnel, combine to perform or support engineering-related operations, processes or projects. It embraces determining or establishing how the function of each technical system or component, as well as the skills and techniques of personnel, effects or potentially may effect, outcomes. Systems should be interpreted broadly within the context of the organisation and depending on the project or operation can include equipment, related facilities, material, software, internal services and personnel, and other organisations in the value chain |
Product manufacturability | Design for manufacture includes consideration of manufacturing processes and plant, such as the use of group technologies. Manufacturability may be enhanced by concurrent product and process design. |
Prototyping | Prototyping may include: mock-ups, physical and virtual modelling with post-processing for computer numeric control (CNC) and rapid prototyping |