Application
This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to perform advanced manual heating, thermal cutting, gouging and shaping to produce complex internal and external profiles.
Items are cut, shaped or gouged by a variety of methods to satisfy predetermined shape, size and surface finish specifications.
Where the selection and use of tools is required unit MEM18001 Use hand tools, and unit MEM18002 Use power tools/hand held operations, should also be selected as appropriate.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Band: A
Unit Weight: 2
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. | ||
1 | Determine job requirements | 1.1 | Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs) |
1.2 | Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times | ||
1.3 | Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs | ||
1.4 | Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Select and set up equipment for manual thermal cutting, gouging and shaping | 2.1 | Select appropriate cutting process and procedure for material being worked |
2.2 | Select and assemble appropriate accessories and equipment | ||
2.3 | Ensure equipment is in safe working condition | ||
2.4 | Set up equipment following SOPs | ||
3 | Perform hand held thermal cutting and shaping | 3.1 | Follow equipment start-up procedures |
3.2 | Cut material to specifications | ||
3.3 | Identify cutting defects and take corrective action in accordance with SOPs | ||
3.4 | Remove material with minimum loss of sound metal | ||
3.5 | Check final shape/profile/surface finish for compliance with specifications | ||
Foundation Skills
This section describes those required skills (reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy) that are essential to workplace performance in this unit of competency.
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
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. | |
Methods include one (1) or more of the following: | oxy acetylene oxy/hydrogen plasma carbon arc |
Cutting and shaping equipment includes the following: | gas cylinders hoses blowpipes tips and nozzles regulators flashback arrestors |
Competency Field
Fabrication