Application
This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to use hammer and power hammer tools and formers, apply hammer forging techniques and operate heating devices.
Equipment used does not include drop and upset machinery, vacuum furnaces or rolling and extruding mill machinery.
Where the interpretation of technical drawings is required unit MEM09002 Interpret technical drawing should also be selected.
Where the selection and use of engineering measurement is required unit MEM12023 Perform engineering measurements should also be selected.
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: 4
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, sketches, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Select material | 2.1 | Select material for use with specific tools and formers |
2.2 | Make material calculations using volumes and weights that include provision for thermal expansion/contraction, oxidisation and shrinkage | ||
3 | Use hammer tools and formers | 3.1 | Select and use hammer tools and formers for specific forging techniques |
3.2 | Set up and operate forging machine | ||
4 | Apply hammer forging techniques | 4.1 | Select and apply appropriate hammer forging technique |
4.2 | Recognised defects and take appropriate action for rectification | ||
4.3 | Apply correct techniques to the handling of hot metal with regard to balancing and pivoting | ||
4.4 | Apply the correct heating process | ||
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, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. | |
Materials include one (1) or more of the following: | low/high carbon steels alloys stainless steel lead |
Material calculations include one (1) or more of the following: | thermal expansion/contraction material wastage |
Hammer tools and formers include one (1) or more of the following: | flatters set hammers hot/cold sets ball peen hammer swages |
Defects include one (1) or more of the following: | galls fins shrinkage oxidisation |
Heating process includes one (1) or more of the following: | diesel electric and gas furnaces coke fires gaseous oxygen/fuel equipment |
Competency Field
Forging