Application
This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to maintain tools and dies.
It covers identifying and analysing defects in tooling, disassembling and assessing tooling components, manufacturing or repairing tooling components to conform to specifications, and assembling tooling components. Potential production/maintenance problems are also identified.
Where simple maintenance not requiring precision repair is required unit MEM18006 Perform precision fitting of engineering components should be selected.
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, drawings, job sheets or work instructions | ||
2 | Identify and analyse defects in tooling | 2.1 | Determine defects from production components produced, production reports or tool inspections |
2.2 | Plan sequence of maintenance operations | ||
3 | Disassemble and assess tooling components | 3.1 | Disassemble tooling and assess condition of components against prints, drawings and manufacturers' drawings |
3.2 | Replace/recondition worn/damaged parts | ||
4 | Manufacture/repair and assemble tooling components | 4.1 | Obtain materials to meet tooling requirements |
4.2 | Select and use appropriate hand and hand held power tools | ||
4.3 | Choose appropriate machining process from a range of standard tool room machines | ||
4.4 | Set machining parameters to produce components to specification | ||
4.5 | Initiate heat treatment according to specification, where appropriate | ||
4.6 | Check tooling components and assemble in conformance with specifications and procedures | ||
4.7 | Check production components to ensure compliance to specifications, as required | ||
5 | Identify potential production/ maintenance problems | 5.1 | Identify and record conditions leading to tooling failure |
5.2 | Identify recurrent faults and initiate solutions | ||
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. | |
Tooling includes one (1) or more of the following: | press tools plastic moulds forging dies die casting jigs fixtures gauges |
Tool room equipment includes one (1) or more of the following: | lathes mills grinders hand and power tools used for precision work |
Competency Field
Maintenance and diagnostics