Application
This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to transfer designs and construct jewellery components or single-piece items.
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 | Transfer designs and produce 2-D patterns | 2.1 | Identify design features and requirements |
2.2 | Prepare work pieces for drawing transfer | ||
2.3 | Transfer accurate representations of component specifications onto templates or work pieces with minimal material wastage | ||
2.4 | Produce patterns or blanks to specification | ||
3 | Form and finish components or item | 3.1 | Follow design markings to form component or item and ensure conformity to design requirements |
3.2 | Select appropriate tools and equipment for forming, joining and finishing | ||
3.3 | Join components or formed items according to specifications | ||
3.4 | Finish components or items to specification | ||
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. | |
Forming methods include one (1) or more of the following: | cutting folding bending curving dapping |
Joining methods include one (1) or more of the following: | brazing silver soldering riveting |
Finishing processes include one (1) or more of the following: | filing emery finishing basic polishing |
Transfer methods include the use of one (1) or more of the following: | direct transfer copied to template and adhered to work piece carbon paper tracing |
Transfer tools include one (1) or more of the following: | permanent pen scriber freehand compass dividers chinagraph pencil carbon paper |
Tools and equipment include one (1) or more of the following: | compass dividers rules squares spring gauges vernier calipers piercing saw files drill press pedestal drill polishing equipment and compounds ultrasonic cleaner |
Metals and consumables include one (1) or more of the following: | precious metals non-precious metals solders fluxes drills blades polishing compounds cleaning materials finishing materials adhesives |
Competency Field
Jewellery and horological