Application
This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to fault find and maintains micro-mechanisms, and applies to watch and clock servicing and repair work within retail and manufacturer servicing environments.
This unit does not extend to adjusting indexing system for acoustic resonator watches, chronometer escapements and chronograph mechanisms.
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 | Dismantle and assess components | 2.1 | Dismantle micro-mechanism components for inspection using techniques and principles appropriate to the task |
2.2 | Assess overall condition of micro-mechanism | ||
2.3 | Inspect physical condition and operational functioning of components and verify with appropriate persons, as necessary | ||
2.4 | Identify faults, damage and non-serviceable components using tools, equipment and techniques appropriate to the task | ||
3 | Carry out maintenance | 3.1 | Lubricate and clean components to specification |
3.2 | Assemble, replace and install components to specification | ||
3.3 | Check components for correct operation and make required operational adjustments | ||
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. | |
Micro-mechanisms include one (1) or more of the following: | mechanical watches electric watches clocks of recent manufacture restoration pieces day and date systems automatic winding systems generating systems alarm mechanisms striking mechanisms chiming mechanisms |
Components include one (1) or more of the following: | power source wheel trains mechanical oscillating systems motion work calendar systems balance assembly bridges mainspring barrel winding mechanism canon pinion drive train shock resist system endshake sideshake escapement bearing surfaces electronic circuit power reserve |
Inspection includes observations of one (1) or more of the following: | clearances fits and adjustments functioning operation of systems performance analysis overall condition and damage to case evidence of toxic contamination, pollution, chemical waste and other contaminants |
Operational adjustments include one (1) or more of the following: | regulation beat balance amplitude rate power supply |
Appropriate persons include one (1) or more of the following: | customers supervisors managers suppliers technical experts colleagues |
Tools and equipment include one (1) or more of the following: | mechanical hand tools electronic equipment to measure amplitude and rate electronic timing equipment diagnostic equipment and tools |
Competency Field
Jewellery and horological