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Evidence Guide: MEM04003 - Operate pressure die casting machine

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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MEM04003 - Operate pressure die casting machine

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Monitor furnace

  1. Maintain furnace at optimum operating condition
  2. Shut down furnace following SOPs
Maintain furnace at optimum operating condition

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Shut down furnace following SOPs

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Determine job requirements

  1. Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)

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Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times

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Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs

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Identify job requirements from specifications, job sheets or work instructions

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Conduct pre-operational checks

  1. Conduct start-up procedure
Conduct start-up procedure

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Adjust the shot size if required

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Check nitrogen and/or vacuum systems if applicable

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Undertake a functional check of the picking robot, and adjust the component gripper if required

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Adjust die spray nozzles

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Carry out planning to ensure efficient flow of finished product

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Operate machine to produce castings

  1. Apply appropriate knowledge of die casting process to the operation, adjustment and monitoring of machine functions
Apply appropriate knowledge of die casting process to the operation, adjustment and monitoring of machine functions

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Operate a die casting machine to SOPs, including maintenance of liquid metal and die operating conditions

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Break runners off in an appropriate manner

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Inspect castings visually for defects

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Handle castings in a manner that minimises risk of damage to the casting and injury to personnel

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Produce first-off castings, inspect visually and submit for checking against job requirements

  1. Maintain furnace at optimum operating condition
Maintain furnace at optimum operating condition

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Shut down furnace following SOPs

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge
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.

Plan for efficient flow of finished product includes one (1) or more of the following:

breaking off runners

stacking baskets

bins

conveyors

Defects include one (1) or more of the following:

porosity

cracks

tears

splits

sinks

cold shuts

tinning and die surface crazing