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Evidence Guide: MEM19061 - Carve and polish gemstones

Student: __________________________________________________

Signature: _________________________________________________

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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MEM19061 - Carve and polish gemstones

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

Determine job requirements

  1. Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  2. Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  3. Identify job requirements from specifications
Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)

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

Completed
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Identify job requirements from specifications

Completed
Date:

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Prepare to carve stone

  1. Review available pieces of rough gemstone to determine the suitability or necessity for carving
  2. Assess the potential of pieces of gemstone for carving based on the characteristics of the stone
  3. Clean the stone, removing foreign materials and eliminating faults
  4. Discuss the potential for enhancing stone with colleagues and client
  5. Determine the approach to be taken to achieve the potential of the stone and maximise the value of the finished product
  6. Select carving tools and equipment needed to achieve the desired result
  7. Select consumables for grinding and polishing the carving
  8. Grind stone to desired shape using high speed fine grit burr working through several grades
  9. Polish entire carving with suitable polishing compound to job requirements
  10. Use magnification to check the finished carving for faults and conformance to industry standards and rectify if necessary
Review available pieces of rough gemstone to determine the suitability or necessity for carving

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assess the potential of pieces of gemstone for carving based on the characteristics of the stone

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clean the stone, removing foreign materials and eliminating faults

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discuss the potential for enhancing stone with colleagues and client

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Determine the approach to be taken to achieve the potential of the stone and maximise the value of the finished product

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select carving tools and equipment needed to achieve the desired result

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select consumables for grinding and polishing the carving

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grind stone to desired shape using high speed fine grit burr working through several grades

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Polish entire carving with suitable polishing compound to job requirements

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use magnification to check the finished carving for faults and conformance to industry standards and rectify if necessary

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

Comments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge