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MEM05087 — Write basic NC/CNC programs for thermal cutting machines

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What an assessment for MEM05087 must cover

34 assessable components: 3 elements (15 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 13 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Determine job requirements

  • 1.1Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • 1.2Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  • 1.3Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  • 1.4Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions

2 Write basic NC/CNC machine program

  • 2.1Identify machine safety features
  • 2.2Check alignment of material to machine cutting head/s and datum points
  • 2.3Select appropriate program elements for machine controller
  • 2.4Interpret engineering drawings to define basic machine function and cutting path geometry
  • 2.5Accurately calculate co-ordinates for cutting path
  • 2.6Write program in standard code format in accordance with procedures

3 Write NC/CNC operation sheet and trial program

  • 3.1Produce operation sheets to specification in accordance with SOPs
  • 3.2Operate machine in manual mode to test and prove program
  • 3.3Edit program to adjust operation based on testing outcome
  • 3.4Check components for compliance to specification
  • 3.5Save final program and complete operation sheets and records in accordance with SOPs

Performance evidence

  • follow work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
  • identify and interpret job specifications, engineering drawings, and other applicable work instructions for information relevant to writing basic numerical control (NC) and/or computer numerical control (CNC) programs for thermal cutting machines
  • interpret basic NC/CNC thermal cutting machines controller elements which do not require programming using canned cycles and sub-routines
  • write a basic program in standard code format by interpreting drawings to define basic machine function and cutting path geometry and calculating co-ordinates for cutting path and producing operation sheets to specifications on at least two occasions
  • trial and edit basic programs by operating machine in manual mode to test and prove program and adjusting operation as required on at least two occasions
  • check components for compliance against specifications.

Knowledge evidence

  • safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • elements of a basic NC/CNC program
  • function of elements in controlling the operation of an NC/CNC machine
  • types of NC/CNC thermal cutting and welding machines and their applications
  • thermal cutting operations controlled by a program
  • cutting paths to be followed when cutting a part or product and the reasons for selecting cutting paths and sequence of operations
  • zero point of the NC/CNC machine
  • standard codes, applications and procedures used in the writing of NC/CNC programs
  • procedures and information to be included for completing NC/CNC operation sheets
  • procedures for manual operation of the NC/CNC machine and reasons for testing and proving the NC/CNC program
  • procedures for editing the NC/CNC program via the machine controller
  • effects of editing on the operation of the NC/CNC machine and the part or product to be cut
  • measuring equipment and techniques used to check for conformance to specification.

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