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MEM08019 — Electroplate protective finishes

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What an assessment for MEM08019 must cover

47 assessable components: 5 elements (18 performance criteria), 5 performance evidence and 24 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, job sheets or work instructions

2 Select treatments and processes/equipment for producing protective finishes

  • 2.1Select treatment processes appropriate to the work requirements
  • 2.2Select process parameters to achieve required finish
  • 2.3Select appropriate equipment to achieve specified finish, as required

3 Monitor and control protective finish processes and operating conditions

  • 3.1Set operating/process parameters necessary to produce required protective finish/specifications
  • 3.2Monitor and confirm surface condition of finished components and identify abnormalities
  • 3.3Take corrective actions to rectify non-conforming conditions
  • 3.4Carry out pre-treatment processes, where applicable

4 Maintain solutions for protective finishes

  • 4.1Check solution compositions and confirm to specification/operating range
  • 4.2Identify adjustment requirements/additions
  • 4.3Make additions to adjust solution composition to correct operating range
  • 4.4Carry out purification procedures, as necessary
  • 4.5Maintain anodes to ensure correct operation

5 Maintain equipment for protective finishes

  • 5.1Check performance of ancillary equipment and take remedial action, as necessary
  • 5.2Maintain electrical contacts, anode condition and process transfer equipment

Performance evidence

  • following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
  • determining the correct electroplating treatment, method and process for a range of ferrous and non-ferrous components to have a protective coating applied
  • selecting, setting up and using electroplating equipment and masking up components to be plated, as necessary
  • carrying out the electroplating process, monitoring solutions and other parameters, adjusting as necessary to meet the specified surface finish
  • cleaning and maintaining electroplating equipment, reporting any faults.

Knowledge evidence

  • safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • effects of plating process on different materials
  • basic principles of chemistry, electro chemistry and metallurgy related to the process, including:
  • importance of maintaining satisfactory electrical contact
  • methods for detecting unsatisfactory contact
  • effects of build-up on cathode contacts
  • properties of different base materials
  • different pre-treatment processes and their application
  • process parameters and their relation to each other
  • differences between chromate conversion coatings
  • types of defects, their causes and related corrective actions
  • mechanical/chemical pre-treatment processes
  • purpose and application of simple tests including ph and concentration
  • operating parameters of solutions, including temperature, agitation rate and similar parameters
  • acceptable appearances for each stage of the electroplating operation and common abnormalities
  • application of different equipment to the type of work processed and correct operation and cleaning requirements, including cleaning filters
  • solutions, solution compositions and operating ranges for processes relative to protective finishes, including cleaning/pre-treatment, electroplating and post-treatment
  • procedures for testing plate thickness
  • safe working procedures for handling chemicals relative to protective finishes and for safely adding to baths
  • procedures for measuring out materials, including use of scales and volumetric measurement devices
  • level of impurities and permissible limits, effects of impurities and purification procedures for protective finish solutions
  • different anode arrangements, including use of baskets and bags, and conforming anodes
  • correct operation of anodes and appropriate remedial action
  • effect of maintenance schedules on plant performance and performance requirements and basic maintenance checks for rectifier, bus bars, agitation, heating/cooling, extraction and tank linings.

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What does an assessment tool for MEM08019 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEM08019 needs to address all 47 unit components: 5 elements with 18 performance criteria, 5 performance evidence requirements, 24 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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