MEM19015Perform jewellery enamelling

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What an assessment for MEM19015 must cover

48 assessable components: 4 elements (15 performance criteria), 9 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, drawings, job sheets or work instructions

2 Prepare items and materials for enamelling

  • 2.1Assess item materials and construction for enamelling suitability
  • 2.2Select appropriate enamelling technique and materials for the required outcome
  • 2.3Prepare enamels for enamelling operation
  • 2.4Prepare metal surfaces for enamelling
  • 2.5Carry out additional processing of item prior to enamelling

3 Enamel jewellery items

  • 3.1Set up equipment and items for firing
  • 3.2Enamel items to specification and complete firing process

4 Finish and inspect work

  • 4.1Apply final finishes
  • 4.2Check product for compliance to specifications
  • 4.3Identify and rectify faults
  • 4.4Record relevant job information

Performance evidence

  • following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
  • assessing items for construction and enamelling requirements
  • selecting enamelling technique and materials to suit job specification and design, item properties and construction
  • washing and grinding enamels, including cleaning, polishing, burnishing and pre-treating and pickling metals by hand
  • applying enamel to achieve required outcome and performing any additional process requirements prior to the firing process
  • setting up equipment to the correct temperature and positioning items for firing using appropriate work holding devices, and monitoring and gauging stages
  • removing from heat source at appropriate time to avoid over or under firing and applying final treatments and finishes, including final firing polishing, and checking item for conformance to specifications and design requirements
  • identifying causes of non-conformance and rectifying faults
  • recording job information in accordance with SOPs

Knowledge evidence

  • safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • enamels, base metals and properties relating to enamelling, enamelling techniques, firing techniques and work holding devices, faults and common rectification methods
  • factors for determining suitability for enamelling, including available enamelling compositions, firing temperatures, metal type and properties, and item construction
  • different enamelling techniques and terms
  • enamelling compositions and techniques and related to specific item properties and factors, such as metal type and properties, item construction and firing temperature
  • enamels and forms of availability for purchase, including leaded and unleaded, opaque and transparent
  • use of enamel colour chart to determine suitable colours
  • procedures for preparation of enamel powder
  • techniques for washing and grinding enamels and reasons for doing so
  • preparation of metal surfaces by hand cleaning, polishing, burnishing, chemical pre-treatment by acid, surface depletion methods and application to different metals
  • additional processing techniques, including stamping, engraving, saw piercing, chasing, oxidising and roller pressing
  • tools and equipment for processing and their uses
  • methods of applying enamels, including wet packing and dry dusting
  • melting temperatures of metals and enamels
  • work-holding devices
  • visual appearance of enamel at different stages of firing process
  • counter-enamelling techniques and reasons for doing so
  • cleaning and lapping processes between firing
  • different finishes and methods for achieving specific effects
  • masking out methods and final firing and polishing methods
  • features and factors for compliance from original specifications and job requirements
  • common enamelling faults, incorrect outcomes and their causes, including oxidation, staining and under or over firing
  • actions to rectify faults using standard techniques and methods
  • job data to be recorded and procedures to record data

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Questions about assessing MEM19015

What does an assessment tool for MEM19015 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEM19015 needs to address all 48 unit components: 4 elements with 15 performance criteria, 9 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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