MEM23133Evaluate rapid tooling applications

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What an assessment for MEM23133 must cover

61 assessable components: 4 elements (17 performance criteria), 9 performance evidence and 35 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 scope of rapid tooling application

  • 1.1Identify technologies, including software, used or proposed, in rapid tooling application
  • 1.2Confirm stakeholders to be consulted on evaluation
  • 1.3Confirm that appropriate support, including technical and professional assistance, is available
  • 1.4Identify market context for rapid manufacturing product
  • 1.5Identify relevant work health and safety (WHS) and regulatory requirements, standards, codes of practice, risk management and organisational procedures

2 Identify principles and techniques required for evaluation of rapid tooling application

  • 2.1Determine principles and techniques required to evaluate and optimise rapid tooling process and application
  • 2.2Select appropriate analysis and development software and software validation techniques

3 Evaluate rapid tooling application

  • 3.1Evaluate WHS and regulatory compliance requirements and risk management practices of rapid tooling processes
  • 3.2Assess tooling and rapid tooling processes for sustainability
  • 3.3Assess effectiveness of software used for tool design, rapid tooling process control and process optimisation
  • 3.4Review suitability of facilities, services and plant for rapid tooling processes
  • 3.5Evaluate suitability of materials used in rapid tooling process
  • 3.6Evaluate tooling and process effectiveness, costs, break-even, and comparative costing relative to alternative
  • 3.7Review labour and skill requirements of rapid tooling process
  • 3.8Apply systems thinking, continuous improvement, problem-solving and decision-making, and constraint and contingency management

4 Report results

  • 4.1Record results of evaluation
  • 4.2Provide documentation including tool, product and process analysis, and computer-aided design (CAD) files

Performance evidence

  • determining technologies, parameters and context of rapid tooling applications
  • investigating sustainability implications of rapid tooling processes
  • reviewing features and functions of rapid tooling processes and the fitness for purpose of tooling produced, on at least two occasions
  • evaluating rapid tooling processes for efficiency and cost-benefit against alternative tool manufacturing techniques on at least two occasions
  • selecting appropriate analysis principles, techniques and software
  • identifying and assessing compliance against relevant work health and safety (WHS) and regulatory requirements, and risk management and organisational procedures
  • assessing software, facilities, plant, tooling and materials for suitability to rapid tooling applications on at least two occasions
  • applying systems thinking, continuous improvement, and constraint and contingency management to evaluation of rapid tooling processes
  • reporting and documenting results of evaluation.

Knowledge evidence

  • rapid tooling applications
  • context of rapid tooling processes
  • features and functions of additive rapid tooling processes, including:
  • 3D printing (3DP)
  • stereolithography (SLA)
  • selective laser sintering (SLS)
  • electron beam melting (EBM)
  • fused deposition modelling (FDM) and direct metal deposition (DMD)
  • casting (patternless and rapid pattern processes)
  • vacuum forming
  • rapid prototyping machines
  • metal spray deposition
  • materials for additive ‘printing’ processes
  • materials for sprayed metal deposition
  • materials for rapid casting
  • other materials including:
  • thermoplastics for vacuum forming
  • materials for rapid machining and fabrication
  • tool features and functions including:
  • functional requirements
  • punches and dies
  • cavity shapes
  • clearances and drafts
  • heat treatment options
  • surface finishing
  • tool component assembly, location and security
  • computer-aided design (CAD) design and modelling techniques to suit rapid tooling materials, machines and processes
  • sustainability implications of rapid tooling and rapid processes
  • typical advantages and disadvantages of rapid tooling compared to alternative or traditional system costings
  • sources of support including technical and professional assistance
  • rapid tooling software principles and applications
  • WHS, regulatory and risk management requirements
  • typical facilities, services, plant required for rapid tooling
  • systems thinking, continuous improvement, constraint and contingency management, and comparative supply chain performance
  • WHS and regulatory requirements, codes of practice, standards, risk management and registration requirements.

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Questions about assessing MEM23133

What does an assessment tool for MEM23133 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEM23133 needs to address all 61 unit components: 4 elements with 17 performance criteria, 9 performance evidence requirements, 35 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for MEM23133?

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