MEM26002 — Lay up composites using vacuum closed moulding techniques

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What an assessment for MEM26002 must cover

62 assessable components: 4 elements (28 performance criteria), 19 performance evidence and 15 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 product requirements

1.1Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
1.2Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
1.3Select and use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
1.4Identify product requirements from specifications, job sheets or work instructions and customer requests
1.5Select vacuum closed mould technique most appropriate to product requirements
1.6Identify or develop required procedures to make product using selected process

2 Set up mould equipment and prepare materials

2.1Select required items of equipment and ancillary equipment
2.2Prepare and assemble all equipment and ancillary equipment as required by procedures
2.3Pack mould according to procedures/laminate schedule
2.4Identify required reinforcing/reinforcing system and determine quantity of reinforcing
2.5Prepare reinforcing, including cutting to size/shape, and carry out any pre-treatment, as required
2.6Identify required resin system
2.7Determine quantity of resin components and confirm adequate quantities are available
2.8Mix resin with minimised waste and test resin

3 Fabricate and adjust equipment and materials, as required

3.1Identify and control hazards
3.2Apply gel coat and introduce resin to mould
3.3Ensure air is vented
3.4Ensure required resin distribution
3.5Cure product and remove product from mould when ready
3.6Identify typical problems and take appropriate remedial action
3.7Perform final verification to meet product requirements

4 Clean up and maintain tools and equipment

4.1Clean all moulding and mixing equipment
4.2Undertake minor maintenance, as appropriate
4.3Prepare for next use or storage
4.4Inspect equipment and take appropriate action
4.5Store equipment
4.6Minimise waste and dispose of waste, as appropriate
4.7Complete required logs and reports according to SOPs

Performance evidence

following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
identifying and interpreting specifications, formulas/recipes, batch sheets, customer requests for laying up composites using vacuum closed moulding techniques
selecting appropriate closed moulding techniques in accordance with specifications and procedures
introducing resin infusion into mould by applying the following:
tack tape
bag (pleats and sits well)
inlet and outlet plumbing (connect/disconnect)
managing flow medium (e.g. cloth), cores, flow and gel times (relationship to positioning and spacing of lines)
managing and monitoring vacuum pressure
monitoring cure cycles
checking for leaks
performing vacuum bagging by applying the following:
resin infusion data and protect bag from contamination
breather cloth/films
peel ply and achieving correct ply location and orientation
identifying and rectifying any typical problems and monitoring curing cycles
undertaking minor maintenance to equipment and ancillary equipment in accordance with procedures
minimising wastage
completing all documentation and reports, including items requiring further action, in accordance with SOPs.

Knowledge evidence

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
current state/territory work health and safety (WHS) legislation, standards and codes of practice relevant to using vacuum closed moulding techniques
reinforcement and lay-up schedules (e.g. layers of reinforcement, direction and darts)
release systems and processes
tool sealing
gel coating, times and working times
sealing of mould (use of tack tape (e.g. butyl (or other) mastic and mechanical seals and clamps)
vacuum and vacuum systems, adjustment and measurement, and vacuum control (e.g. switches, controls and regulators)
resin systems applicable to process (e.g. vacuum infusion or vacuum bagging – polyester and epoxy)
initiator/catalyst or hardener rates to temperature (hot/cold)
free amine/amine blushes
heat curing requirements and how it is done (e.g. ovens, hot bonders (blankets), and autoclaves) and heat curves
TG (glass transition temperature)
design briefs (e.g. tool design and part lines)
Darcy’s Law and its application to the flow of resins through porous media (e.g. reinforcing and cores).

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What does an assessment tool for MEM26002 need to cover?

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