MEM48007 — Monitor and test sands, cores and moulds

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What an assessment for MEM48007 must cover

43 assessable components: 6 elements (20 performance criteria), 9 performance evidence and 14 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
1.3Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
1.4Identify job requirements from work information

2 Control hazards

2.1Identify hazards in the sand mould and/or core making process
2.2Assess the risks arising from those hazards
2.3Implement procedures to control those hazards in line with procedures and duty of care

3 Select appropriate sand characteristics for job and process

3.1Determine requirements of the casting
3.2Identify types of sand appropriate for the type of mould or core
3.3Identify types of binders appropriate for the job
3.4Select sand and/or binder mix appropriate for the job

4 Prepare, test and evaluate moulding sand to desired characteristics

4.1Monitor preparation of bonded sand mix
4.2Test materials prepared
4.3Evaluate test results and report

5 Evaluate finished casting for defects related to sand characteristics

5.1Examine casting for sand-related defects
5.2Determine cause of sand-related defects
5.3Recommend improvements to sand type and/or preparation

6 Report results

6.1Identify reporting requirements
6.2Prepare report to meet requirements
6.3Circulate and file report to procedures

Performance evidence

following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
identifying, assessing and controlling hazards in the sand mould and/or core making process
taking samples in accordance with procedures on at least two occasions
preparing standard samples
using test equipment and evaluating test results on at least two occasions
using and calibrating mixing machines
examining casting for sand-related defects, determining the cause and recommending improvements to sand type and/or preparation on at least two occasions
identifying and preparing reports to meet requirements
sirculating and filing completed report in accordance with procedures

Knowledge evidence

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
sources of sands and their characteristics
green sand, resin and silicate bond and shell moulds
relationship of moulding sand properties and characteristics to casting defects including expansion, scabbing, rat-tails and hardness
sand grain shape and distribution, permeability, gas evolution and blow holes
mould properties, green strength and shatter
refractoriness and mould dilation
definition of clay-bonded sand
sand defects
testing clay bonded sand including: American Foundry Standard (AFS) compression sample, moisture and clay content, green compression and permeability, mould hardness, shatter index, sieve analysis, loss of ignition (LOI), AFS fineness number
organic and inorganic bonded and core sands including: drying oils including stoving and characteristics, cold setting oils and characteristics, synthetic resins, characteristics and applications, shell moulding, sodium silicate binders and characteristics, phenolic urethanes, furfuryl alcohol, phenolic esters, alkaline phenolics
testing hardened sands including tensile
compression hardness
choice of binder

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What does an assessment tool for MEM48007 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEM48007 needs to address all 43 unit components: 6 elements with 20 performance criteria, 9 performance evidence requirements, 14 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 MEM48007?

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