PMBPROD362EProduce polyurethane products using gravity casting

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What an assessment for PMBPROD362E must cover

42 assessable components: 5 elements (28 performance criteria), 1 performance evidence and 11 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. 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 Prepare to gravity cast polyurethane materials

  • 1.1Identify materials, including additives and curatives, from job specifications
  • 1.2Identify equipment, including handling, control and material preparation equipment from job specifications
  • 1.3Perform pre-operational checks including checking for and controlling materials and process hazards
  • 1.4Identify and check availability of safety equipment
  • 1.5Identify checks and testing processes required for equipment, materials, quality and production management
  • 1.6Identify housekeeping needs and waste management strategies to collect excess, discarded or nonconforming materials to be disposed of, recycled or reprocessed according to workplace procedures

2 Plan gravity casting operations

  • 2.1Confirm product and process parameters against job specifications
  • 2.2Ensure environmental controls are valid and in place
  • 2.3Calculate quantity of material required to produce product of correct shape and physical dimensions from job specifications
  • 2.4Determine product colour and obtain appropriate agents required from job specifications
  • 2.5Set production process according to equipment and workplace specifications, and adjust process to optimise output based on selected materials
  • 2.6Obtain appropriate mould coating and releasing agents required from job specifications

3 Set up and check gravity casting equipment

  • 3.1Inspect and set up gravity casting equipment according to equipment specifications
  • 3.2Check time, de-gasser, temperature and allowable adjustments for conformity to documented procedures
  • 3.3Ensure that mould is secured or adequately restrained to prevent separation of mould and rotational equipment
  • 3.4Perform test run of production process to ensure output meets job specifications
  • 3.5Clean work area and ensure, operational sequence and procedures, particularly work health and safety procedures, codes and practices are in place according to workplace procedures
  • 3.6Identify and check emergency stops, guards and controls

4 Conduct gravity casting operations

  • 4.1Ensure process is operating according to equipment specifications including operating temperature, time and rotational speed
  • 4.2Pour materials at appropriate rate per minute, angle and quantity using necessary aids and assistance to ensure pour is completed within required times and distribution requirements and using techniques to prevent air entrapment and aeration
  • 4.3Follow checking and testing process to assess if output, including thickness, weight and product integrity, meets job specifications and quality standards, and apply strategies to manage nonconforming outputs
  • 4.4Demould, check and store products according to workplace procedures
  • 4.5Apply waste management strategies according to workplace procedures
  • 4.6Clean, adjust and lubricate equipment, according to equipment specifications and workplace procedures

5 Anticipate and solve emergency problems

  • 5.1Recognise existing or potential process control variances and their causes
  • 5.2Determine, prioritise and implement remedial and preventative actions based on identified issues and causes
  • 5.3Monitor process control variances and corrective actions taken until resolved
  • 5.4Accurately complete records and logbooks

Performance evidence

  • produce polyurethane products using gravity casting at least once to meet job specifications.

Knowledge evidence

  • function and operating principles of gravity casting equipment, machine components and ancillary equipment
  • importance of machine set-up and warm-up for effective processing of materials
  • gravity casting manufacturing process and materials demand
  • characteristics of materials and their behaviour in relation to process conditions and stages of production
  • the criteria for overall process/equipment readiness for the process or equipment being used
  • typical quality standards required at each stage of production
  • key variables that may affect product quality and production output: operating temperatures, speed of cure, colour, location of pouring basin, cycle time, use of separating agents, product weight, product integrity and general conformance to specification
  • typical and atypical process and product problems, including early warning signs, possible causes and corrective actions
  • the distinguishing characteristics of causes of problems as being either based on the properties of materials or caused by process variables
  • organisational procedures relevant to the work environment or job role
  • hazards that may arise in the job or work environment, and: their possible causes, potential consequences, appropriate risk controls.

Foundation skills

  • Reading skills: to interpret job and equipment specifications and workplace procedures.
  • Writing and oral communication skills: to record and report on process control variances.

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What does an assessment tool for PMBPROD362E need to cover?

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