Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to perform basic inspection of completed or partly completed welded fabrications produced by others in a production environment.

It is used to monitor the quality of production fabrication work where knowledge of the welding techniques and testing procedures is required. Duties are carried out in consultation with an appropriately qualified supervisor or engineer.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two (2) occasions and include:

following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices

monitoring the quality of completed or partly completed welded fabrications produced by others in a production environment using inspection procedures to specifications

reporting non-conforming welds and initiating remedial action

initiating test requirements according to procedures and legislative requirements

collecting weld test data and preparing reports as required.

Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate the required knowledge for this unit must be relevant to and satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

safe welding practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)

function of pre-set gauges

test requirements appropriate to the welded product

legislative and/or regulatory requirements of the welded product

reporting and corrective action procedures.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in monitoring the quality of production welding/fabrications at least to the level being assessed with relevant industry knowledge and experience

satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations 2015 or its replacement and comply with the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011, its replacement or equivalent legislation covering VET regulation in a non-referring state/territory as the case requires.

Assessment must include evidence of 80 hours of workplace practice associated with the skills of this unit in a functioning workplace.

All aspects of competent application of the unit must be addressed including prerequisite competency units and associated workplace performance, including environment, task skills, task management skills, contingency management skills and job role environment skills.

Knowledge assessment may be either verbal or written but must adequately reflect the knowledge requirements of the unit and its prerequisites in a functioning workplace.

Conditions for assessment must include access to all tools, equipment, materials and documentation required, including relevant workplace procedures, product and manufacturing specifications.

Assessment processes and techniques must be appropriate to the language, literacy and numeracy requirements of the work being performed and the needs of the candidate.

Foundation Skills

• text: This section describes those required skills (reading, writing, oral communication and numeracy) that are essential to workplace performance in this unit of competency. Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Prerequisite Units

• {'code': 'MEM09002', 'title': 'Interpret technical drawing'}
• {'code': 'MEM11011', 'title': 'Undertake manual handling'}
• {'code': 'MEM12023', 'title': 'Perform engineering measurements'}
• {'code': 'MEM12024', 'title': 'Perform computations'}
• {'code': 'MEM13015', 'title': 'Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering'}
• {'code': 'MEM14006', 'title': 'Plan work activities'}
• {'code': 'MEM16006', 'title': 'Organise and communicate information'}
• {'code': 'MEM18001', 'title': 'Use hand tools'}
• {'code': 'MEM18002', 'title': 'Use power tools/hand held operations'}
• {'code': 'MEM05004', 'title': 'Perform routine oxy fuel gas welding'}
• {'code': 'MEM05012', 'title': 'Perform routine manual metal arc welding'}
• {'code': 'MEM05049', 'title': 'Perform routine gas tungsten arc welding'}
• {'code': 'MEM05050', 'title': 'Perform routine gas metal arc welding'}
• {'code': 'MEM05056', 'title': 'Perform routine flux core arc welding'}
• {'code': 'MEM05057', 'title': 'Perform routine submerged arc welding'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
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