Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to identify risks associated with welding operations that would typically conform to AS 1554 General Purpose and American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) or equivalent on all commonly used metals and the implementation of techniques used to reduce or eliminate welding hazards.

This unit can only be selected in conjunction with one or more of the following units:

MEM05015 Weld using manual metal arc welding process

MEM05017 Weld using gas metal arc welding process

MEM05019 Weld using gas tungsten arc welding process

MEM05023 Weld using submerged arc welding process

MEM05047 Weld using flux core arc welding process

MEM05055 Weld using oxy fuel gas welding process

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

identifying and interpreting work health and safety (WHS) information and legislation

identifying risks and hazards associated with welding

implementing risk control measures and procedures, including using appropriate manual handling techniques and personal protective equipment (PPE)

reporting workplace non-compliances in accordance with workplace procedures.

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 PPE

characteristics and properties of common metals and welding materials

effect of gas and electrical welding operations on metals

effect of various treatments on a range of commonly used metals

WHS information and sources

work-related safety information

pollutants present as a result of welding activities

all the welding processes, including equipment and material requirements

hazards associated with welding processes and methods to minimise those hazards.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in applying safe welding practices 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 160 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': 'MEM13015', 'title': 'Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering'}
• {'code': 'MEM16006', 'title': 'Organise and communicate information'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM31519 — Certificate III in Engineering - Toolmaking Trade
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• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
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