Application

This unit of competency has been developed for post trade engineering fabrication training and the recognition of post trade skills in applying welding and fabrication codes and standards associated with a wide variety of welding applications and processes.

It defines the knowledge and skills required to apply Australian or equivalent international standards and codes covering welding processes, welding consumables, and materials used in welded and fabricated products and structures as defined in the unit in conjunction with its prerequisites.

The unit scope includes the skills and knowledge required to identify, locate, and apply Australian or equivalent international welding standards and codes and other relevant standards and codes such as materials and consumables standards.

Where this unit is applied in conjunction with welding to the requirements of a weld procedure specification (WPS), unit MEM05068 Apply welding procedure specifications must also be selected.

Where routine accessing, organising and communicating of information related to standard operating procedures or general tasks is required, MEM16006 Organise and communicate information must be selected.

This unit must be assessed in combination with one or more of the MEM welding process units aligned to AS 1554 General Purpose, or equivalent. Higher level MEM welding process units may also be used for the co-assessment. MEM AS 1554 General Purpose or equivalent aligned units are:

MEM05090 Weld using manual metal arc welding process

MEM05091 Weld using gas metal arc welding process

MEM05092 Weld using gas tungsten arc welding process

MEM05097 Weld using oxy fuel gas welding process

MEM05093 Weld using submerged arc welding process

MEM05096 Weld using flux core arc 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 and include the ability to:

identify methods used by welders in at least one enterprise to access and determine currency of Australian and international welding standards

apply Australian and/or international welding codes or standards for two different fabrications where the fabrications require welds to at least AS1554GP or equivalent

follow work instructions, standard operating procedures and safe work practices

locate and review standards for materials and consumables specified in at least two different fabrications.

Note: Where a volume and/or frequency is not specified, demonstration must be provided at least once.

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:

welding processes

welding parameters

welding symbols and abbreviations used in Australian and international standards

joint geometry

methods to obtain current copies of standards and welding procedure specifications

manufacturers marks and other methods used by manufacturers of materials and consumables to indicate compliance with standards

formats and methods used by standards organisations to arrange, distribute and indicate currency of welding standards

principles of tolerancing and how tolerances may be referenced in fabrication related standards and codes.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in applying welding and related codes and standards 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 occur in a functioning workplace. Where assessment in the workplace would be unsafe, impractical or threatens the environment, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects the circumstances that would be experienced in a functioning workplace. Assessment must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including 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 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 language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential to performance. 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': 'MEM12023', 'title': 'Perform engineering measurements'}
• {'code': 'MEM12024', 'title': 'Perform computations'}
• {'code': 'MEM13015', 'title': 'Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering'}
• {'code': 'MEM16006', 'title': 'Organise and communicate information'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
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