Application

This unit of competency was developed for post trade engineering fabrication training and the recognition of skills associated with the establishment and maintenance of a formal weld record management system for an enterprise.

It defines general record keeping skill and knowledge requirements as well as specific welding related skill and knowledge required for the establishment of an enterprise level weld record management system as defined by the unit in conjunction with its prerequisites.

The unit is intended to apply in occupations such as welding supervisor, welding engineer and in other relevant occupations responsible for establishing and maintaining welding record management systems for an enterprise.

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:

review welding operations to identify scope of the weld records management system

establish rules for unique identifiers to be used in the weld record system

establish procedures for record data entry, approval or verification before entry

establish privacy, backup and security procedures for a weld record management system

make recommendations on the scope and format of a weld record management system for a fabrication enterprise

establish a library of standards and codes for an enterprise

monitor and adjust the weld records management system against fabrication and welding operations in an enterprise.

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 parameters and processes

technical drawings and welding symbols

methods manufacturers use to indicate the specification of materials including base metals, filler metals, gases, fluxes and other welding related consumables

Australian and international welding related standards and codes and methods to determine their currency

the relationship between designs in metal fabrication operations including:

drawings and customer specifications

codes and standards

procedure qualification records, and

welding procedure specifications

privacy procedures and regulations

formats for enterprise welding records systems.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in establishing and maintaining a weld record management system 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': 'MEM05061', 'title': 'Apply basic metallurgy principles to welding applications'}
• {'code': 'MEM05078', 'title': 'Apply welding principles'}
• {'code': 'MEM05085', 'title': 'Select welding processes'}
• {'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': 'MEM05060', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using submerged arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05079', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using flux core arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05080', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using gas metal arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05081', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using gas tungsten arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05082', 'title': 'Perform pipe welds to code standards using manual metal arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05083', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using manual metal arc welding process'}
• {'code': 'MEM05088', 'title': 'Perform welds to code standards using oxy fuel gas welding process'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
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