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Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to undertake repair, replacement and/or modifications of fabrications requiring an integrated level of skills in fabrication maintenance and repair and is intended to build on skills covered by the specialist prerequisites.

Where machines and equipment for forming, bending or shaping are required, the unit MEM05010 Apply fabrication, forming and shaping techniques must also be selected.

Where additional or more complex marking out skills are required, the unit MEM12007 Mark off/out structural fabrications and shapes must also be selected.

Where the selection and use of welding processes are required, appropriate units must also be selected.

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

What You'll Learn

1. Determine job requirements

  • 1.1 Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
  • 1.2 Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
  • 1.3 Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
  • 1.4 Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
  • 1.5 Inspect fabrication and determine suitability for repair, replacement and/or modification

2. Assess and process material requirements

  • 2.1 Assess material requirements in accordance with relevant codes, manufacturers’ specifications and SOPs
  • 2.2 Obtain and/or requisition materials
  • 2.3 Assess and obtain tool and equipment requirements in accordance with SOPs

3. Prepare materials

  • 3.1 Prepare fabrication for repair, replacement and/or modification to specification using acceptable workplace practices, tools and equipment
  • 3.2 Mark out and prepare to specifications with minimum wastage using appropriate principles, tools and equipment
  • 3.3 Ensure materials are cut, bent, rolled, shaped or formed to specifications using appropriate fabrication techniques/procedures, tools and equipment
  • 3.4 Mark items for identification in accordance with SOPs

4. Repair, replace and/or modify fabrication

  • 4.1 Position/clamp materials for welding using suitable clamping methods, equipment, jigs and fixtures
  • 4.2 Undertake pre-tack checks and determine compliance with specifications prior to tack welding in position
  • 4.3 Prepare welding equipment and adjust settings according to requirements
  • 4.4 Tack weld material or item using appropriate distortion minimisation techniques and procedures
  • 4.5 Check material or item against specifications prior to welding
  • 4.6 Weld material or item to specifications using techniques and procedures appropriate to job requirements

5. Finish and inspect repair, replacements and/or modification

  • 5.1 Ensure repair, replacement and/or modification is cleaned and finished to specifications using appropriate workplace practices
  • 5.2 Inspect welds visually to assess weld quality against predetermined specifications
  • 5.3 Assess completed repair and/or replacement for compliance against specifications
  • 5.4 Prepare and lodge maintenance report in accordance with SOPs

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 occasions and include:

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

identifying and interpreting specifications from drawings, sketches and verbal or written job instructions and inspecting fabrication for defects/faults, non-compliance and determining suitability for repair/replacement/modification

selecting material, marking out and safely cutting, bending, rolling, shaping or forming ensuring minimum wastage using correct principles, tools, equipment and procedures

selecting appropriate welding equipment and preparing materials for welding, including pre-tack checks and set up jigs, fixtures and clamps

consistently welding materials while preventing distortion and rectifying any defects and ensuring repair, replacement and/or modification is cleaned and finished and visually inspected to meet predetermined specifications

completing and lodging maintenance report.

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)

characteristics of faults, defects and/or non-compliance and means of rectification by rework or additional work, or by replacement of components/materials

effects of proposed modifications on the fabrication

reasons for selection of specific materials, tools, equipment and consumables

marking out principles and techniques

material preparation processes

clamping method(s) for the welds undertaken

location of all materials to be welded

weld specifications

equipment, consumables and settings required to achieve the weld specification

distortion minimisation procedures and methods for rectifying any distortion of materials

material cleaning and finishing processes for the repair/replacement/modification

reporting requirements.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in repairing, replacing and modifying 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 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.

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.

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Last updated from training.gov.au: 25 February 2026