Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to operate heating equipment to heat metal to forging temperatures and apply hand forging techniques, using hand tools, hand forming tools, anvil tools, and floor tools.

Where simple manual heating and bending is required, MEM05007 Perform manual heating and thermal cutting should also be selected.

Where the interpretation of technical drawings is required, MEM09002 Interpret technical drawings should also be selected.

Where the selection and use of engineering measurement is required, MEM12023 Perform engineering measurements should also be selected.

Where the selection and use of power tools/hand held operations is required, MEM18002 Use power tools/hand held operations should also be selected.

Commonwealth and state/territory laws and regulations governing work and training environments must be complied with.

Band: A

Unit Weight: 4

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:

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

select and use hand tools, forming tools, anvil tools, and floor tools

select and apply hand forging techniques

determine correct forging temperatures

operate heating equipment safely and effectively to hand forge materials to meet job requirements.

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:

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

features and use of the range of hand tools, forming tools, anvil tools, and floor tools used in hand forging

hand forging techniques, including drawing, tapering, swaging, bending, upsetting, spreading, punching, drifting, twisting, forming, offsetting, and scarf preparation and fire welding

calculations used to determine mean diameter, length and circumference

sources of information on forging temperatures

heat specifications for various materials

effects of and allowances for material shrinkage and oxidisation

principles, safety considerations and basic operation of diesel, electric, induction, gas, solid-fuel, oil-fuel, ceramic-chip, and oxy-fuel heating equipment.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in performing hand forging 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.

Where possible assessment must occur in operational workplace situations. Where this is not possible or where personal safety or environmental damage are limiting factors, assessment must occur in a sufficiently rigorous simulated environment that reflects realistic operational workplace conditions. This must cover all aspects of workplace performance, including environment, 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.

Prerequisite Units

• {'code': 'MEM11011', 'title': 'Undertake manual handling'}
• {'code': 'MEM13015', 'title': 'Work safely and effectively in manufacturing and engineering'}
• {'code': 'MEM16006', 'title': 'Organise and communicate information'}
• {'code': 'MEM18001', 'title': 'Use hand tools'}

Parent Qualifications

• MEM40119 — Certificate IV in Engineering
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