Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to manufacture and trial press tools and gauges.

Manufacture of the tooling includes preparing to manufacture including assembly of the tooling components and trialling all types of production tooling.

Where brazing skills are required unit MEM05006 Perform brazing and/or silver soldering should also be selected.

Where manufacture of cavity dies is required unit MEM18097 Manufacture cavity dies should also be selected.

This unit does not cover any welding that may be associated with manufacturing press tools and gauges. If welding skills are required, appropriate welding units must also be selected.

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 specifications, drawings, prints and/or sample components to manufacture press tools and gauges

planning and developing tooling type with reference to tooling drawings, prints or plans

incorporating mounting requirements into tooling design and confirming against customer specifications

manufacturing tooling by selecting and testing appropriate materials for hardness to meet requirements

preparing a sequential plan for the manufacture of the required tooling

shaping/producing tooling components to specifications using appropriate machines and machining processes

using hand and hand held power tools to fashion/manufacture tooling components to specifications

assembling and fitting tooling components using appropriate tool making techniques and procedures

producing first-off component and checking for compliance to specifications

modifying and re-trialling tooling, as required and verifying compliance to specifications

recording all deviations or modifications to original tool design and reporting according to SOPs.

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)

customers’ tooling requirements, including type of tooling to be manufactured

machine(s) in which the tooling is to be used

tooling design concept in terms of customer specifications and proposed production machine(s)

performance requirements of the tooling

method of mounting the tooling in the production machine into which it is to be installed

physical properties of a range of tool steels

appropriate materials for each component of the tooling to be produced

reasons for selecting the chosen materials in terms of strength, durability, component finish, heat treatment requirements and availability

procedures for:

hardness testing materials and the effect of material hardness on machinability of the material

documenting plans for the manufacture of tooling

fitting/assembling the tooling components

reporting/recording the conformance of the component/product produced by the tooling to specifications

recording/reporting modifications and/or alterations to tooling design

appropriate machinery and tools to be used to fashion or shape tooling components and reasons for selection

reasons for establishing a sequential plan for the manufacture of tooling

hand and hand held power tools to be used to fashion/manufacture the required tooling components and reasons for selection

precautions to be taken when fitting/assembling tooling components

appropriate precision instruments for checking the components produced

specifications of the finished product

causes of any non-conformance to specification

tool making techniques/procedures to be applied to return the tooling to specification.

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in manufacturing press tools and gauges 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 320 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': 'MEM06007', 'title': 'Perform basic incidental heat/quenching, tempering and annealing'}
• {'code': 'MEM07005', 'title': 'Perform general machining'}
• {'code': 'MEM07006', 'title': 'Perform lathe operations'}
• {'code': 'MEM07007', 'title': 'Perform milling operations'}
• {'code': 'MEM07008', 'title': 'Perform grinding operations'}
• {'code': 'MEM09002', 'title': 'Interpret technical drawing'}
• {'code': 'MEM11011', 'title': 'Undertake manual handling'}
• {'code': 'MEM12003', 'title': 'Perform precision mechanical measurement'}
• {'code': 'MEM12006', 'title': 'Mark off/out (general engineering)'}
• {'code': 'MEM12023', 'title': 'Perform engineering measurements'}
• {'code': 'MEM12024', 'title': 'Perform computations'}
• {'code': 'MEM12026', 'title': 'Perform advanced trade calculations in a manufacturing, engineering or related environment'}
• {'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': 'MEM18001', 'title': 'Use hand tools'}
• {'code': 'MEM18002', 'title': 'Use power tools/hand held operations'}
• {'code': 'MEM18003', 'title': 'Use tools for precision work'}
• {'code': 'MEM18006', 'title': 'Perform precision fitting of engineering components'}
• {'code': 'MEM18015', 'title': 'Maintain tools and dies'}
• {'code': 'MEM18055', 'title': 'Dismantle, replace and assemble engineering components'}

Parent Qualifications

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