Application

This unit of competency defines the skills and knowledge required to prepare to manufacture and manufacture cavity dies, including matching use of hand and hand held power tools, assembly of the tooling components and trialling the tooling.

Where the selection and use of welding processes are required select appropriate units.

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

Where manufacture of press tools and gauges is required unit MEM18014 Manufacture press tools and gauges should 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 drawings, prints and/or sample components, specifications and customer requirements with respect to manufacturing cavity dies

sketching or drawing the tooling design incorporating mounting requirements into tooling design and planning with reference to customer specifications for numbers, finish, quality and materials

selecting and obtaining appropriate materials to meet tooling requirements and testing for hardness using appropriate hardness tester ensuring rating meets customers specifications

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

fashioning/manufacturing tooling components using hand and hand held power tools to specifications

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

producing first-off component/product and checking for conformance, trialling and modifying, where necessary, to meet specifications and verifying conformance

recording/reporting modifications or alterations to original tooling design in accordance with 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 and the type of tooling to be manufactured

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

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

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

procedures for hardness testing of materials

tools, equipment, techniques and procedures for fitting/assembling the tooling components

effect of material hardness on machinability of the material

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

procedures for documenting plans for the manufacture of tooling

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 and causes of any non-conformance to specification

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

procedures for recording/reporting modifications and/or alterations to tooling design

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

Assessment Conditions

Assessors must:

have vocational competency in manufacturing cavity dies 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.

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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