FBPBPG3009 — Operate an automated palletising process

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.
• There must be evidence that the individual has independently set up, operated, and shut down two complete palletising processes for different work orders, using automatic palletising machines, including a pallet wrapper. One process must palletise 12-pack cartons and the other 6-pack cartons, that are configured differently.
• Each process must complete at least 20 pallets per hour during a three-hour shift. Each pallet must have at least three carton layers, and be correctly configured, stacked and stretch wrapped using an automated pallet wrapper.
• For each of the palletising work orders, the individual must have safely and efficiently performed the following:
• confirmed the product and palletising requirements and set up all the equipment and machinery, including individual pallet configuration requirements
• operated, monitored and shut down the palletising process, equipment and machinery
• correctly labelled each pallet for end users to track the date and location of production
• used sample checks to identify quality issues
• identified, rectified and/or reported machinery faults, including: blockages caused by damaged pallets; cartons not correctly orientated; pallets not stopping in the correct position; carriage or pusher not making the end position; excessive stretch wrap and slip sheet breakage causing sensor faults; machinery settings resulting in incorrect palletising
• accurately and effectively handed over a palletising process to another team member
• accurately completed workplace production records
• communicated effectively with a supervisor and at least one of the following: maintenance team member; laboratory or quality assurance team member; bottling and packaging team member; logistics team member.

Knowledge evidence

• product knowledge related to the containers to be palletised as stipulated in the performance evidence, including: size, weight and volume; client or receiver requirements or specifications; regulatory requirements
• operating principles of machinery and equipment, including: conveyor fed automatic palletising machine; automated stretch wrapper; pallet tag applicators; carton orientation devices
• features and functions of machinery and equipment, including: manufacturer and workplace instructions for safe operation; control panel and ancillary devices; operating capacities, efficiencies and applications; location and purpose of guards, rails and sensors; feedback instrumentation; services required and action to take if services are not available; cleaning requirements
• machinery and equipment checks, including: pre-start checks, including emergency stop checks; lock-out and tag-out procedures, including return to service after isolation; consumables including slip sheets, interlayers, hot melt glue and stretch film
• the interrelationships between bottling, carton packing, palletising and end of line dispatch processes
• product and process changeover procedures and responsibilities
• quality control requirements, processes and actions, including: palletising order specifications; pallets for domestic and export use; methods used to check quality; common causes of palletising quality and corrective action required, including removal of out-of-specification pallets; planned sampling and testing associated with palletising process monitoring and control; responding to machinery alerts and notifications; recording of results; isolating non-conforming pallets
• product identification and traceability requirements, including: workplace requirements; client or receiver requirements or specifications; pallet identification/tagging requirements
• health and safety hazards and controls, including awareness of the limitations of protective clothing and equipment relevant to the work process
• procedures and responsibility for reporting production and performance information
• environmental issues and controls relevant to the palletising process, including: rework and reuse of products; waste processing; materials and manual handling procedures related to the palletising process

Foundation skills

• Reading: Interpret technical text and symbols in machinery operations manuals
• Writing: Complete maintenance reports using correct terminology
• Oral communication: Use open and closed questions to obtain and confirm information from team members

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