MEM18008 — Balance equipment

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What an assessment for MEM18008 must cover

32 assessable components: 3 elements (12 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 14 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Determine job requirements

1.1Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
1.2Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
1.3Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
1.4Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions

2 Check balance

2.1Apply principles of equipment balance testing
2.2Select most appropriate balancing check procedure
2.3Set up component correctly and to site/manufacturer’s procedures for balance check
2.4Determine balance/out-of-balance and compare to specification requirements
2.5Record out-of-balance readings to prescribed procedures

3 Balance equipment

3.1Apply principles and methods of rigid and/or flexible rotation balancing
3.2Use techniques of single and/or multi-plane balancing appropriate to application
3.3Balance equipment utilising correct procedures

Performance evidence

following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
identifying and interpreting specifications, charts, lists and drawings to balance equipment
setting up component to be balanced to site/manufacturer’s procedures and determining balance/out-of-balance and comparing to specifications
operating balance equipment using appropriate techniques safely
checking for compliance to specifications
undertaking numerical operations, geometry, calculations and formulae for balancing equipment.

Knowledge evidence

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
principles of balancing and reasons for testing equipment for balance
effect of out of balance components on machine/equipment operation and life
procedures for checking the balance of equipment
most appropriate procedure to be applied to selected balancing situations and reasons for selection
procedures for: setting up the component to be balanced
procedures for: operating the balancing equipment
procedures for: recording out-of-balance readings
procedures for: balancing out-of-balance equipment
specifications of the component to be balanced
principles and methods of rigid and flexible rotation balancing
techniques of single and multiple plane balancing
appropriate balancing technique for given balancing situations and reasons for selection
precautions to be taken when adding or removing material to achieve balance.

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Questions about assessing MEM18008

What does an assessment tool for MEM18008 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEM18008 needs to address all 32 unit components: 3 elements with 12 performance criteria, 6 performance evidence requirements, 14 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for MEM18008?

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