MEM18015 — Maintain tools and dies

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What an assessment for MEM18015 must cover

53 assessable components: 5 elements (17 performance criteria), 10 performance evidence and 26 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 Identify and analyse defects in tooling

2.1Determine defects from production components produced, production reports or tool inspections
2.2Plan sequence of maintenance operations

3 Disassemble and assess tooling components

3.1Disassemble tooling and assess condition of components against prints, drawings and manufacturers’ drawings
3.2Replace/recondition worn/damaged parts

4 Manufacture/repair and assemble tooling components

4.1Obtain materials to meet tooling requirements
4.2Select and use appropriate hand and hand held power tools
4.3Choose appropriate machining process from a range of standard tool room machines
4.4Set machining parameters to produce components to specification
4.5Initiate heat treatment according to specification, where appropriate
4.6Check tooling components and assemble in conformance with specifications and procedures
4.7Check production components to ensure compliance to specifications, as required

5 Identify potential production/maintenance problems

5.1Identify and record conditions leading to tooling failure
5.2Identify recurrent faults and initiate solutions

Performance evidence

following work instructions, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and safe work practices
identifying and interpreting specifications, drawings and sample products/components to maintain tools and dies
examining defective tooling for breakage, wear and defects requiring precision repair
disassembling the defective tooling in accordance with acceptable tool making techniques and procedures and marking worn/damaged components for repair or replacement
obtaining appropriate materials for manufacture of replacement tooling components and testing for hardness
using appropriate hand and hand held power tools to fashion/manufacture tooling components to specifications and utilising sample components or sections to test tooling components being manufactured
shaping and producing the tooling components to specifications using appropriate machines and machine processes and initiating heat treatment, where required
assembling and fitting all tooling components to specifications using acceptable tool making techniques and procedures
using precision instruments to check the first-off component/product for compliance to specifications
recording the conditions that lead to the failure of a given set of tooling and initiating design modifications/alterations to rectify recurring faults or failure

Knowledge evidence

safe work practices and procedures and use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
common tooling defects from a range of sample products/components and reasons and probable causes of tooling failure
reasons for establishing a sequential plan for the repair/maintenance of defective tooling
procedures for: documenting plans for the repair/maintenance of defective tooling
procedures for: disassembling defective tooling
procedures for: identifying worn/damaged tooling and components for repair or replacement
procedures for: obtaining/selecting the chosen materials in terms of strength, durability, component finish, heat treatment requirement, availability and reasons for selection
procedures for: hardness testing materials
procedures for: initiating the heat treatment of tool steels and components and heat treatment requirements to achieve specified hardness
procedures for: fitting/assembling the tooling components and precautions to be taken
procedures for: fitting/assembling the tooling components
procedures for: documenting the chosen mode of tooling failures
procedures for: initiating modifications/alterations to tooling design
specifications of all tooling components
precision instruments to be used to check tooling components for conformance to specification and reasons for selection
reasons for deciding to repair or replace worn/damaged components
appropriate materials, including physical properties for each component of the tooling to be replaced
hand and hand held power tools to be used to fashion/manufacture the required tooling components and reasons for selection
appropriate machines and machining processes to shape/produce the required tooling components and reasons for selection
effect of machining parameters on the surface finish and tolerances achievable from machining processes for given machining tasks and specifications
reasons for heat treating the tool steel in accordance with heat treatment procedures and specifications
appropriate precision instruments for checking the components produced
specifications of the finished product
common causes of tooling failure and conditions leading to the failure of a given set of tooling
previous faults with the given set of tooling
any commonalities of causes of failures or trends/events associated with tooling failure and proposed solutions for a range of recurrent faults that may occur in tooling and reasons for selection

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Questions about assessing MEM18015

What does an assessment tool for MEM18015 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for MEM18015 needs to address all 53 unit components: 5 elements with 17 performance criteria, 10 performance evidence requirements, 26 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 MEM18015?

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