Elements and Performance Criteria

RANGE STATEMENT
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Substrate handling may include:
wide or narrow reel or large or small sheet handling systems.
Cutting process may include:
flat-bed hole punching, hole drilling, slotting, slitting, sheeting, creasing, scoring, pin perforating, indexing, round cornering.
In-line processes may include:
minor processes that are integral to this competency can include basic in-line operations such as perforating, numbering, slitting that do not in themselves constitute another defined unit of competency. Where a major in-line process is defined as a separate competency (eg flat-bed cutting, folding) it should be assessed as such.
Flat-bed cutting units may include:
a range of machines with dies, cutting formes or drills and manual, semi-automated fully automated or computerised process control.
Shapes may include:
simple or single shapes.
Substrate types may include:
range of substrates within the major categories of paper, pressure sensitive material, board, plastics and related films, or metal.

EVIDENCE GUIDE
The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Evidence of the following is essential:
produce products involving a range of minor flat-bed cutting processes including: kiss cutting, hole punching, hole drilling, slotting, slitting, sheeting, creasing, scoring, and pin perforating, indexing and round cornering according to job specifications and production timeframes
demonstrate an ability to find and use information relevant to the task from a variety of information sources
competency must be demonstrated on THREE different processes. For each process produce TWO jobs with different types and sizes of substrate and design of finished patterns, according to manufacturer's and job specifications, enterprise procedures and the listed Performance Criteria
demonstrate use of computerised control, monitoring and data entry systems if available and appropriate.

Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment must ensure:
assessment may take place on the job, off the job or a combination of these
off the job assessment must be undertaken in a closely simulated workplace environment.

Method of assessment
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit:
direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate.

Guidance information for assessment
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, for example:
ICPSU201C Prepare, load and unload reels and cores on and off machine
ICPSU202C Prepare, load and unload product on and off machine
ICPSU208C Operate and monitor machines (basic).
Since the component processes often occur as in-line processes they may also be assessed at the same time as virtually any printing, converting, binding and finishing or corrugating process.