Course Title: Handle and prepare chemicals, dyes or other substances used in textile production

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2015

Course Code: MANU6059C

Course Title: Handle and prepare chemicals, dyes or other substances used in textile production

School: 350T Fashion & Textiles

Campus: Brunswick Campus

Program: C3221 - Certificate III in Textile Production

Course Contact : Peter Bonnell

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 99259171

Course Contact Email:peter.bonnell@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 30

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

In this course you will acquire the skills and knowledge to access and use information resources for textile production operations.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

LMTTX2015B Handle and prepare chemicals, dyes or other substances used in textile production

Element:

1 Identify storage procedures for substances

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Location and storage conditions for substances are identified.
1.2 Storage and access documentation requirements are identified.
1.3 Workplace practices for accessing stored substances are identified.
1.4 Housekeeping requirements for stored substances are identified

Element:

2 Identify hazards and risk control measures associated with substances

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Hazards associated with the handling and uses of substances used in the workplace are identified.
2.2 Emergency procedures for workplace are identified.
2.3 Risk control measures associated with substances are identified.
2.4 Personal protective equipment to be used when working with substances is identified.
2.5 Special handling procedures for substances are identified.

Element:

3 Prepare substances

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Substances required for production processes are identified.
3.2 Specifications for required substances are identified.
3.3 Mixing or preparing procedures are confirmed.
3.4 Substances are prepared according to OHS practices.
3.5 Substances are directed to next process.
3.6 Spillages or incidents are reported to appropriate personnel.

Element:

4 Store substances

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Substances are stored according to storage requirements.
4.2 Required documentation is completed.
4.3 Spillages are cleared according to workplace practices and
housekeeping requirements completed.


Learning Outcomes


By the end of the course you will be able to identify and locate textile production information resources, access textile production information, use information resources and store information resources.


Details of Learning Activities

In general your training is contextualised according to the company’s production processes undertaken as a part of the trainees normal work duties.

Your tasks are selected for training and explanation of the task to be undertaken is given by the trainer and the correct procedure discussed. The task is demonstrated by the trainer and underpinning skills and knowledge are developed.

When the trainer is confident you are capable of undertaking the task safely you will then do the task. During this time your work would be monitored by the trainer and questioning and further instruction given.

You will also be given workplace based tasks and activities to complete and practice between visits. Any activities and work performed between visits are reviewed and further training is undertaken accordingly.

RMIT University learning resources are used to support your training.


Teaching Schedule

In general you ill be taught by 5 means within a workplace training conext as follows:

1. Introduction and overview of course. Basics of skills required and course content 2 hours
2. Use of learning resources and basic skills development 2 hours
3. Complete manuals 4 hours
4. Supervised skill development to competency 20 hours
5. Consolidation of skills and assessment 2 hours

You will practice skills and understanding as a part of your workplace duties between sessions. Activities and work performed between visits are reviewed in the following session and further training is undertaken accordingly.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment will be in the form of observation of your ability to and locate textile production information resources, access textile production information, use information resources and store information resources.


Assessment Tasks

You will be assessed by observation as you identify and locate textile production information resources, access textile production information, use information resources and store information resources (you can check the performance criteria above for more detials of these skills). You will be questioned for underpinning knowledge for all these operations.


Assessment Matrix

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