Course Title: Weld plastic materials
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2012
Course Code: MIET6182C
Course Title: Weld plastic materials
School: 350T Fashion & Textiles
Campus: Brunswick Campus
Program: C3225 - Certificate III in Textile Fabrication
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: 60
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 covers you will acquire the skills and knowledge required to weld plastic materials within the safe operating parameters of the equipment used.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
LMTTF2014A Weld plastic materials |
Element: |
1 Select welding process and plan the work |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Nature of material to be welded is determined and an appropriate |
Element: |
2 Prepare welding equipment |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Appropriate hand-held or stationary manual welding equipment is selected |
Element: |
3 Select, use and store tools |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Appropriate supplementary hand and power tools are selected for job |
Element: |
4 Perform welding |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Surfaces of material are prepared for welding |
Element: |
5 Inspect quality, labeling and documentation |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Completed weld is informally inspected to verify that it appears to be of an acceptable standard |
Element: |
6 Clean up and maintain equipment |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Work area is cleaned and tools, electrical equipment are stowed |
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course you will be able to select welding process and plan the work, prepare welding equipment, select, use and store tools, perform welding, inspect quality, labeling and documentation plus clean up and maintain equipment.
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 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.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will be in the form of observation of your ability to select welding process and plan the work, prepare welding equipment, select, use and store tools, perform welding, inspect quality, labeling and documentation plus clean up and maintain equipment. Also by questioning for underpinning knowledge.
Assessment Tasks
You will be assessed by observation as you identify and select welding process and plan the work, prepare welding equipment, select, use and store tools, perform welding, inspect quality, labeling and documentation plus clean up and maintain equipment (you can check the performance criteria above for more setials of these skills). You will be questioned for underpinning knowledge for all these operations.
Assessment Matrix
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