Qualification details

EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS QUALIFICATION SUMMARY 

Employability Skill 

Industry /enterprise requirements for this qualification include :

Communication

• Read, interpret, follow and communicate information on written job packets, specifications, standard operating procedures, charts, lists, drawings and other applicable reference documents
• Produce sketches, illustrations and renderings
• Check and clarify task-related information
• Recognise and use common horological terminology

Teamwork

• Work alone or as part of a team
• Contribute to a group effort in order to plan and carry out work
• Identify work roles, communicate and cooperate with others

Problem solving

• Undertake numerical operations, geometry and calculations/ formulae (including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, percentages and proportions, simple ratios and averages)
• Use appropriate measuring techniques
• Inspect quality of own or other employee's work
• Interpret service and repair requirements and translate into practical outcomes
• Use diagnostic skills to identify and determine causes of problems
• Diagnose precision micro-mechanisms

Initiative and enterprise

• Apply the competency in new and different situations and contexts
• Identify actual and foreseeable workplace hazards during course of work
• Modify work plan to overcome unforeseen difficulties or developments that occur as work progresses
• Economise material use and minimise waste
• Participate in improvement procedures, including process, quality and internal/external customer/supplier relationships

Planning and organising

• Plan, prioritise and sequence work operations
• Select and use planning techniques and tools
• Organise and analyse information relevant to work
• Set up jobs prior to commencement of work, including selection of appropriate tools, equipment and materials and adjustment of equipment

Self-management

• Carry out work safely and in accordance with company policy and procedures, manufacturer recommendations and legislative requirements
• Monitor performance of operation or quality of product or service to ensure customer satisfaction
• Take responsibility for own work outcomes
• Apply techniques, procedures, tools and equipment for compliance with site or manufacturers' specifications

Learning

• Check and clarify task-related information with appropriate personnel or technical adviser
• Identify customers' requirements with respect to the operation or quality of the product or service
• Assess and modify own work practices
• Use manuals, online help and other reference materials, such as catalogues/lists as required
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable standards, legislation, codes of practice and product/process developments
• Assist with on-the-job training and assessment

Technology

• Select and use appropriate tools, equipment, materials and machines, including high tolerance/precision tools and equipment
• Use high magnification optics
• Use watch and clock service and repair techniques, tools, processes and procedures
• Select and use appropriate measuring/testing devices
• Navigate technology to access/input/store/retrieve/save and produce information/data using appropriate software applications

Unit code 

Unit title 

MEM12023A

Perform engineering measurements

MEM12024A

Perform computations

MEM13014A

Apply principles of occupational health and safety in the work environment

MEM14004A

Plan to undertake a routine task

MEM14005A

Plan a complete activity

MEM15002A

Apply quality systems

MEM15024A

Apply quality procedures

MEM16006A

Organise and communicate information

MEM16007A

Work with others in a manufacturing, engineering or related environment

MEM16008A

Interact with computing technology

MEM17003A

Assist in the provision of on the job training

MSAENV272B

Participate in environmentally sustainable work practices

Unit code 

Unit title 

P 

MEM05001B

Perform manual soldering/desoldering, electrical/electronic components

4

MEM06007B

Perform basic incidental heat/quenching, tempering and annealing

2

MEM07005C

Perform general machining*

8

MEM09002B

Interpret technical drawing

4

MEM12002B

Perform electrical/electronic measurements

2

MEM18001C

Use hand tools

2

MEM21001A

Replace watch batteries, capacitors and bands

2

MEM21002A

Perform watch movement exchange *

2

MEM21003A

Perform watch case servicing, repair and refurbishment *

4

MEM21004A

Clean watch and clock components

2

MEM21005A

Diagnose faults in quartz watches *

2

MEM21006A

Service quartz watches *

4

MEM21007A

Service complex quartz watches *

4

MEM21008A

Service mechanical watches *

4

MEM21009A

Inspect, diagnose, adjust and repair mechanical watches *

4

MEM21010A

Service watch power generating systems *

2

MEM21011A

Service calendar and other dial indication mechanisms for watches *

4

MEM21012A

Service and repair mechanical watch oscillating systems *

4

MEM21013A

Service, test and adjust watch escapements *

4

MEM21014A

Service mechanical chronograph watches *

6

MEM21015A

Perform precision watch timing and adjustment *

6

MEM21016A

Install and set up clocks

2

MEM21017A

Service and repair clock timepieces

6

MEM21018A

Service clock escapements and oscillating systems *

4

MEM21019A

Service and repair clock striking mechanisms *

4

MEM21020A

Service and repair clock chiming mechanism *

6

MEM21021A

Restore clockwork mechanisms *

6

MEM21022A

Manufacture watch and clock components*

6

MEM21023A

Plan, set up and operate horological workshop or service centre

4

MEM30025A

Analyse a simple electrical system circuit*

4