MSTCL4004 Determine and perform garment maintenance or repair

Release: 1

MSTCL4004 Determine and perform garment maintenance or repair

Modification History

Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to LMTCL4004A Determine and perform garment maintenance or repair

Application

This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to assess garments for maintenance or repair and to undertake the required maintenance and repairs.

This unit of competency applies to the range of repairs that typically apply in specialised garment repair situations, where the complexity and degree of responsibility will be dependent on the size of the enterprise and internal work organisation.

Work may be conducted in small to large scale enterprises and may involve individual and team activities. Work is performed within defined procedures under direct supervision.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

Pre-requisite Unit

Nil

Competency Field

Clothing production

Unit Sector

Not applicable

Elements and Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.	Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.
1	Determine job requirements	1.1	Follow standard operating procedures (SOPs)
1.2	Comply with work health and safety (WHS) requirements at all times
1.3	Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with SOPs
1.4	Identify job requirements from specifications, drawings, job sheets or work instructions
2	Prepare to perform maintenance or repair	2.1	Assess or examine garment to determine requirements for maintenance or repair
2.2	Calculate costs to determine feasibility of repair
2.3	Prepare garment in appropriate manner for maintenance or repair
2.4	Assemble materials and equipment required for the task
3	Undertake maintenance or repair	3.1	Assess or organise cleaning or laundering of garment, where necessary
3.2	Repair garment to restore garment to optimum condition in accordance with workplace procedures
3.3	Prepare garment for storage, where appropriate
3.4	Maintain records and prepare reports, where necessary, in accordance with workplace procedures

Foundation Skills

This section describes those required skills (language, literacy and numeracy) that are essential to performance.

Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.

Range of Conditions

This field allows for different work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included.
Workplace procedures include one or more of the following:	requirements prescribed by legislation, awards, agreements and conditions of employment SOPs work instructions oral, written and visual communication quality practices, including responsibility for maintenance of own work quality and contribution to quality improvement of team or section output housekeeping tasks related to environmental protection, waste disposal, pollution control and recycling WHS practices
Australian Standards include:	the relevant industry or Australian Standards that are current at the time this unit is being undertaken
Maintenance includes one or more of the following:	spot cleaning determining dry cleaning or laundering requirements preparation for storage
Repair includes one or more of the following:	invisible mending complex repairs

Unit Mapping Information

Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to LMTCL4004A Determine and perform garment maintenance or repair

Links

Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=a203ec5c-de7d-406b-b3e1-8f1a9b76e92e