MSTLA2008 Repair damaged laundry items

Release: 1

MSTLA2008 Repair damaged laundry items

Modification History

Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to LMTLA2008A Repair damaged laundry items

Application

This unit of competency covers the skills and knowledge required to perform repairs on laundry items.

The unit of competency applies to operating machines and related mending equipment, and performing repairs.

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

Laundry operations

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 for repair operations	2.1	Identify required laundry repair operations
2.2	Set up workstation in accordance with workplace procedures and requirements
2.3	Set up equipment in accordance with specification for the work
2.4	Check product for repair or condemning
3	Make repairs to damaged laundry items	3.1	Determine repair requirements for damaged products and perform repairs in accordance with required specifications
3.2	Consult specialists or appropriate personnel on repair requirements, where necessary
3.3	Operate equipment in accordance with manufacturer specifications and workplace procedures
3.4	Identify and report operating faults and maintain records

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 PPE 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
Laundry repair operations include one or more of the following:	repairing and resizing recycling condemning articles recoding repairs on theatre linen manual handling techniques safe use of machines and related equipment reporting procedures for faults and safety checks quality assurance relevant industry or Australian Standards
Equipment includes one or more of the following:	sewing machine marking machine heat seal machine overlocker button sewing machine darning machine stud machine vulcaniser thermal patching machine other related equipment/machines
Repair requirements include one or more of the following:	machine sewing hand sewing heat seating or patching remarking products resizing

Unit Mapping Information

Release 1. Supersedes and is equivalent to LMTLA2008A Repair damaged laundry items

Links

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