VU22277 - Perform safe work operations involving metal working machines used in technology teaching

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Unit code: VU22277 | Study level: TAFE
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VU22276 - Apply safe work practices involving machines using technology teaching
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the knowledge and skills required to apply safe work practices to operations using a range of metal working machines used for technology teaching in secondary schools. It includes the application of the relevant Work, Health and Safety/Occupational, Health and Safety (WHS/OHS) and Victorian Department of Education and Training (DET)/school policies and guideline requirements for the work.

Assessment

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Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce and extend knowledge and skill competence within set and controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes and performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.

Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:

  • identifying and controlling risks and hazards to ensure a safe learning environment;
  • exercising duty of care/due diligence in a technology teaching environment;
  • reporting on WHS/OHS hazards and incidents;
  • working with others to reduce risks and improve safety in a technology teaching environment;
  • selecting and using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE);
  • operating metal working machines safely;
  • setting up metal working machines;
  • measuring materials and components to specified sizes/tolerances;
  • identifying and reporting machine faults;
  • communicating effectively with others in an educational setting;
  • producing materials to a required specification using metal working machines;
  • applying safe operating procedures when using metal working machines;
  • identifying and using a range of metal cutting tools and associated accessories;
  • identifying and using tools and equipment relevant to setting up metal working machines, and;
  • handling materials under machine operation ? identifying machine and equipment faults.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the Polytechnic and/or via the Polytechnic e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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