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