CPPCLO3021

Application

This unit of competency specifies the outcomes required to clean industrial machinery. It covers assessing the extent of the cleaning task and selecting the required equipment, chemicals and cleaning methods.

The unit supports cleaners who work alone or in teams. It applies to machinery cleaning in industrial, food manufacturing, and processing or mining environments.

Unit mapping information

CPPCLO3021A Clean industrial machinery

Licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements

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

Foundation skills

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

Unit sector or competency field

Cleaning operations

Prerequisite, co-requisite or interdependent assessment of units

Not applicable

Assessment conditions

The following must be present and available to learners during assessment activities:

• equipment:
  • as listed in the range of conditions
  • personal protective equipment (PPE) as listed in the range of conditions
• materials:
  • cleaning chemicals as listed in the range of conditions
• specifications:
  • equipment operating manuals
  • SDS
• physical conditions:
  • suitable venue with access to range of industrial machinery listed in the performance evidence
• relationships with team members and supervisor:
  • work may be conducted alone or as part of a team.

Timeframe:

• as specified by the task.

Assessor requirements

As a minimum, assessors must satisfy the assessor requirements in the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) current at the time of assessment.