This unit covers recognising common materials used in engineering, assisting in the selection of a material for a specific application, and using test results to evaluate the properties of materials.

Topic covered include:
Topic 1 - Properties of Materials:
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Topic 2 - Properties Data:
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Topic 3 - Materials Testing:
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Topic 4 - Structure and Properties:
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Topic 5 - Processing of Materials:
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Topic 6 - Selection of Materials:
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Topic 7 - Safety Parameters:
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This unit covers setting up and operating a range of mechanical cutting and holing equipment and applies to sawing, shearing, cropping and/or holing and includes setting up and operating a range of equipment. Examples of machines that could be covered include guillotines, croppers, cold saws, band saws, automatic saws etc. Typical applications of this unit may include cutting for manufacture, production cutting and cutting of materials selected from stores in a maintenance environment. The unit does not cover hand or hand held power tools used for cutting e.g. circular saws, nibblers and side...