List the assessment methods to be used and the context and resources required for assessment. Copy and paste the relevant sections from the evidence guide below and then re-write these in plain English.
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Dry wool | 1.1 Follow start-up routine for wool drier in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 1.2 Operate wool drier to workplace and health and safety requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 1.3 Dry wool to workplace requirements. 1.4 Monitor wool for correct drying in accordance with workplace requirements. 1.5 Monitor wool flow through drier. 1.6 Perform routine maintenance and cleaning in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 1.7 Identify and explain safety hazards. 1.8 Identify and address workplace health and safety hazards. |
2. Operate wool press to bale wool | 2.1 Follow start-up procedures for wool press in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications. 2.2 Feed wool into wool press in accordance with work instructions. 2.3 Bale wool in accordance with workplace requirements and customer's specifications. 2.4 Monitor wool dryness in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.5 Observe fleece type and class separations in accordance with workplace requirements. 2.6 Brand, weigh and record bales in accordance with workplace requirements. |
The candidate must operate a wool drier and wool press.
The candidate must:
maintain separation of wool types and classes according to classer's instructions
monitor wool for correct drying
press wool bales to workplace requirements
operate, maintain and clean machinery for drying and pressing wool in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements, and manufacturer's specifications
apply relevant regulatory requirements
use communication skills relevant to work instructions
The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:
methods and goals of storage of wool bales
purpose of drying wool
reasons for drying and baling wool according to work instructions
steps and importance of recording the details of the bale and its importance
workplace and health and safety requirements and manufacturer's specifications associated with the operation of the wool drier
relevant regulatory requirements
workplace health and safety hazards associated with operating a wool drier and a wool press, and safety procedures.
Assessment must be conducted in an operating fellmongering plant.
Competency must be demonstrated at the level of usual production.
As a minimum, the following three forms of assessment must be used:
quiz of underpinning knowledge
workplace demonstration
workplace referee or third-party report of performance over time.
Assessors must satisfy the current standards for RTOs.