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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Safety (OHS) is to be in accordance with state and territory legislation and regulations and project safety plan and may include: | emergency procedures, including extinguishing fires, organisational first aid requirements and evacuation handling activities that may require the assistance of others or the use of manual or mechanical lifting devices where size, weight or other issues, such as disability are a factor hazard control hazardous materials and substances housekeeping organisational first aid personal protective equipment (PPE) prescribed under legislation, regulations and workplace policies and practices safe operating procedures, including the conduct of operational risk assessment and treatments associated with: air monitoring equipment falling objects man-made structures obstructions recently filled trenches restricted access barriers safe parking security from unauthorised access or movement traffic control uneven or unstable surfaces or terrain underground or overhead services work site visitors and the public working at heights working in proximity to others use of firefighting equipment use of tools and equipment workplace environmental requirements and safety. |
Licensing requirements include: | relevant recognition, permit, licence or permission to operate within any state or territory issued by the government regulatory authority of that jurisdiction. |
Legislative requirements include: | award and organisation agreements and relevant industrial arrangements confidentiality and privacy requirements environmental issues equal opportunity industrial relations and anti-discrimination OHS issues relevant industry codes of practice relevant legislation from all levels of government that affect business operation. |
Organisational requirements include legal, organisational and site policy, guidelines and procedures relating to: | access and equity principles and practices consultative processes emergency and evacuation procedures equipment maintenance and storage procedures ethical standards OHS policies own role and responsibility procedures and programs quality and continuous improvement processes and standards quality assurance or procedures manuals recording and reporting procedures. |
Work order includes: | organisational work specifications and instructions issued by authorised personnel for the operation of a self-erecting tower crane and its respective tasks. |
Appropriate personnel includes: | client colleague manager supervisor supplier. |
Self-erecting tower crane includes: | cranes with bales mounted in a triangular or nested configuration for transport driven by electric or hydraulic mechanical systems cranes of the telescopic ram type involvement of riggers to: stabilise the self-erecting tower crane with the use of plates and packing under the footplates to adequately distribute the load, ensuring the bearing capacity of the crane standing is not exceeded conduct other erection activities, including the boom and counterweights self-erecting systems with: automatic locking mechanisms braking systems operator cabins designed to ascend and descend the erected tower outriggers ramps remote control self-levelling systems stabilisers. |
Equipment includes: | self-erecting tower cranes, lifting gear, workboxes and relevant maintenance equipment and may include remote control devices (pendant control and radio control) procedures for equipment lock-out protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the equipment emergency shutdown and stopping, extinguishing fires, organisational first aid requirements and evacuation. |
Environmental protection measures include organisational and project requirements, including: | clean-up management dust and noise vibration waste management. |
Pre start-up checks are conducted to ensure: | equipment has been set up correctly gear is fitted accurately plant is operating to optimum performance and to manufacturer specifications. |
Hazards include: | buildings chemicals fires hazardous materials movement of equipment, goods or material structures traffic underground or overhead services uneven or unstable surface or terrain. |
Barriers and signage include: | barrier tape or netting fencing specified safety signage temporary boundaries. |
Riggers' role is to include: | process of fitting and removing booms, cables, spars and counterweights to ensure structural stability and load capacity of self-erecting tower cranes. |
Doggers' role is to include: | provision of directional signals to the crane operator on the position and security of the load. |
Stability is to ensure: | self-erecting tower crane is positioned and secured so as not to topple over during operations. |
Ground controls include: | pendant controls remote control devices. |
Weight of load includes: | that prescribed by manufacturer as not exceeding the allowable capacity of the self-erecting tower crane. |
Lifting gear includes: | chains flexible steel wire rope slings grabs spreader beams other slinging equipment. |
Tasks include: | operations, including: boom up and boom down and operation of attachments luff movements outriggers slew left and right telescope in and out trolley in and trolley out winch up and down in combination service operations that provide for lighting, telecommunications and raised platforms for applications, including: airports entertainment firefighting harbours law enforcement mining oil and gas exploration road construction search and rescue sports. |
Records and reports include: | conclusions costs dangerous occurrences or equipment malfunctions difficulties or issues faced environmental issues hazards incidents or injuries maintenance of equipment maintenance records pro formas production reports recommendations, including for future work results self-erecting tower crane operations using logbooks. |