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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: machines man-made structures obstructions recently filled trenches restricted access barriers safe parking security from unauthorised access or movement signage and barricades surrounding structures traffic control underground or overhead services uneven or unstable surfaces or terrain 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 includes: | relevant recognition, permit, licence or permission to operate within any state or territory issued by the government regulatory authority of that jurisdiction. |
Organisational requirements include: | access and equity principles and practices consultative processes emergency and evacuation procedures equipment maintenance and storage procedures ethical standards legal, organisational and site policy or guidelines OHS policies policies and procedures relating to 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 tower crane and its respective tasks. |
Appropriate personnel includes: | client colleague manager supervisor supplier. |
Tower crane: | includes: a boom or jib crane mounted on a tower structure that is demountable or permanent and includes horizontal and luffing jib types may include: height and jib extension ram luffers rope luffers and hammerheads (trolley in and trolley out) is generally pre-erected by riggers with use of mobile cranes. |
Equipment: | includes: lifting gear tower cranes workboxes and relevant maintenance equipment may include: emergency shutdown and stopping extinguishing fires organisational first aid requirements and evacuation procedures for equipment lock-out to protect operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the equipment remote control devices (pendant control and radio control). |
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. |
Environmental protection measures include organisational and project requirements, including: | clean-up management dust and noise vibration waste management. |
Pre start-up checks ensure: | equipment has been set up correctly gear is fitted accurately plant is operating to optimum performance. |
Hazards include: | buildings chemicals fires goods and materials, including hazardous materials movement of equipment structures traffic underground or overhead services uneven or unstable surface or terrain. |
Barriers and signage include: | barrier tape or netting fencing temporary boundaries and specified safety signage. |
Weight of load includes: | that prescribed by manufacturer as not exceeding the allowable capacity of the tower crane. |
Lifting gear includes: | chains or slinging equipment grabs. |
Dogging includes: | provision of directional signals to the crane operator on the position and security of the load. |
Rigging includes: | process of fitting and removing cables and spars to ensure structural stability and load capacity of tower cranes. |
Tasks include operations, including: | attachments boom up and boom down luff movements outriggers slew left and right telescope in and out trolley in and trolley out winch up and down in combination. |
Records and reports include: | conclusions costs dangerous occurrences or equipment malfunctions using logbooks difficulties or issues faced environmental issues hazards incidents or injuries pro formas production reports recommendations and maintenance records recommendations for future work results tower crane operations and maintenance of equipment. |