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. |
Work health and safety requirements must comply with state and territory legislation and regulations and project safety plan, and may include: | assistance of others or the use of manual or mechanical lifting devices with handling activities where size, weight or other issues, such as disability, are a factor emergency procedures, including extinguishing fires, organisational first aid requirements, and evacuation procedures hazard control hazardous materials and substances 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: earth leakage boxes lighting power cables, including overhead service trays, cables and conduits signage and restricted access barriers surrounding structures traffic control trip hazards work site visitors and the public working at heights working in confined spaces working in proximity to others working outdoors in warm climates use of firefighting equipment use of tools and equipment workplace environmental requirements and safety. |
Information may include: | instructions issued by authorised organisational and external personnel memos regulatory and legislative requirements relating to placing concrete, including Australian standards safe work procedures relating to placing concrete safety data sheets signage verbal, written and diagrammatic instructions, including manufacturer specifications and instructions where specified work bulletins work schedules, plans and specifications. |
Planning and preparation must include: | assessing conditions and hazards calculating time required to complete task identifying and rectifying equipment defects inspecting work sites. |
Plant, tools and equipment: | must include: chutes measuring tapes and rules screed boards shovels trowels may include: brooms compressors concrete placing booms kibbles line pumps mechanised dumpers rakes stipple devices trowelling machines vibrators wheelbarrows. |
Quality requirements must include: | internal organisational quality policy and standards manufacturer specifications where specified relevant regulations and Australian standards workplace operations and procedures. |
Environmental requirements may include: | clean-up management dust and noise control stormwater management vibration management waste management. |
Location must include: | single slab multi-level slab set down and wet areas temporary formwork. |
Relevant personnel mayinclude: | architect client site manager or supervisor stonemason. |
Concrete delivery may include: | crane and kibble pre-mix truck wheelbarrow. |
Appropriate receptacle may include: | hopper kibble pump wheelbarrow. |
Placing of concrete mayinclude: | kibble pumping equipment shovelling tremmies truck-placed vibrating wheelbarrows. |
Levels are indicated by: | level pegs lines markers. |
Methods to avoid segregation of concrete may include: | using a tremmie, minimise the height of a vertical drop (no greater than 2 metres high for 20MPA at 80 slump) using pumps with a flexible hose. |
Finishing techniques may include: | broom finished brushed mechanical trowelling steel trowelling wood float. |
Screeding: | must include a hand screed may include: a mechanical vibrating screed magic screeds. |