Note: The following required skills should be applied as appropriate to the equipment and processes that are used in the particular winery or workplace. Ability to: Access workplace information to identify grafting requirements Select, fit and use appropriate personal protective clothing and/or equipment Liaise with other work areas and customers Confirm supply of necessary materials Select appropriate vine material for grafting. This may include consideration of: variety and clone matching cambium matching bevels and sizes wood diameters customer or workplace requirements Prepare vine material for grafting. This may include: removal from cold storage soaking heat treatment disbudding hydration grading Select, prepare and set equipment as required Operate equipment Disbud vines according to instructions Bench graft vines to match specifications Treat vines after grafting. This may include: packing into callusing boxes hormonal treatment careful handling following hygiene procedures Monitor the process and equipment operation to identify out-of-specification results or non-compliance. This may include monitoring: tightness of graft union progress (e.g. number per day) Take corrective action in response to out-of-specification results or non-compliance Report and/or record corrective action as required Sort, collect, treat, recycle or dispose of waste as required Maintain work area to meet housekeeping standards. This should include hygiene requirements to prevent cross-infection Clean equipment as required Pack, label and store grafted vines. This may include consideration of: cold room layout cold room temperature variations customer requirements storage time requirements care of vine material (e.g. moisture and disease) Identify, rectify and/or report environmental non-compliance Conduct routine maintenance of equipment according to enterprise procedures Use oral communication skills/language to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation, including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification and seeking advice from supervisor Work cooperatively within a culturally diverse workforce |