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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. |
OHS requirements: | are to be in accordance with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include: personal protective equipment and clothing safety equipment first aid equipment fire fighting equipment hazard and risk control fatigue management elimination of hazardous materials and substances safe forest practices including required actions relating to forest fire manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in accordance with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include: award and enterprise agreements industrial relations Australian Standards confidentiality and privacy OHS the environment equal opportunity anti-discrimination relevant industry codes of practice duty of care heritage and traditional land owner issues |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelines policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility quality assurance procedural manuals quality and continuous improvement processes and standards OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures ethical standards recording and reporting requirements equipment use and maintenance and storage requirements environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) access and equity principles and practices |
Tending operations | may have the potential to impact on the organisation's public relations and may be designed to: maintain the health of the stand improve productivity and long term sustainability provide for end product mix requirements manage notifiable weeds |
Timeline | may be critical to the productivity of the forest, success of the operation, and on suitability for various forest products (e.g. pruning certification) |
Appropriate personnel may include: | operations supervisor management colleagues clients relevant groups |
Environmental protection requirements may include: | soil disturbance measures retention tree damage fungal hygiene measures identification of habitat trees chemical handling and application procedures |
Operation requirements may include: | end product requirements stand treatment certification documentation contractual requirements and obligations environmental and public relations imperatives current state of the forest resource |
Impact may relate to: | nature and size of the crop and non-crop species availability and skill level of the labour force |
Consultative processes may include: | face-to-face meetings telephone facsimile written email communication and may be with: clients technical operators marketing groups operations supervisor colleagues and relevant groups/bodies such as: environmental bodies local, State and federal government bodies and agencies internal policy groups labour force |
Input may include: | details of equipment methods and consumables to be used specifications for thinning weed/insect management stand health, pruning and tree selection necessary notifications of relevant groups/bodies specifications and quality parameters performance indicators |
Approvals may be required by: | environmental bodies local, State and federal government bodies and agencies and may include: long-term budget approvals |
Authorisations may include: | permits approvals licences relating to neighbouring properties and may relate to: hours of operation use and application of chemicals the environment |
Hazards may refer to: | use of chemicals off-site effects tools and equipment dangers to the public |
Communication will include: | regular communication with the operations supervisor to ensure smooth operation and progress |
Documentation requirements | must be clear and accurate and may include: changes to the plan or process supplementary approvals supplementary notifications |
Monitoring points | may be time-based or frequency-based |
Compliance requirements may include: | OHS organisational, legislative and environmental regulations procedures, practices and precautions adherence to site environmental imperatives specifications quality performance targets |
Information | may be from a variety of sources and include: legislation forest biology tree physiology new technology |
Records and reports may include: | difficulties or issues faced during conduct of tending operation recommendations for future work results costs data analysis |