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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 line 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 |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislation organisational policies and procedures workplace practices |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line 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 |
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 minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Forming board | is the process of spreading mixture over a former in line with order size and pressing it with heat and pressure to produce a hard panel |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the receipt/despatch of formed boards to/from the designated storage location or processing and may include: type size quantity instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures environmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisors suppliers clients colleagues managers |
Fibre or flakes assessment | fibre is the output product as a result of smashing wood chips into fibrous material which is then used to produce medium density fibreboard flakes are used to produce chipboard and are another process of breaking down wood or wood chips assessment may include: species size grade moisture content contamination issues |
Stockpile | is the pile of available flakes ready for board forming, classified in size and species |
Storage bins | are the catchment bins used to collect fibre after conversion of chips to fibre store fibre until ready for use in board production |
Equipment is to include: | spreading stations formers and forming lines slitters/saws screens cleaning equipment |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal language constructive feedback active listening questioning to clarify and confirm understanding use of positive, confident and cooperative language use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences control of tone of voice body language |
Pre start-up checks | are conducted to ensure: equipment has been set-up correctly systems are performing accurately machinery is operating to optimum performance |
Stock tanks | are the tanks which hold the wet fibre or flake mix to be spread on the forming line provide product to the spreader stations |
Spreader stations | are the booms which pour and spread the glue mix onto the board in readiness for adhering laminate or veneer |
Forming equipment is to include: | mats screens trays plates |
Former and forming line | forming line collects the product and provides a base for the former to convert the product into solid pressed board which is in-turn cut by the slitters/saws to form rough sized sheets |
Disposing of may include: | recycling sub-standard board re-using sub-standard board |
Emergency shutdown | is the immediate shutting off of the equipment to prevent an accident or prevent damage to the machine or product |
Shut down is to include: | procedures for equipment lock-out, ie protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source cleaning and maintaining all parts |
Records and reports may include: | product type size thickness inspection grading and labelling outcomes storage locations quality outcomes hazards incidents equipment malfunctions and may be: manual using a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |