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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) |
Board may include: | medium density fibreboard chipboard fibreboard other manufactured board products |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the receipt/despatch and pressing of board to/from the designated storage location or processing and may include: texture colour type size thickness 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 |
Chips, flakes and fibre | chips are an output of breaking down logs into wood chips approximately the size of a 50 cent coin and then breaking these down to form smaller chips for chipboard production 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 the output product as a result of converting wood chips into a thinner chip material which is then used to produce panel products |
Storage location may include: | the use of: storage racks storage bays bins stacks pallet boxes modularised storage components temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground) and may be divided into: standard product classification product designation size dimension stack number weight grade shelf life stock rotation position |
Equipment is to include: | continuous presses with continuous forming lines |
Pressing | is the process of compressing the blended chips, flakes or fibre into board using formers and a heat driven press system includes consideration of weight, thickness, length, width, bond, porosity, moisture content, bare fibres, foreign material, visual appearance, surface blemishes and trimmed edge appearance |
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 |
Former | is the piece of equipment which shapes the molten chips, flakes or fibre into sheet form |
Forming equipment is to include: | mats screens trays plates |
Feed rate | is the rate of speed the blended material is pumped into the former |
Blending | is the mixing of the chips, flakes or fibre with the binding ingredients and hardening agents |
Testing | is the process of measuring moisture content, weight, thickness and density of the panels to achieve the desired outcome for all of these information ensures accurate forming and cycle times and allows for adjustment of the cycles accordingly |
Defects may include: | surface blemishes discolouration natural timber defects clean scalping from pendistors forming deformities |
Transferral may include: | the use of: conveyor belt systems track systems lifting equipment such as: fork lifts slings trolley jacks gantry cranes loaders assistance with lifting such as: the involvement of two or more personnel to lift materials manually or to guide the movement of mechanical equipment |
Disposing of may include: | recycling finished boards with defects re-using finished boards with defects |
Records and reports may include: | material type product type size 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 |
Shutdown 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 |