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. |
Compliance documentation may include: | legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures manufacturer's guidelines and specifications Australian standards code of practice Employment and workplace relations legislation Equal Employment Opportunity and Disability Discrimination legislation |
Samples may include: | soils rocks minerals fossils hydrocarbons drill core stream sediment mine samples gas or air samples water, wastewater, stormwater, sewage, sludges construction materials solid wastes raw materials final products hazardous materials and/or dangerous goods atmospheric or airborne contaminants |
Site hazards may include: | solar radiation, dust and noise wildlife, such as snakes, spiders, domestic animals biohazards, such as micro-organisms and agents associated with soil, air, water chemicals, such as acids and hydrocarbons sharps, broken glassware manual/handling of heavy sample bags and containers crushing, entanglement, cuts associated with moving machinery and hand tools falling objects, uneven surfaces, heights, slopes, wet surfaces, trenches, confined spaces vehicle handling in rough terrain, boat handling in rough or flowing water |
Safety procedures may include: | use of materials safety data sheets (MSDS) use of personal protective equipment, such as hard hats, heavy protection, gloves, safety glasses, goggles, faceguards, coveralls, gown, body suits, respirators, safety boots correct labelling of hazardous materials handling and storing hazardous material and equipment in accordance with labels, MSDS, manufacturer's instructions, enterprise procedures and regulations regular cleaning and/or decontamination of equipment machinery guards signage, barriers, service isolation tags, traffic control, flashing lights lockout and tagout procedures |
Representative sampling may include: | size frequency location |
Types of samples may include: | grab samples disturbed or undisturbed materials composite samples, such as time, flow proportioned, horizontal/vertical cross section quality control samples, such as controls, background, duplicate, blanks |
Sampling tools and equipment may include: | hand tools carrying devices portable power tools front-end loader, backhoe, excavator, drill rig shovels, augers, bucket sampling frames, sampling tubes, dip tubes, spears, flexible bladders, syringes access valves sample thief weighted sample bottles, bottles, plastic/metal containers and disposable buckets sterile containers, pipettes, inoculating loops, disposable spoons pumps, stainless steel bailers mechanical gravity separator high specific gravity liquids hand magnet isodynamic magnetic separator electrostatic separator crusher ultrasonic cleaner panning and hand jigging hydraulic rock splitter diamond saw sledge hammer crushers screens |
Sample preparation may include: | marking up splitting sub-sampling sealing size reduction specific gravity magnetic suspension core-cutting crushing/grinding sieving riffling blending homogenisation coning quartering preparing sub-sample including: stain/polish petrological and electron microscope/electron microprobes |
Maintenance of integrity of samples could include: | appropriate containers and lids (for example, glass, plastic, amber, opaque) sealing of sample containers purging of sample lines and bores decontamination of sampling tools between collection of consecutive samples use of appropriate preservatives (for example, sodium azide, toluene or antibiotics) wrapping container in foil or wet newspaper temperature control, which may involve prevention of direct contact between the sample and coolant transfer of sterile sample into sterile container monitoring of storage conditions enterprise/legal traceability through appropriate sample labelling and records |
Minimising environmental impacts may involve: | replacement of soils and vegetation driving to minimise soil erosion and damage to fauna and vegetation disposal of surplus, spent or purged materials recycling of non-hazardous wastes appropriate disposal of hazardous waste cleaning of vehicles to prevent transfer of pests and contaminants |