Compliance documentation and procedures may include: | legislative, organisation and site requirements and procedures manufacturer’s guidelines and specifications Australian standards OHS requirements including protective clothing and equipment, use of tools and equipment, workplace environment and safety, handling of materials, use of fire fighting equipment, use of First Aid equipment, hazard control and hazardous materials and substances safe operating procedures including (but not limited to) recognising and preventing hazards associated with fill-site traffic movement, overhead services, other machines, personnel, restricted access barriers, traffic control, working at heights, working in proximity to others, worksite visitors and the public safe parking practices including (but not limited to) ensuring access ways are clear, equipment/ machinery is away from overhangs and refuelling sites, safe distance from excavations, and secured from unauthorised access or movement hazards and risks including (but not limited to) uneven/unstable terrain, trees, fires, overhead and underground services, bridges, buildings, excavations, traffic, embankments, cuttings, structures and hazardous materials emergency procedures related to this unit including (but not limited to) emergency shutdown and stopping, extinguishing fires, organisational First Aid requirements and evacuation environmental requirements including (but not limited to) organisational/project environmental management plan, waste management, water quality protection, noise, vibration, dust and clean-up management Employment and workplace relations legislation Equal Employment Opportunity and Disability Discrimination legislation |
Tip truck tasks should include: | the transporting and tipping of soils, sand, rocks and construction gravels on public roads and worksites static tipping and mobile tipping and spreading, discharging/tipping on slopes and discharging/tipping over edges discharging into bins and hoppers and spreading aggregate |
Tip trucks may include: | self-propelled vehicle designed for on road use to transport a variety of construction materials to and from construction sites vehicles that are rigid (with or without a dog trailer) or articulated various configurations of tip trucks, the number of vehicle axles, the weight of each vehicle and load capacities are dependent on the vehicle class loads that are normally discharged by tipping from the rear of the vehicle or trailer but, methods of material discharge may also include side and belly dumping National Licence Classes for trucks MR (Medium rigid) – a vehicle (2 axle only) which is greater than 8t GVM, plus a trailer of not more than 9t GVM HR (Heavy Rigid) – a vehicle (no axle limit) which is greater than 8t GVM, plus a trailer of not more than 9t GVM HC (Heavy combination) – a heavy rigid vehicle with a trailer greater than 9t GVM or a prime mover and semi trailer MC (Multi combination) - multi-combination vehicles like Road Trains and B-Double Vehicles. Also includes vehicles in class 'HC'. |
Materials may include: | materials may include but are not limited to clays, silts, stone, gravel, mud, rock, sand, topsoil, bituminous mixes, timber, blended materials, organic materials, typical construction site materials/waste and aggregates rock types may include metamorphic, igneous and sedimentary |