Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan grain storage program
- Collect and analyse organisational documentation and financial information to develop the storage program
- Identify, record and assess available storage facilities for suitability and capacity
- Calculate and analyse projected grain production and delivery quantities, types and timeframes against storage capacity
- Arrange any required temporary storage
- Estimate timeframes and scheduling for delivery of grain to storage facilities on- and off-site
- Prepare program to include plans for annual, seasonal and short-term periods, appropriate to achieve organisational goals and objectives
- Document program, including scheduling and key responsibilities, and reporting type, format, frequency and detail required by managers and operators
- Plan integrated pest control for the storage area
- Organise grain testing and sampling for pest infestation
- Record and analyse results of samples and tests for pest infestation
- Develop and implement an integrated pest management program to control grain insects and other pests in storage
- Determine monitoring points, targets and methods to identify possible development of resistance in insects
- Ensure the selected pest control strategies relate to the requirements of the end use and to customers’ expectations
- Determine appropriate record keeping requirements and procedures to ensure compliance with the range of applicable regulations
- Document the program, including scheduling and key responsibilities, including the type, format, frequency and detail of any reporting required by both managers and operators
- Implement work health and safety program for grain storage area
- Identify hazards within and surrounding the grain storage area(s)
- Develop, document and implement procedures to minimise risks
- Communicate work health and safety and risk minimisation procedures
- Ensure the program describes the personal protective equipment and safety gear required to be used around the storage facilities
- Determine record keeping requirements and implement procedures appropriately
- Ensure the program includes the type, format, frequency and detail of any reporting required by both managers and operators
- Manage the grain storage program
- Implement the grain storage program
- Schedule and organise activities for efficient transport and storage of the grain
- Implement pest control strategies according to the integrated pest management program
- Ensure personal protective equipment and safety gear is provided to all people operating around the storage facilities
- Ensure that all work health and safety procedures are implemented by operational personnel
- Conduct checks to ensure that the performance indicators, targets and specifications are being met and make amendments to the program, where necessary
- Communicate regularly with operational personnel throughout the storage, transport, sampling and chemical application operations to ensure efficient and safe operation and progress
- Assess the impact and risk of existing and potential problems
- Identify potential problems and investigate likely causes
- Consider, analyse, review and recommend alternative solutions to appropriate personnel for a decision
- Maintain records of stored grain movement
- Create, maintain and store records and documentation as described in the grain storage program, the integrated pest management program, and work health and safety requirements
- Complete appropriate records and documentation throughout the storage program
- Ensure that the record keeping system is appropriate
- Implement enterprise biosecurity policies