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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to clean shed
   • Confirm work to be undertaken with supervisor
   • Identify work health and safety hazards and seek advice from supervisor for implementation of suitable risk controls
   • Select, maintain and use suitable personal protective equipment
   • Identify the potential environmental and biosecurity impacts of cleaning the shed and seek advice from supervisor for managing these impacts
   • Raise, dismantle or remove equipment from the shed for cleaning and clean equipment to appropriate industry standards
   • Cover or seal electrical switchboards and other equipment to prevent entry of water if appropriate
2. Clean shed and surrounds
   • Service and prepare machinery for cleaning operation
   • Remove and dispose of litter where these are used
   • Remove and dispose of manure appropriately
   • Remove dust and cobwebs from all surfaces
   • Service filters and flush drinker lines and tanks
   • Empty and clean silos where appropriate
   • Prepare and use cleaning agents in line with safe working procedures
   • Air shed to completely remove traces or vapours of the cleaning agent prior to re-entry of staff and re-installation of equipment
   • Handle chemical agents safely and use in accordance with relevant work health and safety and industry practices
   • Dry clean electrical equipment
   • Ensure run-off from cleaning activity complies with enterprise, industry and regulatory effluent and waste management procedures
   • Ensure all cleaning and hygiene processes are completed to industry standards
3. Complete cleaning operation
   • Clean and store equipment appropriately at end of operation
   • Dispose of containers, leftover fluids, waste and debris from the cleaning operations appropriately
   • Complete records and documentation

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

identify work health and safety hazards, follow safe work practices and use personal protective equipment appropriately

make appropriate preparations for cleaning out shed

clean shed and surrounds

complete cleaning operation

complete records

follow relevant environmental and biosecurity practices

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

types of sheds and equipment found in sheds

methods to handle and transport equipment found in sheds

methods of sealing or covering shed equipment to prevent entry of water

methods for dry cleaning electrical equipment

environmental and biosecurity impacts of shed cleaning operation, and measures to mitigate these impacts

equipment and machinery used for shed cleaning operation, and the maintenance, servicing and storage of such equipment and machinery

environmental and biosecurity impacts and methods of disposal of effluent, bio-waste and waste generated by the cleaning operation

cleaning, maintenance and servicing of filters, drinker lines, tanks and silos

types, handling, use and disposal of cleaning agents, work health and safety and environmental practices for these agents

types of documentation and records that need to be completed after the cleaning operations

relevant work health and safety requirements

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