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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Operate wool press to bale wool
   • Follow start-up procedures for wool press in accordance with workplace requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
   • Feed wool into wool press in accordance with work instructions.
   • Bale wool in accordance with workplace requirements and customer's specifications.
   • Monitor wool dryness in accordance with workplace requirements.
   • Observe fleece type and class separations in accordance with workplace requirements.
   • Brand, weigh and record bales in accordance with workplace requirements.

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must operate a wool drier and wool press.

The candidate must:

maintain separation of wool types and classes according to classer's instructions

monitor wool for correct drying

press wool bales to workplace requirements

operate, maintain and clean machinery for drying and pressing wool in accordance with workplace and health and safety requirements, and manufacturer's specifications

apply relevant regulatory requirements

use communication skills relevant to work instructions

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate a basic factual, technical and procedural knowledge of:

methods and goals of storage of wool bales

purpose of drying wool

reasons for drying and baling wool according to work instructions

steps and importance of recording the details of the bale and its importance

workplace and health and safety requirements and manufacturer's specifications associated with the operation of the wool drier

relevant regulatory requirements

workplace health and safety hazards associated with operating a wool drier and a wool press, and safety procedures.

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