Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan and prepare to clean industrial machinery.
- Machinery to be cleaned is assessed, surfaces and soil types are identified, job requirements are reviewed, and issues are clarified.
- Hazards, including machinery cleaning hazards, are assessed and risks controlled according to company, legislative, and health and safety requirements.
- Equipment is selected according to job requirements, checked for serviceability, and faults are rectified or reported before starting work.
- Personal protective equipment (PPE) is sourced according to manufacturer specifications, and health and safety and company requirements.
- Cleaning techniques and chemicals are selected and chemicals prepared according to manufacturer specifications, and legislative, health and safety, company, and environmental requirements.
- Signs and barricades are selected and installed according to health and safety, and company requirements.
- Pre-existing damage is identified and reported according to company requirements.
- Conduct cleaning tasks.
- Existing access platforms are used according to manufacturer specifications, and health and safety, and company requirements.
- Items and areas requiring protection from damage are covered according to client and company requirements.
- Heavily soiled areas are pre-treated according to manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
- Machinery is cleaned according to client requirements, manufacturer specifications and company requirements.
- Machinery is inspected for residual soil and spot cleaned according to company requirements.
- Tidy work site.
- Clean and safety check equipment, and store equipment and chemicals.