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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Coordinate quality procedures
  2. Monitor and control product care
  3. Control product supply quality

Required Skills

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools machinery and equipment

Communication skills and interpersonal techniques sufficient to interact appropriately with colleagues and others in the workplace

Literacy skills sufficient to accurately record and report workplace information and maintain documentation

Numeracy skills sufficient to estimate and measure and to calculate time required to complete a task

Problem solving skills sufficient to identify problems and equipment faults and demonstrate appropriate response procedures

Required knowledge

Applicable Commonwealth State or Territory legislation regulations standards codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for monitoring of quality and product care procedures

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures relevant to monitoring of quality and product care procedures

Environmental risks and hazard identification

Optimisation of timber

Quality systems and supply coordination

Product care and processing

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques

Types of tools and equipment and procedures for their safe use and maintenance

Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimating and measuring including calculating time to complete tasks

Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can safely and efficiently monitor quality and product supply care procedures in line with organisational requirements

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements of this unit and include demonstration of

following applicable Commonwealth State or Territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice relevant to monitoring of quality and product care procedures

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to monitoring of quality and product care procedures

monitoring of quality and product supply care in line with environmental legislation and workplace procedures

effective communication and safe work practices

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace

Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices safety requirements and environmental constraints

Assessment of required knowledge other than confirmatory questions will usually be conducted in an offsite context

Assessment is to follow relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements

The following resources should be made available

workplace location or simulated workplace

materials and equipment relevant to undertaking work applicable to this unit

specifications and work instructions

Method of assessment

Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI Training Package

Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI11 Training Package

Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts together with application of required knowledge

Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills

Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the required knowledge

Assessment may be applied under projectrelated conditions real or simulated and require evidence of process

Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance but is able to be transferred to other circumstances

Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency

The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate

Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality gender or language backgrounds other than English

Where the participant has a disability reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment

Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

OHS requirements:

are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include:

personal protective equipment and clothing

safety equipment

first aid equipment

fire fighting equipment

hazard and risk control

fatigue management

elimination of hazardous materials and substances

safe forest practices including required actions relating to forest fire

manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying

machine isolation and guarding

Environmental requirements may include:

legislation

organisational policies and procedures

workplace practices

Legislative requirements:

are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include:

award and enterprise agreements

industrial relations

Australian Standards

confidentiality and privacy

OHS

the environment

equal opportunity

anti-discrimination

relevant industry codes of practice

duty of care

Organisational requirements may include:

legal

organisational and site guidelines

policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility

quality assurance

procedural manuals

quality and continuous improvement processes and standards

OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures

ethical standards

recording and reporting requirements

equipment use and maintenance and storage requirements

environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Quality systems may include:

enterprise based systems

second party certification

third party certification

ISO9000 series

other regulatory systems

Visual inspection may include:

assessing the appropriateness of features

contamination

timber colours

insect attack

surface finishes

loose surfaces

bubbles

holes

breakages

machine caused defects

Product specifications may include:

specifications set for optimisation of timber set in line with the available resource

customer requirements

industry standard cross sections and lengths

enterprise standards

Communication may include:

verbal and non-verbal language

constructive feedback

active listening

questioning to clarify and confirm understanding

use of positive, confident and cooperative language

use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences

control of tone of voice

body language

Product recovery is to include:

recovering logs or converting logs into useable boards without damage or loss of product

Minimising waste may include:

appropriately assessing timber for recovery

maximising product or resource use

recycling defective product, off cuts and residue in line with organisational guidelines

Value adding is to include:

maximising use of the product or resource

minimising waste

optimising the use of natural resources

Species may include:

native

imported species

Timber structures may include:

hardwood or softwood cell structured timber

Features may include:

warp

wane

cupping

shakes

insect defects

knots

resin pockets

Characteristics may include:

colour

density

texture

grain

figure

qualities

uses

Grading

is the process of visually inspecting logs or timber to classify their quality and use

Monitoring machinery and equipment maintenance may include:

minimising:

the impact of their use on the environment

carbon emissions

Despatch

is the sending out of products relating to a customer order via various means of transport

Records and reports may include:

monitoring quality and product supply care procedures

risk

hazards

incidents

equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system