Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for dressing process
- Applicable occupational health and safety (OHS), environmental, legislative and organisational requirements relevant to dressing boards and timber are identified and followed
- Work order is reviewed and clarified with appropriate personnel
- Machinery and equipment are selected appropriate to work requirements and checked for operational effectiveness in line with manufacturer recommendations
- Machinery is adjusted to suit size and type of boards or timber to be dressed in line with work order
- Pre-operational checks and lock-out procedures are conducted in line with manufacturer recommendations
- Required dressed board sizes and quantities, and available material for dressing are identified from work orders, schedules and site procedures
- Sequence of machining operations is planned where multiple passes are required
- Communication with others is established and maintained in line with OHS requirements and site procedures
- Dress boards and timber
- Boards and timber are dressed in line with work order, environmental and OHS requirements, and site procedures
- Pre-operational checks and lock-out procedures are conducted in line with manufacturer recommendations
- Boards and timber are dressed using appropriate equipment in line with site procedures and manufacturer recommendations
- Guides, conveyors, speeds and feeds are adjusted to suit dimensions and grade outcomes, and cutting sequence is selected
- Boards not meeting processing requirements are identified prior to dressing, and rejected and disposed of in line with site procedures
- Work area is regularly cleared in line with site standards, and environmental and OHS requirements
- Problems are identified and resolved in line with site procedures
- Dressed boards are tallied and monitored against work orders
- Assess dressing conditions
- Dressing conditions are regularly assessed to ensure product quality, continuity of supply and processing in line with site standards and procedures
- Dressing feed rates and finish are evaluated to determine board size, timber condition and other relevant characteristics in line with site procedures
- Dressed board dimensions and profiles are regularly measured and recorded in line with site procedures
- Routine processing and equipment faults are recognised and resolved or reported in line with site procedures
- Maintain simple dressing processes
- Dressing conditions are adjusted to optimise feed rate and finish and to maintain finished dimensions, in line with work order and site standards
- Equipment lock-out procedures are applied in line with OHS requirements and site procedures
- Equipment is maintained in line with OHS requirements, site procedures, manufacturer recommendations and environmental requirements
- Problems and faults are identified, resolved and reported in line with site procedures
- Blunt cutters or saw blades are dealt with in line with site procedures, manufacturer recommendations and environmental requirements
- Production and quality records and reports are processed in line with site procedures and organisational requirements