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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 clothingsafety equipmentfirst aid equipmentfire fighting equipmenthazard and risk controlfatigue managementelimination of hazardous materials and substancessafe forest practices, including required actions relating to forest firemanual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislationorganisational policies and proceduresworkplace 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 agreementsindustrial relationsAustralian Standardsconfidentiality and privacyOHSthe environmentequal opportunityanti-discriminationrelevant industry codes of practiceduty of care |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelinespolicies and procedures relating to own role and responsibilityquality assuranceprocedural manualsquality and continuous improvement processes and standardsOHS, emergency and evacuation proceduresethical standardsrecording and reporting requirementsequipment use, maintenance and storage requirementsenvironmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Boards may be produced by: | resawing larger boards, for example, recovering boards from one edge at each passsplitting a larger board into two or more sections |
Timber may be: | solidmanufactured by lamination of boards or veneers |
Work order is to include: | details of material to be resawnspecial client requirementsproduction timelinesinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorsclientscolleaguesline management |
Equipment may include: | simple saw benches necessitating significant manual handling, to more complex handling arrangements using conveyor systems to transfer and position materialcircular or band sawssingle or multiple saws |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languageconstructive feedbackactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of positive, confident and cooperative languageuse of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differencescontrol of tone of voice |
Cutting processes involve: | adjusting saws, carriage and feeds to suit dimensions and cutting sequence selected |
Regularly clearing work area may include: | area around equipment and conveyorsclearing timber scraps around equipment and conveyorsregularly monitoring conveyors for material flow problems |
Problems may relate to: | equipment faults and malfunctionsquality of product and machine settingstransfer and flow of materialroutine sawing problemsfeed rate and product finishinfeed and outfeed systemsdamage to sawn boarddamage to saw bladetimber positioning |
Disposing of may include: | recycling damaged sawn material re-using damaged sawn materialredirecting damaged sawn material for energy recovery |
Faults may include: | blunt or damaged saw bladeproblems with the carriage or feedsinadequate supply of materialsdisruption to continuity of flowsub-optimal production rate and finish |
Maintenance may include: | cleaning the machine of wood chips and sawdustreplacing blunt cutters or saw bladesinspecting machine parts for wear or damage (including guards)greasing and lubricating moving partschecking the operation of emergency stop buttons and lock-out systems |
Dealing with may include: | repairing or sending for repair blunt cutters or saw bladesrecycling blunt cutters or saw blades that cannot be repairedsending blunt cutters or saw blades that cannot be repaired to landfill |
Records and reports may include: | tally sheetsquality sheets and formsproduction sheets and downtime sheetsand may relate to:production detailsmaintenance detailsbreakdowns or equipment faultscomputer problemsinterruptions to productionand may be:manualcomputer-based systemother appropriate organisational communication system |