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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) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for visually stress-grading material and may include:typewidthlengththickness quantityinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Grading is to include: | visually evaluating material characteristics for classification into various strength and structural grades |
Standards may include: | Australian Standardsrequirements established by the clientrequirements established by the producer |
Equipment may include: | vernier callipersprofile gaugesmoisture meters (resistance and capacitance)tapesmarking implements |
Hardwood: | usually comes from trees with leaf foliage and has large tube-like vessels or pores consisting of short stubby cells varying in size and may include:native timber species imported timber speciesdressed timberin-the-rough timber preservative treated timber |
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 |
Species may include: | native speciesimported species |
Seasoning | is the process of drying timber either with kilns or air-drying methods |
Tolerance | is the enterprise-accepted deviation from the perfect specifications |
Characteristics may include: | knotsborer holesstaincheckstight resin pocketsshakeswanewantheart and heart shakestermite galleriesdecaylyctus susceptible sapwood and compression failures and fracturescolourdensitytexturegrainfigurequalities |
Moisture content | is the amount of moisture maintained in timber after kiln drying or production to avoid cracking and deforming |
Structural grade is to include: | structural conformity of the timber consistency of the structural qualityfree of defects which may weaken strength, such as knots, shakes and short grain |
Appearance is to include: | assessing the appropriateness of:defectscontaminationtimber colourssurface characteristicsgrain pattern |
Disposing of may include: | recycling timber with inappropriate defects or contamination re-using timber with inappropriate defects or contaminationredirecting timber with inappropriate defects or contamination for energy recovery |
Records and reports may include: | stress-grading requirementsproduct type and sizeinspection informationgrading and marking outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be: manualcomputer-based systemother appropriate organisational communication system |