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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) |
Chips or flakes | are the output product as a result of converting wood into chip or flake material, which is then used to produce other products |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the assessment of chips and the chip or flake grade and may include:feed rate quantityinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Assessing wood is to include: | speciessizemoisture contentcontamination issues associated with selected wood, such as:logsbilletsoff-cutswaste timberdown grade timberresiduechipsreject boards |
Stockpile | is the pile of available wood products ready for conversion to chips or flakes, classified in size and species |
Equipment is to include: | procedures for equipment lock-out, such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power sourceand may include:chippershoggersshredders and knife millsmechanised feed systems |
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 |
Pre-startup checks | are conducted to ensure:machine has been set up correctlysystems are performing accurately machine is operating to optimum performance |
Feed systems may include: | conveyorschutes or track systems moving wood to the chipper moving processed wood chips or flakes from the chipping machines |
Conveyor operations may include: | moving wood products to the chipping/flaking machineryextracting chips or flakes and moving to collection bins |
Emergency shutdown | is the immediate shutting off of equipment to prevent an accident or damage to the machine or product |
Records and reports may include: | product typesizeinspection informationgrading and labelling outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be: manualcomputer-based systemother appropriate organisational communication system |