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

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to identify and assess a range of timber characteristics likely to impact on nail plate holding ability and to orientate components to ensure optimum utilisation of the resource

Communication skills sufficient to liaise with coworkers and supervisors to ensure efficient work flow

Literacy skills sufficient to identify and record timber characteristics impacting on nail plate holding ability

Numeracy skills sufficient to measure estimate and record size of undesirable timber characteristics

Problem solving skills sufficient to identify and resolve work flow problems resulting from undesirable timber characteristics

Planning and organisational skills sufficient to plan visual assessment processes

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 assessing timber for plating potential

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures for assessing timber for plating potential

Knowledge of materials handling and transport systems

Orientation of components to ensure products conform with manufacturing guidelines

A range of timber characteristics likely to affect nail plate holding ability

A range of industry standard timber species lengths cross sections and grades that may affect nail plate holding ability

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques

Types of tools and equipment used for assessing timber and procedures for their safe use operation and maintenance

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

Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information

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 assess timber for manufacturing potential

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 assessing timber for plating potential

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to assessing timber for plating potential

the application of knowledge of timber characteristics to make an accurate assessment of the potential of a piece of timber to be used for a particular component of trusses andor frames andor floors

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 comply with 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

OHS requirements:

Legislative requirements:

Organisational requirements may include:

Timber characteristics may include:

Work order may include:

Appropriate personnel may include:

Material may include:

Tools and equipment may include:

Communication may include:

Standards

Records and reports may include:

On-site movement of material