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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare for profiling
  2. Set up profiling equipment
  3. Cut material to profile
  4. Conduct operator maintenance

Required Skills

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

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools machinery and equipment efficiently and safely cut material to profile

Communication skills sufficient to use appropriate communication and interpersonal techniques with colleagues and others

Literacy skills sufficient to record and report workplace information maintain documentation

Numeracy skills sufficient to measure estimate and calculate time required to complete a task

Problem solving skills sufficient to identify problems and equipment faults demonstrate appropriate response procedures

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 cutting material to profile

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material including preservative treated timber

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures for cutting material to profile

Environmental risks and hazards

Criteria for recycling and reusing material with features

Using energy effectively and efficiently

Using material effectively and efficiently

Characteristics of timber and timber features

Cutting profiles feed rates and finish

Methods for assessing condition of cutting blade

Storage systems and labelling procedures

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques

Types of tools and equipment and procedures for their safe use and maintenance

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

Procedures for recording and reporting workplace information

Evidence Required

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 safely and efficiently cut material to profile in line with organisational requirements

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 cutting material to profile

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to cutting material to profile

cutting material to profile in line with the work order and prescribed organisational specifications

conducting operator maintenance

stacking batches of cut material in line with organisational requirements and OHS regulations

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 follow 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 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


Range Statement

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 clothing

safety equipment

first aid equipment

fire fighting equipment

hazard and risk control

fatigue management

elimination of hazardous materials and substances

safe forest practices, including required actions relating to forest fire

manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying

Environmental requirements may include:

legislation

organisational policies and procedures

workplace 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 agreements

industrial relations

Australian Standards

confidentiality and privacy

OHS

the environment

equal opportunity

anti-discrimination

relevant industry codes of practice

duty of care

Organisational requirements may include:

legal

organisational and site guidelines

policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility

quality assurance

procedural manuals

quality and continuous improvement processes and standards

OHS, emergency and evacuation procedures

ethical standards

recording and reporting requirements

equipment use, maintenance and storage requirements

environmental management requirements (waste minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Profile may include:

various shapes and patterns into which steel cutting blades can be shaped that will in turn shape the timber or timber product to achieve the desired profile outcome and may include:

quad

beading

mouldings

shaped beams

architraves

skirting boards

scotia

Work order is to include:

instructions for the cutting and despatch of timber and timber products from the work site

and may include:

type

size

length

profile

thickness

quantity

grade

instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures

environmental care requirements relevant to the work

Appropriate personnel may include:

supervisors

suppliers

clients

colleagues

managers

Material may include:

native timber species

imported timber species

dressed timber

in-the-rough timber

stress and non-stress graded timber

preservative treated timber

medium density fibreboard

laminated veneer

chipboard

fibreboard and other manufactured board products

coated and/or treated timber products

beams, including laminated beams

Storage locations may include:

storage racks

storage bays

bins

stacks

pallet boxes

modularised storage components

temporary stacking bays (stand, frame or ground)

and may be divided into:

standard product classification

product designation

size

dimension

stack number

weight

grade

shelf life

stock rotation position

Equipment is to include:

procedures for machine lock-out, such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source

and may include:

measuring equipment

multi-head planing machines (four siders)

spindle moulders

routing machines

shaping machines

profile cutting blades in various shapes and sizes

Communication may include:

verbal and non-verbal language

constructive feedback

active listening

questioning to clarify and confirm understanding

use of positive, confident and cooperative language

use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences

control of tone of voice

Pre-startup checks

are conducted to ensure:

machine has been set up correctly

cutters are installed accurately

machine is operating to optimum performance

Machine guides may include:

machine manufacturer produced guides located strategically on the machine to maintain timber in straight feed and ensure consistency of profile cut

enterprise produced guides/jigs to maintain consistency of timber against cutting blades

Feed rate

is the rate of speed the material is passed through the machine affecting the sharpness of the cutting blades, the finish of the material, and the production output

Features may include:

warp

wane

cupping

shakes

insect defects

knots

resin pockets

Disposing of may include:

recycling material with features

re-using material with features

redirecting material with features for energy recovery

Stacking may include:

preparing for transport

categorising in common size, length and angle

marking lots in line with work order and site requirements

locating so as not to block access or passage

Records and reports may include:

product type and size

profile

inspection information

grading and labelling outcomes

storage locations

quality outcomes

hazards

incidents

equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

a computer-based system

other appropriate organisational communication system

Dealing with may include:

repairing or sending for repair blunt or damaged cutting blades

recycling blunt or damaged cutting blades

re-using blunt or damaged cutting blades

sending cutting blades that cannot be repaired to landfill