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

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to dry timber use and maintain relevant tools machinery and equipment including using moisture measuring techniques

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

Literacy skills sufficient to accurately record and report workplace information and maintain documentation

Numeracy skills sufficient to calculate moisture content estimate timber volumes and weights and analyse statistical data

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

Required knowledge

Applicable Commonwealth State or Territory legislative regulatory or certification requirements and codes of practice relevant to the full range of processes for drying timber

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures for drying timber

Energy efficiency and savings obtained from various types of solar kilns

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution

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

Species identification for a range of timbers likely to be encountered

Drying techniques including development and relief of drying stresses

Operation of solar assisted kilns

Types of timber degrades and how it develops

Basic knowledge of woodwater relationships in the drying process

Methods of visual inspection

Characteristics of timber

Quality and distribution processes

Storage systems and labelling

Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimation and measurement

Procedures for the recording reporting and maintenance of 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 safely and efficiently dry timber in solar assisted kilns to appropriate moisture contents and stress levels whilst keeping degrade to a minimum

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 drying timber in solar assisted kilns

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to drying timber in solar assisted kilns

consistently achieving target end moisture contents with acceptable levels of drying degrade

selecting appropriate timber drying schedules for a range of species and products

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 may 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:

Environmental requirements may include:

Legislative requirements:

Organisational requirements may include:

Timber may include:

Work order is to include:

Appropriate personnel may include:

Drying

Conversion process may include:

Racks

Visual assessment is to include:

Equipment must include:

Sample Boards

Moisture content

Drying plan

Communication may include:

Pre start-up checks

Emergency shutdown

Kiln

Baffles and/or blankets

Drying schedule

Drying degrade may include:

Drying end point

Target moisture content

Drying stresses

Rectified

Sub-standard material

Disposal may include:

Moisture probes

Movement of material may include:

Storage may include:

Cleaning

Records and reports may include: