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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

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

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to understand how trees capture and store carbon

Communication skills sufficient to explain carbon capture and storage to customers

Literacy skills sufficient to help write a promotional campaign and evaluation documentation

Numeracy skills sufficient to understand input and output figures and calculate potential carbon storage of wood products

Problem solving skills sufficient to apply the promotional campaign and identify improvement opportunities

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 promoting the carbon benefits of wood products

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures for promoting the carbon benefits of wood products

Environmental risks and hazards

Minimising environmental impact

Using energy effectively and efficiently

Using material effectively and efficiently

How trees capture and store carbon

Principles of developing a promotional campaign

Continuous improvement processes and systems

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies common fault finding techniques

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

Appropriate mathematical procedures for calculating approximate carbon storage of wood products

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 promote the carbon benefits of wood products to customers in a timber merchandising environment

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 promoting the carbon benefits of wood products

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to promoting the carbon benefits of wood products

providing advice to customers on available product range and their carbon storage figures

recommending wood products to customers

preparing a campaign to promote the carbon benefits of wood 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 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 may be by direct observation of tasks with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of key competencies

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 procedural manuals 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)
Wood products:	describe any wood or wood composite material and may include: hardwood logs, poles, piles, stringers, other round products softwood logs, poles, piles, roundwood products sawn timber structural timber non-structural timber treated timber plywood and veneer particle board and MDF flooring wood panelling mouldings glulaminated beams engineered timber
Process of carbon capture and storage	is the process trees use to capture and fix carbon from the atmosphere into wood
Carbon storage	is the amount of carbon stored in a timber product
Promotional elements may include:	visual display product information
Customer feedback may include:	verbal questionnaire