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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 equipment first 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 carryinguse of tools and plant appropriate to a task and used to safe working procedures |
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 responsibilityprocedural manuals 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) |
Work order must include: | instructions for the trimming, felling and despatching of salvaged trees, including merchandisingdirections on the treatment of non-merchantable trees and debris for the purpose of environmental care and site rehabilitationprescriptions for maintenance of soil and waterwet weather restrictionsand may include:instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Environmental care requirements may include: | any activities and directives prescribed under legislation or required for standard certification requirements or as a management priority such as:soil erosion mitigationtrack, road, drainage and crossing maintenanceweed managementrehabilitation prescriptionswatercourse protectionflora and fauna management |
Appropriate personnel may include: | managerssupervisorsforemenoperational staffadministrative staffsub contractorsclients |
Environmental risks and hazards may include: | spillsleakspollutionplanned and unplanned emissionssoil compactiondisturbance and erosionaccidentsdisposal of wastedamage or disruption to ecosystemsdisplacement of plant or animalschanges in land usefire risks and threatsdamage to habitatsillegal vegetation clearingseed collectionfirewood gathering |
Schedule is to include: | plantimelinelist of events to take place in conducting fire salvage operations |
Operational activities may include: | coupe mapping exercisessite preparationestablishment of stream or water course buffers, filter strips, contours, gullies, crossing and other landscape protectionhabitat, plant community, forest type protectionfauna and flora protectiontimber dumpsnig trackforwarding trackstemporary and permanent road construction, use or maintenancefire managementwet weather restrictions |
Stability must include: | assessment of a tree to determine:whether or not it is safe to leave standingits merchantabilityhow it should be felled |
Equipment may include: | chainsawsVHF&UHF radiosGPS systemssafety attire4WDharvesting plant and equipment |
Communication may include: | verbal or non-verbal languagehand or other agreed signalseye contact with other operators or personnelactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of electronic communication devicesradio communicationsignals used under fire management conditions |
Salvage | is the process of removing from a site, commercially viable trees that have been damaged by fire in such a way that leaves the site in a state of protection against further loss or damage to natural resources and in a state that rehabilitation can occur |
Regeneration must include: | return of the area to a revegetated stateprotection of all environmental assets |
Records and reports may include: | OHS policies and proceduresquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualcomputer based, or another appropriate organisational communication system |