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 in the Performance Criteria is detailed belo |
OHS requirements are to be in accordance with Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures. Requirements may include: | the use of personal protective equipment and clothingsafety equipmentfirst aid equipmentfire fighting equipmenthazard and risk controlelimination of hazardous materials and substancessafe forest practices including required actions relating to forest firemanual handling including shifting, lifting and carryinghandling of minerals/chemicals used in the treatment of seed for storage |
Legislative requirements are to be in accordance with applicable legislation from all levels of government that affect organisational operation. Requirements may include: | award and enterprise agreementsindustrial relationsAustralian Standardsconfidentiality and privacyOHSthe environmentequal opportunityanti-discriminationrelevant industry codes of practiceduty of careheritage and traditional land owner issues |
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, ethical standards, recording and reporting, access and equity principles and practices, equipment use, maintenance and storage, environmental management (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Work order | is to include information and instructions for collecting, treating and storing seed |
Appropriate personnel | may include supervisors, suppliers, clients, colleagues, and managers |
Environmental protection measures | may include ground growth, canopy, general forest lean, wind speed and direction, fallen trees, density of trees, ground slope, soil and water protection, ground hazards and obstacles |
Approvals | may include licences and permits required for commercial or non-commercial seed collection and may include government permits and landholder permits |
Relevant authorities | may include local governments, parks/reserves managers, and forestry managers |
Equipment and resources | may include personnel, vehicles, pruning and shaking equipment, sheets, tarpaulins, clean containers for holding seeds, vacuum seed collecting machines, ladders or elevating work platforms, personal protective equipment |
Planning | includes consideration of seed collection seasons, when the required species have fruit at optimal condition |
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 and body language |
Method | of collection may include collecting after falling/felling, ladders, climbing, shaking, high-powered rifles, cherry-pickers |
Health of parent plant | may require hand picking or careful and selective pruning |
Labelling | details seed location and genetic identity |
Separation methods | may include hand selection, wind separation/winnowing, sieving, vibrating, flotation, drying and crumbling of husks |
Seed treatment | may include heat, mechanical or chemical protection against pests |
Seed information | includes details of time/date of harvest, time/date of receipt into store, weight, species, place or origin of seed, container identifier |
Packaging | may include vacuum sealing, use of inert atmospheres such as nitrogen and carbon dioxide, control of packing environment (temperature, light and moisture) |
Records and reports | may be maintained by electronic data base, card index, data sheets, and filing systemsmay be manual, using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |