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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 equipmentfirst 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 carrying |
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 responsibilityquality assuranceprocedural manualsquality and 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) |
Samples may include: | foliagewoodsoil seedspollenweedsinsects |
Sample area may include: | permanent areasfor a single calculationboundaries and corners |
Purpose may include: | calculating the volume of timbercalculating residueinventory controlstock countplotting on site plans or mapsassisting with trialsdamage assessment (e.g. insect, wind)conducting pest and disease surveysdocumenting site factors |
Requirements may include: | identifying:locationsboundariesstarting point for measurement or sample |
Work order may include: | supervisor instructionsdetails of data or sample collection or measurement requirementsdetails of equipment to be useddetails of existing markings or previous measurementsmaps or site planspurpose of assessment or measurementinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Relationship of sample area to the whole may be identified as a: | percentagefractionratio |
Equipment may include: | personal protective equipment, such as boots and hard hatmeasuring equipment, such as tools or instruments, including measuring tape, calliper, measuring pole, labels for samples, chainsaw and riflemarking equipment, such as tools or instruments, including pruning shears, paint, purpose-specific balloons, flags, pegs and mallet |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languageconstructive feedbackactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of positive, confident and cooperative languageuse of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differencescontrol of tone of voice |
Marked | relates to boundaries and corners and may include:peggingsprayingpruningplacing flagsplacing balloons |
Measurements may include: | numbers measuring girthmeasuring lengthsmeasuring diametermeasuring circumferencecountingestimating cover/metre |
Problems may include: | hazardsdata or sample qualityfaulty equipmentinterpreting maps and site plansmeasuring and marking processescommon diseases, pests and nutrition deficiencieslocal topography |
Records and reports may include: | notescompleted proformasresults of data or sample collectionhandwritten materialand may be: manualusing a computer-based systemother appropriate organisational communication system |
Checked may include: | re-checking for visual clues in:measurements actual sample area |