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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 |
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 careheritage and traditional land owner issues |
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 and maintenance and storage requirementsenvironmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Local authorities are to include: | local government councils or shires with local planning and zoning authority for a given region |
Land owning is to include: | the process of notifying and obtaining owner approval to commence harvesting operations |
Boundaries are to include: | designated forest allotments owned privately, by government or by the forestry organisation; boundaries fall within survey pegs for the land allocated |
Zoning is to include: | designated forest coupes owned privately, by government or by the forestry organisation with boundaries that fall within survey pegs for the land allocated for forest growing and harvesting operations under local authority allocation |
Planning permits are to include: | permits granted by local authorities for forest growing and harvesting operations to take place based on approved plans submitted to local government complying with all required regulations |
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 and body language |
Species may include: | native species of one or more types imported species |
Topography is to include: | a map of the designated area showing terrain levelscontourselevationsslopesgullies and adjoining land parcelsrainfallsoil type |
Gross area is to include: | the total area mass of the planned forest coupe |
Net area is to include: | the total area of forest available for harvesting excluding streamside buffersfilter stripshabitat protection areasrainforest protectionexcluded areasroadstracks and landings |
Harvesting is to include: | the methods of cutting and extracting trees and logs from designated areas |
Volume is to include: | the estimated return of cubic metres or tonnes of timber for each of sawlogs, pulpwood or firewood |
Operational activities may include: | coupe map detailssite preparationstreamside buffersfilter stripscontoursgulliescrossing pointshabitat protectionrainforest protectionflora and fauna protectionlandscape protectionexcluded areasrubbish removalpermanent roadstemporary roadslandingsdumpssnig tracksforwarding tracksadjoining landwet weather restrictionsfire protection requirements |
Cartage is to include: | the use of log truck hauling operators to remove felled logs from the site |
Regeneration is to include: | the return of a coupe to a revegetated stateprotecting its landscapesoil and drainage |
Site conditions should include: | rainfallsoil typetopography |
Environmental protection measures may include: | action to limit impacts on: selected forest vegetationfaunahabitatsoil and water features |
Seeding process is to include: | natural seed-fall following burning of log debris |
Silviculture is to include: | the growth management of a forest and tending to the trees to maximise growth |
Records and reports may include: | producing detailed records and reports outlining the planning of coupe establishment, harvesting and regeneration processesand may be manual, using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |