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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare for choker setter operations
  2. Hook up logs
  3. Assist with line shifts

Required Skills

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

Required skills

Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools machinery and equipment accurately notch stumps effectively set up and dismantle rigging components

Communication skills and interpersonal techniques sufficient to interact appropriately with colleagues and others in the workplace

Literacy skills sufficient to accurately locate record and report information

Numeracy skills sufficient to estimate measure and calculate time required to complete a task

Problem solving skills sufficient to review and accurately identify work requirements identify problems and equipment faults and demonstrate appropriate response procedures

Required knowledge

Applicable Commonwealth State or Territory legislation regulations standards and codes of practice relevant to the full range of processes for hooking up felled logs using cables choker

Environmental protection requirements including the safe disposal of waste material and the cleaning of plant tools and equipment

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures for hooking up felled logs using cables choker

Characteristics of trees

Log extraction methods

Cable operation techniques

Rigging and choking techniques and signal systems

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques

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

Appropriate mathematical procedures for estimating and measuring including calculating time to complete tasks

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 safely and efficiently perform choker setter operations to recover felled logs within organisational requirements

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 hooking up felled logs using cables choker

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to hooking up felled logs using cables choker

the ability to perform choker setter operations to recover felled logs in line with the work order and within prescribed organisational tolerances

the ability to assist in shifting lines in line with the hook tenders instructions

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 must be by direct observation of tasks with questioning on required knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of employability skills

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

heritage 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 procedures

ethical standards

recording and reporting requirements

equipment use and maintenance and storage requirements

environmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Choker setters

hook up the logs at the felling site

Work order is to include:

instructions for the choker setter operations to recover felled logs from the work site

and may include:

type

size

length

quantity

grade

and may also include:

instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures

environmental care requirements relevant to the work

Appropriate personnel may include:

supervisors

suppliers

clients

colleagues

managers

Logs is to include:

the finished product or trunk of a tree after trimming and cross cutting has occurred

and may be:

hardwood or softwood

for production or non-production purposes

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

obstacles

contingencies for modifying operations during wet or other adverse weather conditions

Equipment may include:

rigging equipment

and is to include:

procedures for equipment lock-out such as protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine

Cable operations may include:

activities covering a full range of species, log sizes, falling and retention densities, slope, other environmental conditions

use of cable systems including high lead (no skyline), standing skyline and a running skyline with hauling both uphill and downhill

logs attached optimising payload without exceeding the lift or haul capacity of the system

Communication may include:

verbal and non-verbal language

hand or other agreed signals

eye contact with other operators or personnel

active listening

questioning to clarify and confirm understanding

use of electronic communication devices

Stability

is the physical stability of the logs in-situ, that it is safe to hook up and not likely to roll off a rock, move on other logs or slide down the hillside

Hook up points

are usually at the end of log whereby the choker setter secures the choker cable around the log and secures the end to a bell (sliding fastener) to form a noose

Butt rigging

is the sliding rig or tow which the choker and grapple ropes connect to

Chokers and grapple ropes

are the steel wire ropes used to hook up logs ready for cable extraction

Reporting may include:

hook up methods or problems

tree type

size

length

diameter

inspection

quality outcomes

hazards

incidents or equipment malfunctions

Rigging slinger role includes:

deciding what logs to take out first and being responsible for getting the log to the landing without breaking it

directing the choker setter personnel in hooking up log

transmitting signals to and from the yarder

Line shifts

are the moving of rigging lines from one area of operation to a new area

Stump notching

is the process for securing rigging components, cables and ropes

Rigging components may include:

strawlines

blocks

sheaves

ropes

shackles

pins

skyline

tail rope

lines

straps

mobile tail anchors

spars

intermediate supports

bridling