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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 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) |
Chasers | direct the landing of logs in conjunction with the yarder and unhook the logs at the landing site |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the chaser operations to recover felled logs from the work siteand may include:typesizelengthquantitygradeinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Logs are to include: | the finished product or trunk of a tree after trimming and cross cutting has occurredand may be:hardwood or softwoodfor production or non-production purposes |
Environmental protection measures may include: | ground growthcanopygeneral forest leanwind speed and directionfallen treesdensity of treesground slopesoil and water protectionground hazards and obstaclescontingencies for modifying operations during wet or other adverse weather conditions |
Equipment may include: | rigging equipmentand 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 downhillLogs attached optimising payload without exceeding the lift or haul capacity of the system |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languagehand or other agreed signalseye contact with other operators or personnelactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of electronic communication devices |
Landing | is the location where the yarder is positioned to receive the logs |
Yarder | is the crane-like vehicle which winches the logs from the felling site to the landing using a cable system |
Stability | is the physical stability of the log in-situ, that it is safe to hook up and not likely to roll off a rock, move on another log or slide down the hillside |
Chokers and grapple ropes | are the steel wire ropes used to hook up logs ready for cable extraction |
Butt rigging | is the sliding rig or tow to which the choker and grapple ropes are connected |
Reporting may include: | landing and unhooking methods or problemstree typesizelengthdiameterinspectionquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctions |
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: | strawlinesblockssheavesropesshacklespinsskylinetail ropelinesstrapsmobile tail anchorssparsintermediate supportsbridling |
Rigging slinger role includes: | deciding what logs to take out first and being responsible for getting the logs to the landing without breaking themdirecting the choker setter personnel in hooking up logs transmitting signals to and from the yarder |