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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Plan and prepare for chipping
  2. Chip timber
  3. Carry out machine operator maintenance

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 efficiently and safely operate a heavy production mobile chipper effectively assess condition of chipper

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

Literacy skills sufficient to accurately record and maintain workplace information and documentation

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

Problem solving skills sufficient to identify problems and equipment faults and demonstrate appropriate response procedures

Required knowledge

Applicable Commonwealth State or Territory legislation regulations standards codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for operating a heavy production mobile chipper

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 operating a heavy production mobile chipper

Characteristics of trees and timber defects

Heavy production chipping procedures

Heavy production mobile chipper operation and safety

Chip types and quality

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 and maintenance including equipment safety requirements

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 operate a heavy production mobile chipper in line with 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 operating a heavy production mobile chipper

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to operating a heavy production mobile chipper

communicating and working safely with others in the work area

operating a heavy production mobile chipper in line with the work order and within prescribed organisational tolerances

conducting operator maintenance on a heavy production mobile chipping unit

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)

Environmental protection measures

may include action to limit the impact to:

ground growth and canopy

soil and water

may include action to limit the impact of:

general forest lean

wind speed and direction

fallen trees

density of trees

ground slope

ground hazards

obstacles

Work order is to include:

instructions for the chipping and despatch of chipped timber from the work site

and may include:

type

size

length

quantity

grade

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

Timber may include:

complete logs

log segments

whole trees

tree heads

Equipment may include:

heavy production mobile chipping units

specific safety attire

maintenance tools and equipment

and is to include:

procedures for equipment lock-out, i.e. protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine

Chipping

is the process of converting timber into varying chip sizes using mechanised chipping units, useable on-site during forestry harvesting operations

Environmental and heritage concerns may include:

dust

noise

water

flora and fauna

heritage legislation

culturally sensitive sites and artefacts

plantations

native forest

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

Chipping unit may include:

heavy production mobile chipping units including:

truck mounted heavy production chipping units

trailer mounted chipping units

independently driven motorised mobile chipping units feeding into a truck or other form of transportation

petrol or diesel driven units that contain high powered spinning cutters which cut timber into chips

Pre start-up checks

are conducted to ensure:

equipment has been set-up correctly

systems are performing accurately and operating to optimum performance

Hazards may include:

uneven/unstable terrain

trees

fires

overhead and underground services

bridges

buildings

excavations

traffic

embankment

cuttings

structures and hazardous materials

Capacity

is the capacity of the machinery to cope with certain size diameters of log or branch or the speed by which timber is fed into the chipper

Chip sizes

may vary, dependent on the customer or work order and the capability of the chipper

Transportation may include:

high trailers

trucks

rail cars

other applicable forms of transport

Emergency plan may include:

notification of authorities

evacuation procedures

isolation procedures

equipment shut-down procedures

clean up

first aid

use of personal protective equipment and clothing

guarding

access and exit

Foreign matter

is the contamination of chip, stones, rocks, metal and other foreign matter which may blunt the cutters or affect operation of the chipper

Records and reports may include:

timber type, size

quality outcomes

storage locations

quality outcome

hazards

incidents or equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system