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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) |
Environmental protection measures | may include action to limit the impact to:ground growth and canopysoil and watermay include action to limit the impact of:general forest leanwind speed and directionfallen treesdensity of treesground slopeground hazardsobstacles |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the chipping and despatch of chipped timber from the work site and may include:typesizelengthquantitygradeinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleagues managers |
Timber may include: | complete logslog segmentswhole treestree heads |
Equipment may include: | heavy production mobile chipping unitsspecific safety attiremaintenance tools and equipmentand 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: | dustnoisewaterflora and faunaheritage legislationculturally sensitive sites and artefactsplantationsnative forest |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languagehand or other agreed signalseye contact with other operators or personnel active listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of electronic communication devices |
Chipping unit may include: | heavy production mobile chipping units including:truck mounted heavy production chipping unitstrailer mounted chipping unitsindependently driven motorised mobile chipping units feeding into a truck or other form of transportationpetrol 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 correctlysystems are performing accurately and operating to optimum performance |
Hazards may include: | uneven/unstable terraintreesfiresoverhead and underground servicesbridgesbuildingsexcavationstrafficembankmentcuttingsstructures 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 trailerstrucksrail carsother applicable forms of transport |
Emergency plan may include: | notification of authoritiesevacuation proceduresisolation proceduresequipment shut-down proceduresclean upfirst aiduse of personal protective equipment and clothingguardingaccess 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, sizequality outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomehazardsincidents or equipment malfunctions and may be:manual using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |