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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

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

Technical skills sufficient to use and maintain relevant tools machinery and equipment efficiently and safely coordinate hook tender operations

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

Literacy skills sufficient to accurately record and report workplace information and maintain 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 coordinating log recovery hook tender

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 coordinating log recovery hook tender

Cable recovery operations and planning

Rigging techniques

Industry standard lengths

Rigging and yarding operations

Timber extraction methods

Established communication channels and protocols

Problem identification and resolution strategies and common fault finding techniques

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

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

Procedures for recording and reporting workplace records and 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 safely and efficiently coordinate hook tender operations 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 coordinating log recovery hook tender

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to coordinating log recovery hook tender

coordinating hook tender operations in line with the work order and within prescribed organisational tolerances

planning the layout of cable systems in line with site conditions

modifying rigging and coordinating line shifts 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 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

relevant industry codes of practice

duty of care

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)

Work order is to include:

instructions for coordinating hook tender operations from the work site

instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures

environmental care requirements relevant to the work

Appropriate personnel may include:

Cable recovery equipment may include:

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 is to include:

refer to cable recovery equipment

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

Hooker (hook tender)

is the cable logging team leader who decides which method of logging will be the fastest and most efficient, and also designs, plans and coordinates the establishment of cable recovery systems (the higher the hooker can get the logs off the ground means fewer broken logs, hang ups and snags)

Cable operations may include:

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

the 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

constructive feedback

active listening

questioning to clarify and confirm understanding

use of positive, confident and cooperative language

use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences

control of tone of voice

body language

Landing

is the location where the yarder is positioned to receive the logs

Hauling boundaries

are designated forest coupes owned privately, by Government or by the forestry organisation with boundaries which fall within survey pegs for the land allocated for logging

Topography

is a map of the designated area showing terrain levels

System design additions are to include:

multispans

blind leads

bridling

other techniques potentially reducing extraction efficiency

Yarder

is the crane-like vehicle which winches the timber from the felling site to the landing using a cable system

Lines are to include:

Components may include:

intermediate supports

Anchors are to include:

Extractionsequence

is the method of removing the log from the work site with mechanical equipment and cables, considering site conditions and specific log location, in a way which minimises downtime and risk of snags, breakage and hang ups

Obstructions may include:

Line shifts

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

Support trees

are trees (with heads removed) which can act as spars and be rigged accordingly

Spars

are out-posted erections which provide elevation for the cables some distance from the yarder tower

Towers

are the crane like raised towers which the cables operate from to provide height for extraction of logs.

Guylines

support the tower or spar and other rigged erections to provide stability and strength during operation

Climbing and pass line equipment

are lines linked to the drum line for the purposes of climbing trees and spars

Guys

refer to guylines

Records and reports may include:

cable recovery operations

extraction methods

hazards

incidents

equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

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

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FPIHAR4202B - Coordinate log recovery (hook tender)

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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Evidence Required

Range Statement