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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare for docking
  2. Dock boards to length
  3. Conduct 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 dock boards with mechanical feed accurately identify blunt or damaged saws and saw blades

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 codes of practice and established safe practices relevant to the full range of processes for docking boards with mechanical feed

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

Organisational and site standards requirements policies and procedures for docking boards with mechanical feed

Environmental risks and hazards

Characteristics of timber and timber features

Cutting patterns and sequences

Saw blade condition assessment

Industry standard crosssections and lengths

Mechanical feed systems

Storage systems and labelling

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 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 dock boards with mechanical feed 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 docking boards with mechanical feed

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to docking boards with mechanical feed

docking boards with mechanical feed in line with the work order and within prescribed organisational tolerances

conducting operator maintenance on a docking saw

stacking batches of cut material in line with organisational requirements and OHS regulations

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

manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying

machine isolation and guarding

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

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 minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Docking

is the process of cutting boards to set lengths

Boards may include:

native timber species

imported timber species

dressed timber

in-the-rough timber

stress and non-stress graded timber

preservative treated timber

Work order is to include:

instructions for the docking and despatch of timber and timber products from the work site

and may include:

type

size

length

angle

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

Equipment may include:

measuring equipment

power operated, manually controlled docking and trimming saws where the cutting angle is controlled relative to the board guides and clamps

saws with adjustable angle

saws with one blade

radial arm saws

table saws

bench saws

saws with automatic feed

and is to include:

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

Cutting pattern and saw set-up sequences are to be limited to:

single cuts requiring one cutting pass

set up of cutting lengths

number of boards to be cut

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

Grading

is the process of:

visually evaluating material characteristics and features for classification into varying strength and appearance grades

inspecting timber to classify quality of individual boards

Tolerance

is a set limit for cutting over or under the required length within a set margin of acceptance usually + or - 0. 5 mm or in line with order or organisational requirements

Features may include:

warp

wane

cupping

shakes

insect defects

knots

resin pockets

Disposing of may include:

recycling boards with features, incorrect cuts and off-cuts

re-using boards with features, incorrect cuts and off-cuts

Mechanical feed may include:

conveyor belt systems

Recorded and reported may include:

docking requirements

product type

size

inspection

grading and marking outcomes

storage locations

quality outcomes

hazards

incidents

equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

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

Stacked may include:

preparing for transport

categorising in common size, length and angle

marking lots in line with work order and site requirements

locating as not to block access or passage

Dealing with may include:

repair of damaged saws and blunt or damaged saw blades

disposing of saws and saw blades that cannot be repaired