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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 carryingmachine isolation and guarding |
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 care |
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 minimisation and disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the separation and supply of timber and may include:typewidthlengththickness quantityand may also include:instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Boards may include: | native timber speciesimported timber speciesin-the-rough timberstress and non-stress graded timberpreservative treated timber |
De-stacking | is the process of breaking down seasoning racks, moisture testing the boards and visually assessing their appearance qualityincludes separating the boards from the rack bearers and spacing sticks |
Seasoning racks are to include: | air seasoning or kiln seasoning rackstimber, steel or mobile racks with bearers and spacing sticks |
Equipment is to include: | mechanical board separation machines and may include:tilt hoistdrop slideswaterfallssingulators tray sortersand is to include:procedures for equipment lock-out such as: protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languageconstructive feedbackactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of positive, confident and cooperative languageuse of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differencescontrol of tone of voicebody language |
Visual assessment is | the assessment of timber to determine potential finish, quality and faults |
Disposing of may include: | recycling rejected racks/timber scrapsre-using rejected racks/timber scraps |
Moisture content | is the amount of moisture maintained in timber or timber products after kiln drying or to avoid cracking and deforming |
Separation equipment | refer to equipment |
Bearers | are large heavy timbers used to support loads of stacked timber in seasoning racks |
Spacing sticks | are used between layers of drying timber in seasoning racks |
Dressing | is the process of converting in-the-rough timber to planed clean timber using thicknessers and surface planers |
Records and reports may include: | board separation requirementssupply requirementsproduct typesizeinspectiongrading and marking outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or other appropriate organisational communication system |