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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 sharpen tipped circular saws

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 sharpening tipped circular saws

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 sharpening tipped circular saws

Environmental risks and hazards

Characteristics of tipped circular saw blades

Sharpening methods and geometry

Teeth settings 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 safe 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 and efficiently sharpen tipped circular saws 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 sharpening tipped circular saws

following organisational policies and procedures relevant to sharpening tipped circular saws

sharpening tipped circular saws in line with the work order and within prescribed organisational requirements

removing and replacing tipped circular saw blades from equipment

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

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

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)

Saws may include:

circular saws

hot saws

cold saws

Work order is to include:

instructions for the sharpening of tipped circular saw blades in designated equipment

and may include:

instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and procedures

environmental care requirements relevant to the work

Appropriate personnel may include:

Tipped circular saw blades may include:

tipped circular saw blades used for cutting timber

and tips may include:

tungsten carbide

satellite

other alloyed materials such as high speed steel

Sharpening is to include:

speed the blade passes over the grinding wheel to obtain a sharp edge

Equipment may include:

manually or automatically adjustable grinding machines

abrasive wheels

measuring tools equipment

and is to include:

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

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

Cutting performance may include:

length of production time achieved by the blade

whether the blade performed with site tolerances of allowable deviation

whether the surface finish was in line with site quality requirements

Teeth are to include:

sharpness of each tooth

damage to teeth

pitch

number of teeth per metre

Straightness

is assessment of the entire blade to ensure it has not bent out of shape or warped in any way

Dressing

is the process of cleaning or shaving the top surface of the grinding wheel to remove the build up of old sharpening metal and coolant

Geometry

is the pitch and angle that a blade is sharpened at, allowing for the material they will be cutting

Profile

is the shape of the teeth in line with the timber being cut

usual direction of cutting, crosscut across the grain and ripping with the grain

Pre start-up checks

are conducted to ensure:

machine has been set-up correctly

systems are performing accurately

machinery is operating to optimum performance

Coolant

is used in conjunction with grinding operations to cool the metal blade as it generates heat from the sharpening process to prevent burning

Speeds and feeds

is the speed the grinding wheel rotates at, too fast and it may burn the metal, too slow and it may produce a rough finish or grab the blade

Face is to include:

front edge of each tooth

cutting part of the tooth

Gullet

is the bottom hollowed section between each tooth

Pitch

is the distance between the tips of the teeth on the saw blade

Concentricity

is ensuring all teeth are at the same radius from the saw blade centre and that one tip is not higher than another

Disposing of may include:

recycling tipped circular saws that cannot be sharpened or cannot be repaired

re-using tipped circular saws that cannot be sharpened or cannot be repaired

Records and reports may include:

the blade type

size

inspection

grading and labelling outcomes

equipment malfunctions

and may be:

manual

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

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FPISAW3212B - Sharpen tipped circular saws

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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

Evidence Required

Range Statement