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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) |
Selection may include: | speciessizelengthqualityshapesweepspiral grainpipeheart linestrength groupdefectscharacteristicsdurabilityborer resistance |
Sawing | is the process of cutting a log into parts including flitches, cants and off-cuts |
Multi-species logs are to include: | assessment of:diameter rangecurvaturefaults softwood species of various types moisture content |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the selecting and sawing of logs and despatching of flitches or cants from the work site to down-stream processing and may include:treatingspeciesdiameterlengthquantity gradeinstructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagers |
Equipment includes: | loadersforkliftschainsaws other yarding equipment utilised in log selection and conversionand may include:circular sawsbench sawsoverhead frame saws or band saws (single, twin, single edges and twin edges) mechanical feedconveyorsstandard two-five headed dog carriagesflat top carriages with head rigs and is to include:procedures for machine lock-out, ie protecting operators and co-workers from accidental injury by isolating the machine from the power source |
Features may include: | defects arising from a change in moisture contentcurvaturespiral grainshakesinsect defectsknots and resin pocketssweeptaperend splits and shapeheart shakesheart crack-decay |
Disposing of may include: | recycling timber with unsuitable featuresre-using timber with unsuitable features |
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 |
Pre start-up checks | are conducted to ensure:saw has been set-up correctlyblades are installed accurately machinery is operating to optimum performance |
Optimising includes: | planning the cutting of a log to achieve the most from itensuring environmental requirements are central to this planning process |
Dogs | are the carriage devices which secure logs during break down |
Flitch | is a large piece of sawn log intended for further cutting that is sawn on at least two surfaces |
Feed rate is to include: | rate of speed the material is passed through the saw/s, allowing for the type of saw blades, power source, log species, depth of cut and log quality affecting the sharpness of the bladesfinish of the material production output |
Cant | is a thick piece of timber with two or more surfaces sawn from a log and intended for further sawing |
Break down | is the process of sawing a log into its parts as specified by the work order and the characteristics of the log |
Characteristics may include: | gum veinsover growthsknotsresin pockets |
Records and reports may include: | the sawing proceduresproduct typesizeinspectiongrading and labelling outcomesstorage locationsquality outcomeshazardsincidentsequipment malfunctionsand may be:manualusing a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system |
Dealing with may include: | repair of damaged saws and blunt or damaged saw bladesdisposing of saws and saw blades that cannot be repaired |